1992–93 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City 1992–93 football season

Cardiff City
1992–93 season
Owner	Rick Wright
Manager	Eddie May
Football League Third Division	1st
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Autoglass Trophy	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Pike, Phil Stant (12) All: Phil Stant (19)
Highest home attendance	17,253 (v Shrewsbury, 1 May 1993)
Lowest home attendance	4,348 (v Bury, 28 November 1992)
Average home league attendance	7,797
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 66th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing first, winning promotion to Division Two.

Players

First team squad. ^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Mark Grew
—	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward
—	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
—	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
—	DF	EIR	Derek Brazil
—	DF	WAL	Andy Gorman
—	DF	NIR	Neil Matthews
—	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
—	DF	WAL	Kevin Ratcliffe
—	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
—	DF	ENG	John Williams
—	MF	ENG	Nilsson Callaway


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
—	MF	WAL	Robbie James
—	MF	ENG	Nyrere Kelly
—	MF	NIR	Paul Millar
—	MF	NIR	Paul Ramsey
—	MF	ENG	Nick Richardson
—	FW	WAL	Tony Bird
—	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
—	FW	WAL	Carl Dale
—	FW	WAL	Chris Pike
—	FW	ENG	Phil Stant

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cardiff City	42	25	8	9	77	47	+30	83	Division Champions, promoted Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
2	Wrexham	42	23	11	8	75	52	+23	80	Promoted
3	Barnet	42	23	10	9	66	48	+18	79	Promoted
4	York City	42	21	12	9	72	45	+27	75	Promoted through play-offs
5	Walsall	42	22	7	13	76	61	+15	73	Participated in play-offs

Source: ^[2]

Results by round

Source: ^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Cardiff City v Darlington

15 August 1992 (1992-08-15) 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Darlington	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,399

Walsall v Cardiff City

22 August 1992 (1992-08-22) 2	Walsall	2–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00	Charlie Ntamark Steve O'Hara		Damon Searle Carl Dale Carl Dale	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 4,311

Cardiff City v Halifax Town

29 August 1992 (1992-08-29) 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Halifax Town	Cardiff
15:00	Robbie James Carl Dale		Ian Thompstone	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,662

Cardiff City v Northampton Town

1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) 4	Cardiff City	2–1	Northampton Town	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Ramsey (pen) Carl Dale		Steve Brown	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,416

Torquay United v Cardiff City

5 September 1992 (1992-09-05) 5	Torquay United	2–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
15:00	Justin Fashanu Duane Darby		Chris Pike	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,939

Cardiff City v Carlisle United

8 September 1992 (1992-09-08) 6	Cardiff City	2–2	Carlisle United	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike (pen) Jason Perry		Andy Watson Ricardo Gabbiadini	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,859

Hereford United v Cardiff City

13 September 1992 (1992-09-13) 7	Hereford United	1–1	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Chris Fry		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,089

Cardiff City v Gillingham

19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) 8	Cardiff City	3–1	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Chris Pike Chris Pike		Nicky Forster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,456

Cardiff City v Rochdale

3 October 1992 (1992-10-03) 9	Cardiff City	1–1	Rochdale	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike 16'		16' (pen) Mark Payne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,161

Crewe Alexandra v Cardiff City

10 October 1992 (1992-10-10) 10	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Cardiff City	Crewe
15:00	Mark Gardiner Craig Hignett			Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,638

Shrewsbury Town v Cardiff City

24 October 1992 (1992-10-24) 11	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
15:00	Carl Griffiths Carl Griffiths Carl Griffiths		Carl Dale (pen) Chris Pike	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 4,161

Cardiff City v Scunthorpe United

31 October 1992 (1992-10-31) 12	Cardiff City	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Nyrere Kelly Paul Ramsey (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,027

Chesterfield v Cardiff City

3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) 13	Chesterfield	2–1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
19:30	Mick Kennedy Lee Turnbull		Robbie James	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,590

Cardiff City v Colchester United

7 November 1992 (1992-11-07) 14	Cardiff City	3–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale 46' Nathan Blake 77' Tony English 78' (og)		90' Mark Kinsella	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,505 Referee: K Leach

Barnet v Cardiff City

22 November 1992 (1992-11-22) 15	Barnet	2–1	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
13:00	Dave Barnett Derek Payne		Carl Dale	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 4,181

Cardiff City v Bury

28 November 1992 (1992-11-28) 16	Cardiff City	3–0	Bury	Cardiff
15:00	Mark Kearney (og) Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,348

Doncaster Rovers v Cardiff City

11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) 17	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Doncaster
19:30			Paul Millar	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,023

Cardiff City v Wrexham

18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) 18	Cardiff City	1–2	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake		Jonathan Cross Jonathan Cross	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,832

Cardiff City v York City

26 December 1992 (1992-12-26) 19	Cardiff City	3–3	York City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Phil Stant Andy Gorman		Ian Blackstone Ian Blackstone Paul Barnes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,411

Lincoln City v Cardiff City

28 December 1992 (1992-12-28) 20	Lincoln City	3–2	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00	David Puttnam Neil Matthews Dean West		Paul Ramsey Paul Millar	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,359

Cardiff City v Hereford United

2 January 1993 (1993-01-02) 21	Cardiff City	2–1	Hereford United	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Nick Richardson		Max Nicholson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,593

Carlisle United v Cardiff City

9 January 1993 (1993-01-09) 22	Carlisle United	1–2	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00	Ian Arnold (pen)		Tony Bird Kevin Ratcliffe	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,691

Gillingham v Cardiff City

23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) 23	Gillingham	0–1	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00			Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,069

Halifax Town v Cardiff City

26 January 1993 (1993-01-26) 24	Halifax Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Halifax
19:30			Phil Stant	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,339

Cardiff City v Walsall

30 January 1993 (1993-01-30) 25	Cardiff City	2–1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Cohen Griffith		Rod McDonald	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,012

Darlington v Cardiff City

6 February 1993 (1993-02-06) 26	Darlington	0–2	Cardiff City	Darlington
15:00			Chris Pike (pen) Chris Pike	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1,775

Cardiff City v Torquay United

13 February 1993 (1993-02-13) 27	Cardiff City	4–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
15:00	Paul Millar Phil Stant Phil Stant Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,771

Northampton Town v Cardiff City

19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) 28	Northampton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:30	Steve Brown (pen)		Phil Stant Chris Pike	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,519

Cardiff City v Crewe Alexandra

27 February 1993 (1993-02-27) 29	Cardiff City	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith		Phil Clarkson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,012

Rochdale v Cardiff City

6 March 1993 (1993-03-06) 30	Rochdale	1–2	Cardiff City	Rochdale
15:00	Jon Bowden 83'		21' (pen) Nathan Blake 67' Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,831

Cardiff City v Scarborough

9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) 31	Cardiff City	1–0	Scarborough	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,583

Colchester United v Cardiff City

12 March 1993 (1993-03-12) 32	Colchester United	2–4	Cardiff City	Colchester
19:45	Roy McDonough 17' (pen) Steve McGavin 57'		21' Chris Pike 33' Chris Pike 23' Nick Richardson 63' Neil Matthews	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Graham Pooley (Bishops Stortford)

Cardiff City v Chesterfield

20 March 1993 (1993-03-20) 33	Cardiff City	2–1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale Nick Richardson		Dave Lancaster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,756

Bury v Cardiff City

23 March 1993 (1993-03-23) 34	Bury	1–0	Cardiff City	Bury
19:30	Ian Stevens			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,574

Cardiff City v Barnet

27 March 1993 (1993-03-27) 35	Cardiff City	1–1	Barnet	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith		Nicky Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,073

Scarborough v Cardiff City

3 April 1993 (1993-04-03) 36	Scarborough	1–3	Cardiff City	Scarborough
15:00	Steve Charles (pen)		(pen) Chris Pike Nick Richardson Phil Stant	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,223

Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers

6 April 1993 (1993-04-06) 37	Cardiff City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
19:30	Jason Perry		(pen) Mike Jeffrey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,938

York City v Cardiff City

10 April 1993 (1993-04-10) 38	York City	3–1	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Jon McCarthy Ian Blackstone Nigel Pepper		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 6,568

Cardiff City v Lincoln City

12 April 1993 (1993-04-12) 39	Cardiff City	3–1	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Nathan Blake Paul Ramsey (pen)		Neil Matthews	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,257

Wrexham v Cardiff City

17 April 1993 (1993-04-17) 40	Wrexham	0–2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
15:00			Cohen Griffith Nathan Blake	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 10,852

Cardiff City v Shrewsbury Town

1 May 1993 (1993-05-01) 41	Cardiff City	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
15:00	Jason Perry Nathan Blake		Kevin Summerfield	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,253

Scunthorpe United v Cardiff City

8 May 1993 (1993-05-08) 42	Scunthorpe United	0–3	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:00			11', 47' Cohen Griffith 35' Phil Stant	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,407 Referee: John Key (Sheffield)

Source ^[3] ^[4]

Coca-Cola Cup (League Cup)

Cardiff City v Bristol City

18 August 1992 (1992-08-18) Round 1 (First leg)	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:30	Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,126

Bristol City v Cardiff City

25 August 1992 (1992-08-25) Round 1 (Second leg)	Bristol City	5–1 (5–2 agg.)	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Andy Cole Andy Cole Andy Cole Leroy Rosenior Wayne Allison		Carl Dale	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 10,174

FA Cup

Cardiff City v Bath City

14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) Round 1	Cardiff City	2–3	Bath City	Cardiff
15:00	Paul Millar 25' Nathan Blake		20' Graham Withey Jerry Gill 70' Deion Vernon	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,506

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

Cardiff City v Admira Wacker

16 September 1992 (1992-09-16) Round 1 (First leg)	Cardiff City	1–1	Admira Wacker	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike 58'		44' Johannes Abfalterer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,634

Admira Wacker v Cardiff City

29 September 1992 (1992-09-29) Round 1 (Second leg)	Admira Wacker	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Modling
	Olaf Marschall 47' Johannes Abfalterer 89'			Stadium: Sudstadt Stadium Attendance: 4,700

Welsh Cup

Ton Pentre v Cardiff City

27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) Round 3	Ton Pentre	0–2	Cardiff City	Ton Pentre
14:30			Paul Millar (pen) Paul Ramsey	Stadium: Ynys Park Attendance: 1,300

Caerau v Cardiff City

5 December 1992 (1992-12-05) Round 4	Caerau	0–9	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00			Nick Richardson Nick Richardson Nick Richardson Chris Pike Carl Dale Carl Dale Carl Dale Carl Dale Nathan Blake	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,579

Cardiff City v Maesteg Park

16 January 1993 (1993-01-16) Round 5	Cardiff City	4–0	Maesteg Park	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Phil Stant Phil Stant Paul Ramsey			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,867

Cardiff City v Wrexham

16 March 1993 (1993-03-16) Semi Final (First leg)	Cardiff City	2–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,251

Wrexham v Cardiff City

20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) Semi Final (Second leg)	Wrexham	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:30				Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 5,735

Rhyl v Cardiff City

16 May 1993 (1993-05-16) Final	Rhyl	0–5	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00			Phil Stant Phil Stant Phil Stant Cohen Griffith Cohen Griffith	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,443 Referee: K Burge (Tonypandy)

Autoglass Trophy

Shrewsbury Town v Cardiff City

1 December 1992 (1992-12-01) Round 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
19:30	Carl Griffiths		Paul Millar Nick Richardson Carl Dale	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 936

Cardiff City v Hereford United

8 December 1992 (1992-12-08) Round 1	Cardiff City	3–2	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Ramsey (pen) Phil Stant Carl Dale		Owen Pickard Owen Pickard	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,246

Cardiff City v Swansea City

19 January 1993 (1993-01-19) Round 2	Cardiff City	1–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake		Andy Legg Martin Hayes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,516

Notes and references

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1992-93 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Rollin, Jack, ed. (1992). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

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Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

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First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chester City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
Third Division	Barnet Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City