1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1937–38 season
ManagerHarry Parkes,
Jack Poole
Third Division South14th
FA CupThird round
Third Division South CupFirst Round

The 1937–38 season was Mansfield Town's seventh season in the Football League and Second in the Third Division South, they finished in 14th position with 39 points.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
12 Southend United 42 15 10 17 70 68 1.029 40
13 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 14 12 16 56 57 0.982 40
14 Mansfield Town[a] 42 15 9 18 62 67 0.925 39
15 Bristol Rovers 42 13 13 16 46 61 0.754 39
16 Newport County 42 11 16 15 43 52 0.827 38
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Mansfield Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

Results

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Football League Third Division South

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 28 August 1937 Northampton Town H 4–1 9,619 Crawshaw (3), Holmes
2 4 September 1937 Bristol Rovers A 0–0 7,996
3 8 September 1937 Walsall H 3–1 7,979 Crawshaw, Horne (2)
4 11 September 1937 Gillingham H 3–1 7,921 Crawshaw (2), Speed
5 15 September 1937 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–2 6,294
6 18 September 1937 Torquay United H 1–1 7,393 Speed
7 25 September 1937 Clapton Orient A 2–1 8,590 Crawshaw (2)
8 2 October 1937 Southend United H 2–2 8,330 Crawshaw (2)
9 7 October 1937 Notts County A 0–2 13,362
10 9 October 1937 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 14,142 Crawshaw
11 16 October 1937 Exeter City A 0–4 4,894
12 23 October 1937 Swindon Town H 2–0 5,264 Crawshaw, Sams
13 30 October 1937 Aldershot A 0–1 5,680
14 6 November 1937 Millwall H 1–1 8,400 Horne
15 13 November 1937 Reading A 2–3 7,910 Horne, Sams
16 20 November 1937 Crystal Palace H 2–0 8,207 Crawshaw, Bungay
17 4 December 1937 Newport County H 1–1 2,946 Holmes
18 18 December 1937 Watford H 0–1 5,274
19 25 December 1937 Cardiff City H 3–0 12,114 Holmes (2), Crawshaw
20 26 December 1937 Cardiff City A 1–4 37,726 Johnston
21 26 December 1937 Northampton Town A 0–3 6,401
22 15 January 1938 Bristol Rovers H 1–0 3,222 Reed
23 22 January 1938 Gillingham A 0–0 5,590
24 29 January 1938 Torquay United A 1–0 2,467 Reed
25 5 February 1938 Clapton Orient H 3–1 5,394 Crawshaw (2), Reed
26 12 February 1938 Southend United A 1–0 5,375 Speed
27 19 February 1938 Queens Park Rangers H 3–2 9,072 Speed, Crawshaw, Turner
28 26 February 1938 Exeter City H 2–3 7,187 Horne, Turner
29 5 March 1938 Swindon Town A 3–3 7,728 Reed, Turner, Johnston
30 12 March 1938 Aldershot H 2–0 7,173 Horne, Crawshaw
31 19 March 1938 Millwall A 0–1 29,253
32 26 March 1938 Reading H 5–1 6,521 Crawshaw (4), Turner
33 2 April 1938 Crystal Palace A 0–4 13,105
34 9 April 1938 Notts County H 1–2 11,190 Crawshaw
35 15 April 1938 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 4–5 8,616 Crawshaw, Turner, Reed, Speed
36 16 April 1938 Newport County A 0–1 8,087
37 18 April 1938 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 3–2 7,198 Crawshaw, Johnston, Reed
38 23 April 1938 Bristol City H 3–5 7,233 Johnston, Reed (2)
39 27 April 1938 Bristol City A 1–2 15,231 Reed
40 30 April 1938 Watford A 0–2 9,222
41 2 May 1938 Walsall A 0–2 2,022
42 7 May 1938 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–1 4,417 Shaw

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 27 November 1937 Wellington Town A 2–1 6,000 Crawshaw, Bungay
R2 15 December 1937 Lincoln City H 2–1 8,062 Crawshaw, Holmes
R3 8 January 1938 Leicester City H 1–2 15,890 Johnston

Football League Third Division South Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 27 September 1937 Crystal Palace H 0–1 1,500

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Third Division Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Daniel Black 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
GK Wales John Hughes 39 0 3 0 0 0 42 0
DF England Lloyd Barke 42 0 3 0 1 0 46 0
DF England Reg Bungay 32 1 3 1 0 0 35 2
DF Scotland William Patterson 40 0 3 0 1 0 44 0
DF England Ted Vaux 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF England George Stimpson 40 0 3 0 1 0 44 0
MF England Austin Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Frank O'Connor 18 0 2 0 1 0 21 0
MF England Fred Speed 39 5 3 0 1 0 43 5
MF England Leonard Wood 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW England Harold Crawshaw 41 25 3 2 1 0 45 27
FW England Howitt Fielding 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW England Maxey Holmes 17 4 2 1 0 0 19 5
FW England Alf Horne 22 6 3 0 1 0 26 6
FW Scotland Charlie Johnston 36 4 3 1 1 0 40 5
FW England Chick Reed 22 9 0 0 0 0 22 9
FW England George Rudkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Alfie Sams 11 2 1 0 1 0 13 2
FW England Fred Shaw 22 1 0 0 1 0 23 1
FW England Jackie Stamps 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England John Turner 24 5 1 0 0 0 25 5

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ 1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)