1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was Mansfield Town's 11th season in the Football League and seventh season in the Third Division North, they finished in 10th position with 42 points.[1]

Mansfield Town
1948–49 season
ManagerRoy Goodall
Third Division North10th
FA CupThird round

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
8 Stockport County 42 16 11 15 61 56 1.089 43
9 Wrexham 42 17 9 16 56 62 0.903 43
10 Mansfield Town 42 14 14 14 52 48 1.083 42
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 13 15 14 46 57 0.807 41
12 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 9 17 52 74 0.703 41
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Football League Third Division North

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 21 August 1948 Doncaster Rovers H 2–2 16,749 Oscroft (2)
2 25 August 1948 Bradford City A 0–1 9,481
3 28 August 1948 Hull City A 0–4 34,075
4 30 August 1948 Bradford City H 1–0 13,056 Oscroft
5 4 September 1948 Rotherham United H 1–2 16,224 Cooling
6 6 September 1948 Halifax Town H 2–1 11,626 Cooling, McCarter
7 11 September 1948 Accrington Stanley A 1–1 6,160 Banks
8 13 September 1948 Halifax Town A 2–2 8,900 Banks, Oscroft
9 18 September 1948 Oldham Athletic H 3–2 11,910 Banks, Oscroft (2)
10 25 September 1948 Tranmere Rovers A 0–1 8,140
11 2 October 1948 Chester H 1–0 12,459 McCarter
12 9 October 1948 Southport A 1–1 8,850 Wheatley
13 16 October 1948 Crewe Alexandra H 5–1 12,512 Oscroft, Edwards, Devey, Mercer (2)
14 23 October 1948 York City A 1–2 10,888 Oscroft
15 30 October 1948 Stockport County H 4–0 11,807 Mercer (3), Banks
16 6 November 1948 Carlisle United A 1–3 13,726 Cooling
17 13 November 1948 Gateshead H 1–1 8,983 Mercer
18 20 November 1948 Hartlepools United A 1–1 7,394 Wheatley
19 4 December 1948 New Brighton A 0–1 5,900
20 18 December 1948 Doncaster Rovers A 1–1 10,541 Oscroft
21 27 December 1948 Wrexham H 1–2 13,104 Oscroft
22 1 January 1949 Hull City H 1–1 11,735 Devey
23 15 January 1949 Rotherham United A 0–1 16,841
24 22 January 1949 Accrington Stanley H 2–0 11,703 Oscroft, Cooling
25 29 January 1949 Darlington H 2–2 14,094 Devey, Banks
26 5 February 1949 Oldham Athletic A 0–4 14,935
27 12 February 1949 New Brighton H 2–0 9,187 Oscroft (2)
28 19 February 1949 Tranmere Rovers H 0–0 11,448
29 26 February 1949 Chester A 1–1 5,250 Banks
30 5 March 1949 Southport H 1–1 6,237 Cooling
31 12 March 1949 Crewe Alexandra A 1–3 5,598 Cooling
32 19 March 1949 York City H 3–0 8,197 Banks (2), Peters
33 26 March 1949 Stockport County A 0–2 8,138
34 2 April 1949 Carlisle United H 2–0 8,615 Oscroft, Wheatley
35 4 April 1949 Rochdale A 0–1 3,362
36 9 April 1949 Gateshead A 0–0 3,958
37 15 April 1949 Barrow A 0–1 5,759
38 16 April 1949 Hartlepools United H 1–0 9,017 Cooling
39 18 April 1949 Barrow H 2–0 8,996 McCarter (2)
40 23 April 1949 Darlington A 2–1 7,490 Barks, Brown (o.g)
41 30 April 1949 Rochdale H 2–0 9,885 Chessell (2)
42 4 May 1949 Wrexham A 1–1 4,353 Peters

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 27 November 1948 Gloucester City H 4–0 11,400 Oscroft, Mercer (3)
R2 11 December 1948 Northampton Town H 2–1 13,501 Oscroft, Mercer
R3 8 January 1949 Preston North End A 1–2 35,985 Oscroft

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Harry Searson 15 0 0 0 15 0
GK   Dennis Wright 27 0 3 0 30 0
DF   Sammy Chessell 36 2 3 0 39 2
DF   Walter Fox 8 0 0 0 8 0
DF   Johnny Grogan 42 0 3 0 45 0
DF   David Jones 41 0 3 0 44 0
MF   Eddie Barks 16 2 0 0 16 2
MF   Charlie Croft 38 0 3 0 41 0
MF   Ray Devey 34 3 3 0 37 3
MF   Sam Hodgson 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Jack Lewis 4 0 0 0 4 0
FW   George Banks 36 7 3 0 39 7
FW   Billy Coole 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW   Roy Cooling 29 7 0 0 29 7
FW   Walter Edwards 5 1 0 0 5 1
FW   Wilf Ibbotson 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Alex Lennon 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW   Jim McCarter 26 4 3 0 29 4
FW   Stan Mercer 12 6 3 4 15 10
FW   Harry Oscroft 38 14 3 3 41 17
FW   Tom Peters 6 2 0 0 6 2
FW   Billy Wheatley 37 3 3 0 40 3
Own goals 1 0 1

References

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  1. ^ 1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)