1931–32 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1931–32 season
Manager	Jack Hickling
Football League Third Division South	20th
FA Cup	Third Round
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 season was Mansfield Town's first season in the Football League where they competed in the Football League Third Division South. They finished their maiden season in 20th position with 32 points.^[1]

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	111	62	1.790	57
2	Reading	42	23	9	10	97	67	1.448	55
3	Southend United	42	21	11	10	77	53	1.453	53
4	Crystal Palace	42	20	11	11	74	63	1.175	51
5	Brentford	42	19	10	13	68	52	1.308	48
6	Luton Town	42	20	7	15	95	70	1.357	47
7	Exeter City	42	20	7	15	77	62	1.242	47
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	12	13	73	58	1.259	46
9	Cardiff City	42	19	8	15	87	73	1.192	46
10	Norwich City	42	17	12	13	76	67	1.134	46
11	Watford	42	19	8	15	81	79	1.025	46
12	Coventry City	42	18	8	16	108	97	1.113	44
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	12	15	79	73	1.082	42
14	Northampton Town	42	16	7	19	69	69	1.000	39
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	12	17	70	78	0.897	38
16	Clapton Orient	42	12	11	19	77	90	0.856	35
17	Swindon Town	42	14	6	22	70	84	0.833	34
18	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	65	92	0.707	34
19	Torquay United	42	12	9	21	72	106	0.679	33
20	Mansfield Town	42	11	10	21	75	108	0.694	32
21	Gillingham	42	10	8	24	40	82	0.488	28
22	Thames	42	7	9	26	53	109	0.486	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Football League Third Division South

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	29 August 1931	Swindon Town	H	3–2
2	31 August 1931	Norwich City	A	1–1
3	5 September 1931	Leyton Orient	A	0–4
4	7 September 1931	Watford	H	3–2
5	12 September 1931	Torquay United	H	2–4
6	16 September 1931	Watford	A	1–4
7	19 September 1931	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1
8	26 September 1931	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2
9	3 October 1931	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–3
10	10 October 1931	Crystal Palace	H	1–1
11	17 October 1931	Cardiff City	A	0–2
12	24 October 1931	Northampton Town	H	2–0
13	31 October 1931	Reading	A	1–4
14	7 November 1931	Southend United	H	4–4
15	14 November 1931	Fulham	A	1–2
16	21 November 1931	Thames	H	4–0
17	5 December 1931	Exeter City	H	3–1
18	12 December 1931	Coventry City	A	1–5
19	19 December 1931	Gillingham	H	3–1
20	25 December 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–3
21	26 December 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–4
22	2 January 1932	Swindon Town	A	2–5
23	9 January 1932	Crystal Palace	A	1–2
24	13 January 1932	Brentford	A	1–1
25	16 January 1932	Leyton Orient	H	4–3
26	23 January 1932	Torquay United	A	2–2
27	30 January 1932	Bristol Rovers	H	0–3
28	6 February 1932	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1
29	13 February 1932	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–1
30	27 February 1932	Cardiff City	H	1–2
31	5 March 1932	Northampton Town	A	0–3
32	12 March 1932	Reading	H	1–7
33	19 March 1932	Southend United	A	2–5
34	25 March 1932	Luton Town	A	1–3
35	26 March 1932	Fulham	A	1–2
36	28 March 1932	Luton Town	H	5–2
37	2 April 1932	Thames	A	3–6
38	9 April 1932	Brentford	H	2–0
39	16 April 1932	Exeter City	A	0–3
40	23 April 1932	Coventry City	H	3–3
41	30 April 1932	Gillingham	A	0–2
42	7 May 1932	Norwich City	H	5–2

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	28 November 1931	Hull City	A	1–4

Squad

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	Arthur Staples
—	GK	ENG	Jimmy Wilson
—	DF	ENG	Bernard Chambers
—	DF	ENG	George Clifford
—	DF	ENG	Charlie Davis
—	DF	ENG	Ernie England
—	DF	ENG	Charlie Lloyd
—	DF	ENG	Albert Robinson
—	DF	ENG	Sam Robinson
—	DF	ENG	Claude White
—	MF	ENG	George Blackburn
—	MF	ENG	Horace Burrows
—	MF	ENG	Albert Phoenix
—	MF	ENG	Harry Wake
—	MF	ENG	Arthur Weightman
—	FW	ENG	Thomas Baxter


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	George Bowater
—	FW	ENG	Harry Broome
—	FW	ENG	Billy Death
—	FW	ENG	Len Featherby
—	FW	ENG	Fred Fisher
—	FW	ENG	Cyril Gilhespy
—	FW	ENG	John Jepson
—	FW	ENG	Harry Johnson
—	FW	ENG	Edward McLachlan
—	FW	ENG	Joe Readman
—	FW	ENG	Frank Richardson
—	FW	ENG	Francis Shooter
—	FW	ENG	Thomas Small
—	FW	ENG	Chris Staniforth
—	FW	ENG	Jackie Storer
—	FW	ENG	Frank Watson

References

General

Mansfield Town 1931–32 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
Squad list sourced from 1931–32 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Specific

^ "Mansfield Town 1931/32". Statto. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[1] "Mansfield Town 1931/32". Statto. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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