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1946–47 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
1946–47 season
ManagerRoy Goodall
Third Division South22nd
FA CupFirst Round

The 1946–47 season was Mansfield Town's ninth season in the Football League and fourth and final season in the Third Division South, they finished in bottom in 22nd position with 28 points and were transferred back to the Third Division North.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
18 Crystal Palace 42 13 11 18 49 62 0.790 37
19 Leyton Orient 42 12 8 22 54 75 0.720 32
20 Aldershot 42 10 12 20 48 78 0.615 32
21 Norwich City 42 10 8 24 64 100 0.640 28 Re-elected
22 Mansfield Town 42 9 10 23 48 96 0.500 28 Re-elected; transferred
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Football League Third Division South

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 31 August 1946 Crystal Palace H 3–1 9,508 Copestake, Hogg, Bryant
2 4 September 1946 Watford A 2–1 4,219 Copestake, Bryant
3 7 September 1946 Torquay United A 2–2 7,258 Bryant (2)
4 9 September 1946 Walsall A 0–0 9,047
5 14 September 1946 Port Vale H 0–3 11,207
6 18 September 1946 Walsall H 1–1 7,368 Harper
7 21 September 1946 Bristol Rovers H 3–1 9,183 Bryant (2), Calverley
8 28 September 1946 Southend United A 1–1 10,994 Harkin
9 5 October 1946 Queens Park Rangers H 0–3 13,459
10 9 October 1946 Watford H 2–0 5,218 Bryant (2)
11 12 October 1946 Leyton Orient A 1–3 9,783 Bramley
12 19 October 1946 Bristol City A 2–5 17,357 Bryant (2)
13 26 October 1946 Swindon Town H 1–1 7,583 Hogg
14 2 November 1946 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 1–3 12,562 Hogg
15 9 November 1946 Cardiff City H 1–3 9,827 Hogg
16 16 November 1946 Norwich City A 1–3 16,561 Bryant
17 23 November 1946 Notts County H 1–0 10,899 Copestake
18 7 December 1946 Aldershot H 1–3 4,429 Copestake
19 14 December 1946 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–5 7,666
20 21 December 1946 Exeter City H 1–0 4,485 Hogg
21 25 December 1946 Reading A 2–2 4,975 Hogg, Copestake
22 26 December 1946 Reading H 0–3 16,488
23 28 December 1946 Crystal Palace A 1–1 15,347 Harkin
24 4 January 1947 Torquay United H 1–0 5,499 Bryant
25 18 January 1947 Port Vale A 1–4 14,390 Harkin
26 23 January 1947 Northampton Town A 0–3 2,713
27 25 January 1947 Bristol Rovers A 0–1 9,401
28 1 February 1947 Southend United H 0–1 4,411
29 8 February 1947 Queens Park Rangers A 1–3 7,776 Bryant
30 1 March 1947 Swindon Town A 1–6 12,257 Bryant
31 15 March 1947 Cardiff City A 0–5 9,384
32 22 March 1947 Norwich City H 4–4 5,141 Copestake, Betts (2), Carter
33 29 March 1947 Notts County A 1–5 12,157 Betts
34 4 April 1947 Ipswich Town H 4–3 5,383 Chadbourne, Carter, Oscroft (2)
35 5 April 1947 Northampton Town H 3–2 5,625 Chadbourne, Carter, Copestake
36 7 April 1947 Ipswich Town A 1–2 15,102 Oscroft
37 12 April 1947 Aldershot A 1–1 4,322 Betts
38 19 April 1947 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–3 6,938
39 26 April 1947 Exeter City A 0–1 5,346
40 3 May 1947 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 1–1 5,042 Betts
41 17 May 1947 Bristol City H 1–3 7,012 Bryant
42 31 May 1947 Leyton Orient H 1–3 4,412 Chessell

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 30 November 1946 Northampton Town A 0–2 15,600

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Vic Cromack 10 0 0 0 10 0
GK England Dennis Wright 32 0 1 0 33 0
DF England Lloyd Barke 32 0 1 0 33 0
DF England Ernest Bramley 28 1 1 0 29 1
DF England Sammy Chessell 35 1 0 0 35 1
DF England Bill Dallman 4 0 0 0 4 0
DF England Walter Fox 19 0 1 0 20 0
MF England Gordon Baird 8 0 0 0 8 0
MF Scotland Laurie Binnie 20 0 1 0 21 0
MF England Harry Everett 3 0 0 0 3 0
MF England Harold Everett 15 0 0 0 15 0
MF England Jim Harkin 7 3 0 0 7 3
MF England Les Smith 28 0 0 0 28 0
MF England Len Thorpe 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW England Eric Betts 19 5 0 0 19 5
FW England Alex Brown 5 0 1 0 6 0
FW England Eric Bryant 28 15 0 0 28 15
FW England Alf Calverley 30 1 1 0 31 1
FW England Syd Carter 12 3 0 0 12 3
FW England William Chadbourne 6 2 0 0 6 2
FW England Oliver Copestake 33 7 1 0 34 7
FW England Don Harper 21 1 1 0 22 1
FW England Harry Hewitt 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Freddie Hogg 35 6 1 0 36 6
FW England William Jeffries 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Danny Liddle 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Reg Nettleship 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Harry Oscroft 12 3 0 0 12 3
FW Scotland James Westland 10 0 1 0 11 0

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ 1946–47 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)