1971–72 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1971–72 season
Manager	Jock Basford ; Danny Williams
Third Division	21st
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was Mansfield Town's 35th season in the Football League and 11th in the Third Division, they finished in 21st position with 36 points and were relegated to the Fourth Division on goal average.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	46	32	6	8	85	32	2.656	70	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Brighton & Hove Albion (P)	46	27	11	8	82	47	1.745	65	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Bournemouth	46	23	16	7	73	37	1.973	62
4	Notts County	46	25	12	9	74	44	1.682	62	Qualification for the Watney Cup
5	Rotherham United	46	20	15	11	69	52	1.327	55
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	75	56	1.339	54	Qualification for the Watney Cup
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	17	16	13	51	41	1.244	50
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	20	10	16	74	64	1.156	50
9	Walsall	46	15	18	13	62	57	1.088	48
10	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	9	18	54	57	0.947	47
11	Oldham Athletic	46	17	11	18	59	63	0.937	45
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	10	19	73	65	1.123	44
13	Chesterfield	46	18	8	20	57	57	1.000	44
14	Swansea City	46	17	10	19	46	59	0.780	44
15	Port Vale	46	13	15	18	43	59	0.729	41
16	Wrexham	46	16	8	22	59	63	0.937	40	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
17	Halifax Town	46	13	12	21	48	61	0.787	38
18	Rochdale	46	12	13	21	57	83	0.687	37
19	York City	46	12	12	22	57	66	0.864	36
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	16	20	50	71	0.704	36
21	Mansfield Town (R)	46	8	20	18	41	63	0.651	36	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Barnsley (R)	46	9	18	19	32	64	0.500	36
23	Torquay United (R)	46	10	12	24	41	69	0.594	32
24	Bradford City (R)	46	11	10	25	45	77	0.584	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Football League Third Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	15 August 1971	Halifax Town	H	0–0	5,865
2	21 August 1971	Rochdale	A	1–2	3,554	Ryder (o.g.)
3	28 August 1971	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–3	4,104
4	4 September 1971	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–3	8,343	Stenson
5	11 September 1971	Swansea City	H	0–2	3,549
6	18 September 1971	Chesterfield	A	0–2	9,960
7	22 September 1971	Aston Villa	A	1–0	28,112	Jones
8	25 September 1971	Rotherham United	H	0–1	4,799
9	27 September 1971	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	2,455	Thompson, Fairbrother
10	2 October 1971	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	9,030
11	9 October 1971	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	3,836
12	16 October 1971	Halifax Town	A	1–1	3,864	Fairbrother
13	18 October 1971	Barnsley	H	0–0	3,696
14	23 October 1971	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	7,103	Fairbrother
15	29 October 1971	Bournemouth	H	0–5	6,622
16	6 November 1971	Notts County	A	0–2	16,905
17	13 November 1971	Port Vale	H	0–1	5,996
18	27 November 1971	York City	A	2–1	4,328	Wignall, B Roberts
19	4 December 1971	Torquay United	H	0–0	5,145
20	18 December 1971	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–3	3,784	Fairbrother, Thompson
21	27 December 1971	Walsall	A	1–2	7,001	Thompson
22	1 January 1972	Chesterfield	H	2–1	8,331	Fairbrother, Wignall
23	8 January 1972	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	10,916
24	15 January 1972	Bradford City	A	2–2	4,098	Fairbrother (2)
25	22 January 1972	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	4,752	Fairbrother
26	29 January 1972	Barnsley	A	1–1	3,924	Thompson
27	5 February 1972	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	4,497	Fairbrother, Wignall
28	12 February 1972	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	5,155	Wignall
29	19 February 1972	Bournemouth	A	1–1	13,417	Kitchener (o.g.)
30	26 February 1972	Notts County	H	1–1	16,784	B Roberts
31	4 March 1972	Port Vale	H	0–1	2,809
32	11 March 1972	Bristol Rovers	A	1–2	5,581	Fairbrother
33	13 March 1972	Wrexham	A	1–1	2,547	Saunders
34	18 March 1972	Rochdale	H	3–1	5,121	Saunders, Fairbrother, Wignall
35	20 March 1972	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–2	6,076	Fairbrother, D Roberts
36	24 March 1972	Swansea City	A	1–1	3,494	Wignall
37	27 March 1972	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	5,412	Wignall
38	1 April 1972	Walsall	H	1–1	5,782	Fairbrother
39	3 April 1972	Rotherham United	A	1–3	5,906	Fairbrother
40	8 April 1972	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	5,587	Wignall
41	15 April 1972	York City	H	0–0	5,018
42	19 April 1972	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–4	2,693	Fairbrother (2)
43	22 April 1972	Torquay United	A	1–0	3,929	Longhorn
44	24 April 1972	Aston Villa	H	1–1	12,476	Fairbrother
45	29 April 1972	Bradford City	H	1–1	4,242	Stenson
46	1 May 1972	Wrexham	H	1–1	6,688	Fairbrother

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	20 November 1971	Chester	A	1–1	3,669	Bingham
R1 Replay	22 November 1971	Chester	H	4–3	5,310	Bingham, Fairbrother, Thompson, B Roberts
R2	11 December 1971	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	5,634	Fairbrother, Thompson
R2 Replay	15 December 1971	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–4	5,703	Fairbrother (2)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 August 1971	Chesterfield	A	0–0	12,261
R1 Replay	23 August 1971	Chesterfield	H	0–5	9,219

Squad statistics

Squad list sourced from 1971–72 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Kim Book	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
GK	Graham Brown	40	0	4	0	2	0	46	0
GK	Graeme Crawford	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Sam Ellis	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
DF	Barry Foster	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Colin Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ray Harford	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
DF	John Haselden	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Sandy Pate	46	0	4	0	2	0	52	0
DF	John Saunders	44	2	4	0	0	0	48	2
DF	Clive Walker	41	0	4	0	2	0	47	0
DF	Phil Waller	21(3)	0	4	0	2	0	27(3)	0
MF	Alan Jarvis	40(2)	0	4	0	2	0	46(2)	0
MF	Dennis Longhorn	26(1)	1	0	0	0	0	26(1)	1
MF	Bobby Roberts	37(4)	2	3	1	2	0	42(4)	3
MF	John Stenson	19(3)	2	2(1)	0	1	0	22(4)	2
FW	John Bingham	14(2)	0	3(1)	2	1	0	18(3)	2
FW	John Fairbrother	41	18	4	4	0	0	45	22
FW	Colin Harrington	7(6)	0	1	0	2	0	10(6)	0
FW	Dai Jones	5(5)	1	0	0	0	0	5(5)	1
FW	Dudley Roberts	15(1)	1	1	0	2	0	18(1)	1
FW	Dave Thompson	40	4	4	2	2	0	46	6
FW	Frank Wignall	23(2)	8	2	0	0	0	25(2)	8
–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	0	–	2

References

General

Mansfield Town 1971–72 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

^ 1971–72 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[1] 1971–72 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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