1947–48 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1947–48 season
ManagerRoy Goodall
Third Division North8th
FA CupThird Round
until December colours
from December colours

The 1947–48 season was Mansfield Town's tenth season in the Football League and sixth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 8th position with 45 points.[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1947–48 Football League § Third Division North

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
6 Accrington Stanley 42 20 6 16 62 59 1.051 46
7 Barrow 42 16 13 13 49 40 1.225 45
8 Mansfield Town[a] 42 17 11 14 57 51 1.118 45
9 Carlisle United 42 18 7 17 88 77 1.143 43
10 Crewe Alexandra 42 18 7 17 61 63 0.968 43
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Mansfield Town had been transferred from Third Division South for this season.

Results

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1947–48 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 23 August 1947 York City H 1–2 9,695 Croft
2 27 August 1947 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 7,810
3 30 August 1947 Oldham Athletic A 1–1 14,336 Hogg
4 1 September 1947 Crewe Alexandra H 3–1 10,043 Croft (2), Oscroft
5 6 September 1947 Tranmere Rovers H 1–3 10,187 Oscroft
6 8 September 1947 Carlisle United H 3–2 8,272 Hogg, Chadbourne
7 13 September 1947 Darlington A 2–1 6,936 Bryant, Chessell
8 20 September 1947 Gateshead H 1–2 9,879 Cooling
9 27 September 1947 Hartlepools United A 0–1 7,497
10 4 October 1947 Rotherham United H 2–1 13,886 Bryant, Oscroft
11 11 October 1947 Halifax Town A 1–1 6,713 Shell
12 18 October 1947 Rochdale H 1–1 12,268 Oscroft
13 25 October 1947 New Brighton A 2–2 5,540 Oscroft, Croft
14 1 November 1947 Southport H 2–0 11,260 Cooling, Brown
15 8 November 1947 Lincoln City A 0–0 15,127
16 15 November 1947 Accrington Stanley H 1–0 12,527 Oscroft
17 22 November 1947 Hull City A 1–1 20,677 Brown
18 6 December 1947 Bradford City A 1–0 9,322 Banks
19 20 December 1947 York City A 2–1 5,863 Banks, Butt
20 26 December 1947 Wrexham A 1–2 17,633 Banks
21 27 December 1947 Wrexham H 1–0 13,128 Banks
22 1 January 1948 Carlisle United A 1–3 9,997 Edwards
23 3 January 1948 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 12,824 Banks
24 17 January 1948 Tranmere Rovers A 1–0 4,390 Devey
25 24 January 1948 Barrow H 1–0 10,701 Oscroft
26 31 January 1948 Darlington H 4–0 11,605 Oscroft, Banks (2), Edwards
27 7 February 1948 Gateshead A 1–2 9,718 Cooling
28 14 February 1948 Hartlepools United H 3–2 13,326 Edwards, Oscroft, Banks
29 28 February 1948 Halifax Town H 3–1 10,664 Banks (3)
30 6 March 1948 Rochdale A 2–1 10,664 Butt, Cooling
31 13 March 1948 New Brighton H 5–0 10,886 Butt (2), Cooling, Banks, Oscroft
32 20 March 1948 Southport A 1–1 7,032 Croft
33 26 March 1948 Chester A 2–1 11,209 Croft, Banks
34 27 March 1948 Lincoln City H 0–2 18,863
35 29 March 1948 Chester H 2–1 12,770 Banks, Edwards
36 3 April 1948 Accrington Stanley A 0–1 4,622
37 5 April 1948 Stockport County H 1–2 12,760 Coole
38 10 April 1948 Hull City H 1–1 11,098 Oscroft
39 12 April 1948 Rotherham United A 1–2 20,522 Cooling
40 17 April 1948 Stockport County A 0–5 11,039
41 24 April 1948 Bradford City H 1–1 6,799 Cooling
42 1 May 1948 Barrow A 0–1 5,431

FA Cup

Main article: 1947–48 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 29 November 1947 Wimbledon A 1–0 9,823 Cooling
R2 13 December 1947 Oldham Athletic A 1–0 22,067 Cooling
R2 10 January 1948 Stoke City H 2–4 10,529 Oscroft, Butt

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Harry Searson 27 0 3 0 30 0
GK England Dennis Wright 15 0 0 0 15 0
DF England Ernest Bramley 4 0 0 0 4 0
DF England Sammy Chessell 22 1 2 0 24 1
DF England Bill Dallman 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Walter Fox 27 0 1 0 28 0
DF Scotland Johnny Grogan 34 0 3 0 37 0
DF Wales David Jones 33 0 3 0 36 0
MF England Gordon Baird 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Charlie Croft 40 5 3 0 43 5
MF England Ray Devey 41 1 3 0 44 1
MF England Les Smith 10 0 0 0 10 0
FW England Ken Allcock 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England George Banks 27 14 3 0 30 14
FW England Roy Brown 17 2 1 0 18 2
FW England Eric Bryant 7 2 0 0 7 2
FW England Len Butt 15 4 2 1 17 5
FW England William Chadbourne 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW England Colin Cochrane 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Billy Coole 8 1 0 0 8 1
FW England Roy Cooling 33 7 3 2 36 9
FW England Walter Edwards 20 4 1 0 21 4
FW England William Hill 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Freddie Hogg 10 2 0 0 10 2
FW England Ken Kay 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Harry Oscroft 40 12 3 1 43 13
FW England Frank Shell 22 1 2 0 24 1

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ 1947–48 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)