1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1979–80 season
Manager	Mick Jones
Third Division	23rd
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Third Round
Anglo-Scottish Cup	Preliminary Round
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was Mansfield Town's 43rd season in the Football League and 15th in the Third Division they finished in 23rd position with 36 points suffering relegation to the Fourth Division.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Hull City	46	12	16	18	51	69	−18	40
21	Bury	46	16	7	23	45	59	−14	39	Relegated
22	Southend United	46	14	10	22	47	58	−11	38
23	Mansfield Town	46	10	16	20	47	58	−11	36
24	Wimbledon	46	10	14	22	52	81	−29	34

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Football League Third Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	18 August 1979	Chesterfield	H	3–2	5,662	Allen, Bird, Curtis
2	21 August 1979	Rotherham United	A	1–2	4,492	Austin
3	25 August 1979	Exeter City	A	1–2	3,475	Austin
4	1 September 1979	Hull City	H	1–1	4,320	Austin
5	8 September 1979	Barnsley	A	0–1	10,588
6	15 September 1979	Oxford United	H	1–0	4,217	Austin
7	18 September 1979	Colchester United	A	1–2	2,346	Bird
8	22 September 1979	Sheffield United	H	3–4	11,272	Austin, Allen, Taylor
9	29 September 1979	Reading	A	0–1	6,123
10	1 October 1979	Colchester United	H	0–1	3,754
11	6 October 1979	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	13,263
12	8 October 1979	Rotherham United	H	5–1	6,308	Austin (3), Taylor (2)
13	13 October 1979	Bury	H	1–0	4,486	Hamilton
14	20 October 1979	Millwall	A	2–2	6,039	Austin, Lathan
15	23 October 1979	Carlisle United	A	1–1	4,898	Austin
16	27 October 1979	Gillingham	H	2–0	4,598	Taylor, Bird
17	3 November 1979	Chesterfield	A	0–2	7,601
18	6 November 1979	Carlisle United	H	2–1	4,195	Taylor, Bird
19	10 November 1979	Swindon Town	H	1–1	4,425	Taylor
20	17 November 1979	Chester	A	0–1	3,118
21	1 December 1979	Blackpool	H	1–1	4,324	Austin
22	8 December 1979	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	7,910	Austin
23	21 December 1979	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–0	2,973
24	26 December 1979	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	8,491
25	29 December 1979	Exeter City	H	0–1	3,711
26	12 January 1980	Hull City	A	1–3	4,243	Allen
27	26 January 1980	Wimbledon	H	1–1	3,897	Bird
28	2 February 1980	Oxford United	A	1–3	3,060	Pollard
29	9 February 1980	Sheffield United	A	0–1	14,921
30	16 February 1980	Reading	H	2–2	3,114	Pollard, Austin
31	23 February 1980	Bury	A	2–0	3,606	Pollard, Austin
32	1 March 1980	Millwall	H	1–0	4,162	Austin
33	8 March 1980	Gillingham	A	0–2	4,572
34	10 March 1980	Brentford	H	0–0	3,461
35	15 March 1980	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	16,019	Mellor (o.g.)
36	17 March 1980	Southend United	A	1–1	2,983	Allen
37	22 March 1980	Swindon Town	A	1–2	8,195	Stroud (o.g.)
38	29 March 1980	Chester	H	2–1	3,097	Austin (2)
39	1 April 1980	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	4,669
40	5 April 1980	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1	7,385
41	7 April 1980	Brentford	A	0–2	6,057
42	12 April 1980	Southend United	H	3–1	3,514	Austin (2), McClelland
43	14 April 1980	Barnsley	H	1–4	6,789	Bird
44	19 April 1980	Blackpool	A	1–1	5,677	Bird
45	26 April 1980	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	10,095
46	3 May 1980	Wimbledon	A	2–3	1,759	Taylor, Pollard

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	24 November 1979	Blyth Spartans	A	2–0	4,443	McClelland, Allen
R2	15 December 1979	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–1	7,952	Austin, Curtis
R3	5 January 1980	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–2	8,204

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	11 August 1979	York City	H	1–0	3,117	Taylor
R1 2nd leg	14 August 1979	York City	A	2–3	2,590	Wood, Hamilton
R2 1st leg	29 August 1979	Reading	A	3–4	5,779	Taylor, Bird, Austin
R2 2nd leg	4 September 1979	Reading	H	4–2	4,326	Taylor, Austin (2), McClelland
R3	25 September 1979	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–3	9,485

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
PR	31 July 1979	Sheffield United	A	0–1	4,875
PR	4 August 1979	Notts County	H	0–1	3,527
PR	8 August 1979	Cambridge United	A	1–1	4,620	Curtis

Squad statistics

Squad list sourced from 1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Anglo-Scottish Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Rod Arnold	43	0	3	0	5	0	3	0	54	0
GK	Martin New	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Kevin Bird	38	7	3	0	5	0	3	0	49	7
DF	Adrian Burrows	17	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	17(1)	0
DF	Bob Curtis	31(3)	1	2(1)	1	5	0	3	1	41(5)	3
DF	Derek Dawkins	35	0	3	0	5	0	3	0	46	0
DF	Barry Foster	15	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	23	0
DF	John McClelland	43	1	3	1	2(1)	1	0	0	48(1)	3
DF	Les McJannet	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Ian Wood	21	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	30	1
DF	Brian Thompson	9	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	9(1)	0
MF	Neville Hamilton	32(1)	1	1	0	5	1	3	0	41(1)	2
MF	John Lathan	29	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	1
MF	Arthur Mann	35	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
MF	Gary Saxby	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	5	0
FW	Russell Allen	38(6)	4	2	1	5	1	3	0	48(6)	6
FW	Terry Austin	46	19	3	1	5	2	3	0	57	22
FW	David Caldwell	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0
FW	Dave Goodwin	4	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(2)	0	4(4)	0
FW	Johnny Miller	9(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(1)	0
FW	Brian Pollard	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	4
FW	Steve Taylor	30(7)	7	3	0	5	3	3	0	41(7)	10
FW	Brian Thomson	5(3)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7(3)	0
–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	2

References

General

Mansfield Town 1979–80 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

^ 1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[1] 1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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