1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season
Appearance
1948–49 season | ||
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Manager | Roy Goodall | |
Third Division North | 10th | |
FA Cup | Third round | |
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The 1948–49 season was Mansfield Town's 11th season in the Football League and seventh season in the Third Division North, they finished in 10th position with 42 points.[1]
Final league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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8 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 43 |
9 | Wrexham | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | 43 |
10 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 48 | 1.083 | 42 |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 41 |
12 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 41 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results
[edit]Football League Third Division North
[edit]Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 21 August 1948 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–2 | 16,749 | Oscroft (2) |
2 | 25 August 1948 | Bradford City | A | 0–1 | 9,481 | |
3 | 28 August 1948 | Hull City | A | 0–4 | 34,075 | |
4 | 30 August 1948 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | 13,056 | Oscroft |
5 | 4 September 1948 | Rotherham United | H | 1–2 | 16,224 | Cooling |
6 | 6 September 1948 | Halifax Town | H | 2–1 | 11,626 | Cooling, McCarter |
7 | 11 September 1948 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–1 | 6,160 | Banks |
8 | 13 September 1948 | Halifax Town | A | 2–2 | 8,900 | Banks, Oscroft |
9 | 18 September 1948 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–2 | 11,910 | Banks, Oscroft (2) |
10 | 25 September 1948 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–1 | 8,140 | |
11 | 2 October 1948 | Chester | H | 1–0 | 12,459 | McCarter |
12 | 9 October 1948 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 8,850 | Wheatley |
13 | 16 October 1948 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 5–1 | 12,512 | Oscroft, Edwards, Devey, Mercer (2) |
14 | 23 October 1948 | York City | A | 1–2 | 10,888 | Oscroft |
15 | 30 October 1948 | Stockport County | H | 4–0 | 11,807 | Mercer (3), Banks |
16 | 6 November 1948 | Carlisle United | A | 1–3 | 13,726 | Cooling |
17 | 13 November 1948 | Gateshead | H | 1–1 | 8,983 | Mercer |
18 | 20 November 1948 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–1 | 7,394 | Wheatley |
19 | 4 December 1948 | New Brighton | A | 0–1 | 5,900 | |
20 | 18 December 1948 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–1 | 10,541 | Oscroft |
21 | 27 December 1948 | Wrexham | H | 1–2 | 13,104 | Oscroft |
22 | 1 January 1949 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 11,735 | Devey |
23 | 15 January 1949 | Rotherham United | A | 0–1 | 16,841 | |
24 | 22 January 1949 | Accrington Stanley | H | 2–0 | 11,703 | Oscroft, Cooling |
25 | 29 January 1949 | Darlington | H | 2–2 | 14,094 | Devey, Banks |
26 | 5 February 1949 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–4 | 14,935 | |
27 | 12 February 1949 | New Brighton | H | 2–0 | 9,187 | Oscroft (2) |
28 | 19 February 1949 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | 11,448 | |
29 | 26 February 1949 | Chester | A | 1–1 | 5,250 | Banks |
30 | 5 March 1949 | Southport | H | 1–1 | 6,237 | Cooling |
31 | 12 March 1949 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–3 | 5,598 | Cooling |
32 | 19 March 1949 | York City | H | 3–0 | 8,197 | Banks (2), Peters |
33 | 26 March 1949 | Stockport County | A | 0–2 | 8,138 | |
34 | 2 April 1949 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 | 8,615 | Oscroft, Wheatley |
35 | 4 April 1949 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 3,362 | |
36 | 9 April 1949 | Gateshead | A | 0–0 | 3,958 | |
37 | 15 April 1949 | Barrow | A | 0–1 | 5,759 | |
38 | 16 April 1949 | Hartlepools United | H | 1–0 | 9,017 | Cooling |
39 | 18 April 1949 | Barrow | H | 2–0 | 8,996 | McCarter (2) |
40 | 23 April 1949 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 7,490 | Barks, Brown (o.g) |
41 | 30 April 1949 | Rochdale | H | 2–0 | 9,885 | Chessell (2) |
42 | 4 May 1949 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | 4,353 | Peters |
FA Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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R1 | 27 November 1948 | Gloucester City | H | 4–0 | 11,400 | Oscroft, Mercer (3) |
R2 | 11 December 1948 | Northampton Town | H | 2–1 | 13,501 | Oscroft, Mercer |
R3 | 8 January 1949 | Preston North End | A | 1–2 | 35,985 | Oscroft |
Squad statistics
[edit]- Squad list sourced from 1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
GK | Harry Searson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
GK | Dennis Wright | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
DF | Sammy Chessell | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
DF | Walter Fox | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
DF | Johnny Grogan | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
DF | David Jones | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
MF | Eddie Barks | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
MF | Charlie Croft | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
MF | Ray Devey | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
MF | Sam Hodgson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
MF | Jack Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | George Banks | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
FW | Billy Coole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
FW | Roy Cooling | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
FW | Walter Edwards | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
FW | Wilf Ibbotson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FW | Alex Lennon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Jim McCarter | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
FW | Stan Mercer | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
FW | Harry Oscroft | 38 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 17 |
FW | Tom Peters | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
FW | Billy Wheatley | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
– | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |
References
[edit]- General
- Mansfield Town 1948–49 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
- Specific
- ^ 1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)