1958–59 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was Mansfield Town's 21st season in the Football League and 1st season in the newly formed Third Division, they finished in 20th position with 46 points, avoiding relegation by 5 points.[1]

Mansfield Town
1958–59 season
ManagerSam Weaver
Third Division20th
FA CupFirst round

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
18 Wrexham 46 14 14 18 63 77 0.818 42
19 Accrington Stanley 46 15 12 19 71 87 0.816 42
20 Mansfield Town 46 14 13 19 73 98 0.745 41
21 Stockport County 46 13 10 23 65 78 0.833 36 Relegated
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 14 5 27 50 90 0.556 33
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Football League Third Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 23 August 1958 Southampton H 1–6 14,038 Delapenha
2 27 August 1958 Bradford City A 1–1 10,939 Fraser
3 30 August 1958 Accrington Stanley A 0–2 6,096
4 1 September 1958 Bradford City H 2–1 10,123 Thomas, Kemp
5 6 September 1958 Halifax Town H 4–3 9,757 Thomas, Keery, Delapenha, Uphill
6 9 September 1958 Brentford A 0–2 13,625
7 13 September 1958 Newport County A 0–1 8,482
8 15 September 1958 Brentford H 1–1 9,159 Wilson (o.g.)
9 20 September 1958 Chesterfield H 2–1 15,952 Delapenha, Anderson
10 22 September 1958 Wrexham H 3–1 7,871 Uphill (2), Vaughan
11 27 September 1958 Notts County A 4–3 16,510 Keery, Vaughan, Uphill, Kilford (o.g.)
12 1 October 1958 Wrexham A 1–2 10,022 Uphill
13 4 October 1958 Queens Park Rangers H 3–4 10,033 Uphill, Keery (2)
14 11 October 1958 Doncaster Rovers A 2–0 10,672 Uphill, Delapenha
15 18 October 1958 Plymouth Argyle H 1–4 12,492 Downie
16 25 October 1958 Tranmere Rovers A 2–2 11,859 Uphill, Thomas
17 1 November 1958 Stockport County H 2–1 8,275 Thomas (2)
18 8 November 1958 Reading A 3–3 13,559 Uphill, Downie, Thomas
19 22 November 1958 Southend United A 1–5 9,337 Uphill
20 13 December 1958 Bury H 0–2 5,772
21 20 December 1958 Southampton A 2–3 17,901 Uphill, Thomas
22 26 December 1958 Hull City A 2–5 20,836 Thomas (2)
23 27 December 1958 Hull City H 1–1 7,916 Delapenha
24 3 January 1959 Accrington Stanley H 3–2 6,815 Thomas (2), Griffiths
25 17 January 1959 Halifax Town A 0–0 3,260
26 24 January 1959 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 3–3 10,338 Thomas (2), Delapenha
27 31 January 1959 Newport County H 2–1 8,347 Thomas (2)
28 2 February 1959 Colchester United H 3–2 4,655 Delapenha, Uphill (2)
29 7 February 1959 Chesterfield A 1–3 10,120 Thomas
30 14 February 1959 Notts County H 3–0 13,376 Thomas, Delapenha, Butler (o.g.)
31 21 February 1959 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 5,007 Thomas
32 28 February 1959 Doncaster Rovers H 3–1 8,111 Thomas, Delapenha, Uphill
33 7 March 1959 Plymouth Argyle A 3–8 17,595 Downie (2), Ripley
34 14 March 1959 Tranmere Rovers H 0–2 5,623
35 21 March 1959 Stockport County A 1–4 6,394 Griffiths
36 27 March 1959 Rochdale A 2–2 3,537 Griffiths, Uphill
37 28 March 1959 Reading H 1–0 6,274 Williams
38 30 March 1959 Rochdale H 0–0 5,863
39 4 April 1959 Colchester United A 3–1 5,901 Uphill (2), Thomas
40 6 April 1959 Norwich City H 1–1 7,729 Nugent
41 11 April 1959 Southend United H 1–4 7,143 Uphill
42 13 April 1959 Swindon Town H 0–0 5,717
43 18 April 1959 Norwich City A 0–1 21,228
44 22 April 1959 Swindon Town A 1–2 7,303 Uphill
45 25 April 1959 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 1–4 3,703 Nugent
46 28 April 1959 Bury A 2–2 5,421 Thomas, Hall

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 15 November 1958 Bradford City H 3–4 9,313 Thomas, Uphill (2)

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Ray Kirkham 16 0 0 0 16 0
GK   Vince McBride 10 0 1 0 11 0
GK   Terry Statham 20 0 0 0 20 0
DF   Charlie Billington 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Don Bradley 23 0 1 0 24 0
DF   Brian Hall 2 1 0 0 2 1
DF   Ray Hogg 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Brian Lambert 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF   Ken Mellor 32 0 1 0 33 0
DF   Keith Savin 31 0 0 0 31 0
DF   Terry Swinscoe 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF   Joe Thomas 28 0 1 0 29 0
DF   Colin Toon 17 0 0 0 17 0
MF   Brian Jayes 19 0 1 0 20 0
MF   Stan Keery 11 4 0 0 11 4
MF   Keith Ripley 12 1 0 0 12 1
MF   Sid Watson 24 0 1 0 25 0
MF   Robert Williams 29 1 0 0 29 1
FW   Robbie Anderson 18 1 1 0 19 1
FW   Lindy Delapenha 39 9 1 0 40 9
FW   Johnny Downie 18 4 0 0 18 4
FW   David Fraser 6 1 0 0 6 1
FW   Ken Griffiths 28 3 1 0 29 3
FW   Ivan Hollett 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Sam Kemp 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW   Cliff Nugent 27 2 0 0 27 2
FW   Barrie Thomas 34 21 1 1 35 22
FW   Dennis Uphill 44 19 1 2 45 21
FW   Terry Vaughan 6 2 0 0 6 2
Own goals 3 0 3

References

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  1. ^ 1958–59 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)