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1974–75 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
1974–75 season
ManagerDave Smith
Fourth Division1st
FA CupFifth Round
League CupFirst Round

The 1974–75 season was Mansfield Town's 38th season in the Football League and 6th in the Fourth Division, they finished in 1st position with 68 points, gaining a return to the Third Division.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mansfield Town (C, P) 46 28 12 6 90 40 2.250 68 Promoted to the Third Division
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 26 10 10 80 43 1.860 62 Promoted to the Third Division
3 Rotherham United (P) 46 22 15 9 71 41 1.732 59
4 Chester (P) 46 23 11 12 64 38 1.684 57
5 Lincoln City 46 21 15 10 79 48 1.646 57
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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Football League Fourth Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 17 August 1974 Southport H 2–1 3,109 O'Connor, Foster
2 24 August 1974 Scunthorpe United A 1–0 2,918 Clarke
3 30 August 1974 Rochdale H 2–0 3,779 Clarke, O'Connor
4 7 September 1974 Exeter City A 1–0 3,276 Eccles
5 14 September 1974 Crewe Alexandra H 0–0 4,432
6 20 September 1974 Stockport County A 2–3 2,512 Matthews, Lathan
7 24 September 1974 Cambridge United A 2–2 3,627 Hodgson, Clarke
8 27 September 1974 Chester H 0–0 3,189
9 1 October 1974 Swansea City A 2–1 2,273 Clarke (2)
10 5 October 1974 Darlington H 4–2 3,400 Clarke, Kruse, Laverick
11 7 October 1974 Swansea City H 3–0 3,672 Clarke, Laverick, McCaffrey
12 12 October 1974 Workington A 3–1 1,309 Hodgson, McCaffrey (2)
13 15 October 1974 Barnsley A 3–1 4,923 Clarke (2), Lathan
14 19 October 1974 Reading H 1–1 5,295 Hodgson
15 21 October 1974 Barnsley H 2–1 5,291 Hodgson, Clarke
16 26 October 1974 Hartlepool A 1–2 2,923 Clarke
17 28 October 1974 Northampton Town H 3–0 5,310 Clarke, Foster, Eccles
18 2 November 1974 Bradford City H 3–0 5,147 Clarke (2), Lathan
19 9 November 1974 Brentford A 3–2 5,553 Clarke, McCaffrey, Bird
20 16 November 1974 Doncaster Rovers H 5–2 5,634 Clarke (3), Eccles, Bird
21 30 November 1974 Torquay United A 2–0 2,979 Eccles, Matthews
22 7 December 1974 Shrewsbury Town H 3–1 10,070 Lathan (2), Eccles
23 21 December 1974 Rotherham United H 1–1 8,559 Hodgson
24 26 December 1974 Crewe Alexandra H 2–0 2,571 Hodgson, Bird
25 28 December 1974 Newport County H 3–0 7,943 Eccles (2), Clarke
26 11 January 1975 Shrewsbury Town A 1–0 8,913 McCaffrey
27 18 January 1975 Torquay United H 3–0 7,549 Clarke, Eccles (2)
28 1 February 1975 Brentford H 1–1 11,362 Eccles
29 8 February 1975 Bradford City A 1–1 4,970 Hodgson
30 22 February 1975 Doncaster Rovers A 3–4 7,278 Eccles (2), Foster
31 25 February 1975 Lincoln City A 0–0 13,108
32 1 March 1975 Rochdale A 1–0 2,317 Clarke
33 7 March 1975 Cambridge United H 2–1 9,174 Clarke, Eccles
34 15 March 1975 Chester A 0–0 7,706
35 18 March 1975 Southport A 1–1 2,204 McCaffrey
36 21 March 1975 Exeter City H 3–2 8,503 Griffin, Lathan, Bird
37 25 March 1975 Northampton Town A 2–0 3,846 Griffin, Hodgson
38 29 March 1975 Rotherham United A 1–2 11,669 Clarke
39 31 March 1975 Newport County A 1–2 3,662 Eccles
40 1 April 1975 Stockport County H 1–1 10,245 Eccles
41 5 April 1975 Hartlepool H 2–0 8,860 Clarke, Hodgson
42 12 April 1975 Darlington A 1–2 2,827 Clarke
43 14 April 1975 Lincoln City H 3–1 14,392 Clarke, Bird, Lathan
44 19 April 1975 Workington H 1–0 9,754 Eccles
45 21 April 1975 Scunthorpe United H 7–0 11,020 Eccles, Clarke (2), Bird, Lathan (2), Hodgson
46 26 April 1975 Reading A 1–1 5,559 Bird

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 23 November 1974 Wrexham H 3–1 7,443 Eccles (2), McCaffrey
R2 14 December 1974 Wigan Athletic A 1–1 15,560 Eccles
R2 Replay 16 December 1974 Wigan Athletic H 3–1 11,209 O'Connor (2), Hodgson
R3 4 January 1975 Cambridge United H 1–0 10,486 Clarke
R4 25 January 1975 Bury A 2–1 16,623 Clarke, McCaffrey
R5 15 February 1975 Carlisle United H 0–1 18,293

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 20 August 1974 Doncaster Rovers A 1–2 3,078 O'Connor

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Rod Arnold 46 0 6 0 1 0 53 0
DF England Kevin Bird 28 7 6 0 1 0 35 7
DF England Barry Foster 40 0 6 0 1 0 47 0
DF England Colin Foster 42(1) 3 6 0 1 0 49(1) 3
DF England Pat Kruse 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
DF Scotland Sandy Pate 46 0 6 0 1 0 53 0
DF England Lawrie Madden 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0
DF England Andy Shore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF England John Tones 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF England Clive Walker 9(6) 0 0 0 1 0 10(6) 0
MF England Gordon Hodgson 44 10 6 1 1 0 51 11
MF England John Lathan 45 9 6 0 0 0 51 9
MF England Micky Laverick 9(2) 3 0(1) 0 1 0 10(3) 3
MF Wales David Llewellyn 6(2) 0 0 0 0 0 6(2) 0
MF England Paul Matthews 44 2 6 0 0 0 50 2
MF England Jim McCaffrey 37(2) 6 6 2 0(1) 0 43(3) 8
FW England Ray Clarke 46 28 6 2 1 0 53 30
FW England Terry Eccles 32 17 5 3 1 0 38 20
FW England Kevin Griffin 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
FW England Dave Hailwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Doug O'Connor 11(6) 2 1 2 1 1 13(6) 5

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ 1974–75 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)