1983–84 Cardiff City F.C. season explained
Chairman: | Jack Leonard |
League Result: | 15th |
League Topscorer: | Gordon Owen (14) |
Season Topscorer: | Gordon Owen (18) |
Cup1 Result: | 3rd round |
Cup2 Result: | 2nd round |
Cup3 Result: | 5th round |
Average Attendance: | 7,016 |
Highest Attendance: | 14,580 (v Swansea, 26 December 1983) |
Lowest Attendance: | 3,870 (v Shrewsbury, 17 March 1983) |
Nextseason: | 1984–85 |
The 1983–84 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 57th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.
Manager Len Ashurst resigned to become Sunderland manager towards the end of the season and his assistant Jimmy Goodfellow and defender Jimmy Mullen were appointed joint caretaker managers for the remainder of the season.
Players
Source [1]
League standings
Results by round
Fixtures and results
Source [2] [3]
Bibliography
- Book: Hayes
, Dean
. The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. 2006. 1-85983-462-0.
- Book: Crooks
, John
. Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. 1986. 0-9511984-0-8.
- Book: Shepherd
, Richard
. The Definitive Cardiff City F.C.. Tony Brown. 2002. 1-899-46817-X.
- Book: Crooks
, John
. Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. 1992. 0-9513321-8-X.
- Web site: Football Club History Database – Cardiff City . 15 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM . 30 December 2008 . live .
- Welsh Football Data Archive
Notes and References
- Web site: All Cardiff City football club players: 1984. 11v11. 26 January 2022.
- Web site: Cardiff City football club match record: 1984. 11v11. 26 January 2022.
- Web site: Cardiff City 1983-84 results. Cardiff City Forum. 26 January 2022.