1959–60 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1959–60 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Tapscott (20) All: Derek Tapscott (21)

The 1959–60 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 33rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.

Players

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No.		Position	Player
--		GK	Ron Nicholls
--		GK	Graham Vearncombe
--		DF	Colin Baker
--		DF	Danny Malloy
--		DF	Alec Milne
--		DF	Frank Rankmore
--		DF	Ron Stitfall
--		DF	Derek Sullivan
--		MF	Alan Durban
--		MF	Steve Gammon
--		MF	Alan Harrington
--		MF	Barrie Hole
--		MF	Mike Hughes

No.		Position	Player
--		MF	Brian Jenkins
--		MF	David Lambert
--		MF	Graham Moore
--		MF	Bob Scott
--		MF	Brian Walsh
--		FW	Joe Bonson
--		FW	Colin Hudson
--		FW	Harry Knowles
--		FW	John McMillan
--		FW	Steve Mokone
--		FW	Derek Tapscott
--		FW	Johnny Watkins

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	42	25	9	8	89	43	2.070	59
2	Cardiff City	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.452	58
3	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	90	66	1.364	50
4	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	68	51	1.333	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	90	64	1.406	48
6	Huddersfield Town	42	19	9	14	73	52	1.404	47
7	Charlton Athletic	42	17	13	12	90	87	1.034	47
8	Rotherham United	42	17	13	12	61	60	1.017	47
9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	11	13	72	78	0.923	47
10	Leyton Orient	42	15	14	13	76	61	1.246	44
11	Ipswich Town	42	19	6	17	78	68	1.147	44
12	Swansea Town	42	15	10	17	82	84	0.976	40
13	Lincoln City	42	16	7	19	75	78	0.962	39
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	12	17	67	76	0.882	38
15	Scunthorpe United	42	13	10	19	57	71	0.803	36
16	Sunderland	42	12	12	18	52	65	0.800	36
17	Stoke City	42	14	7	21	66	83	0.795	35
18	Derby County	42	14	7	21	61	77	0.792	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	9	20	61	89	0.685	35
20	Portsmouth	42	10	12	20	59	77	0.766	32
21	Hull City	42	10	10	22	48	76	0.632	30
22	Bristol City	42	11	5	26	60	97	0.619	27

See also

Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
Welsh Football Data Archive

Cardiff City F.C. seasons

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Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town
Third Division	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Brentford Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Mansfield Town Newport County Norwich City Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gateshead Gillingham Hartlepools United Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Southport Stockport County Torquay United Walsall Watford Workington

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