1970–71 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was Mansfield Town's 34th season in the Football League and 10th in the Third Division, they finished in 7th position with 51 points.

Mansfield Town

1970–71 season
Manager	Jock Basford
Third Division	7th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Second Round

Final league table

Main article: 1970–71 Football League § Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	46	22	17	7	63	39	1.615	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Fulham (P)	46	24	12	10	68	41	1.659	60
3	Halifax Town	46	22	12	12	74	55	1.345	56	Qualification for the Watney Cup
4	Aston Villa	46	19	15	12	54	46	1.174	53
5	Chesterfield	46	17	17	12	66	38	1.737	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	19	13	14	69	50	1.380	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	18	15	13	64	62	1.032	51
8	Rotherham United	46	17	16	13	64	60	1.067	50
9	Wrexham	46	18	13	15	72	65	1.108	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
10	Torquay United	46	19	11	16	54	57	0.947	49
11	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	59	56	1.054	46
12	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	49	52	0.942	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	58	62	0.935	45
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	16	16	50	47	1.064	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	19	15	63	63	1.000	43
16	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	61	68	0.897	43
17	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	52	59	0.881	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	22	14	45	55	0.818	42
19	Bradford City	46	13	14	19	49	62	0.790	40
20	Walsall	46	14	11	21	51	57	0.895	39
21	Reading (R)	46	14	11	21	48	85	0.565	39	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Bury (R)	46	12	13	21	52	60	0.867	37
23	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	13	9	24	45	66	0.682	35
24	Gillingham (R)	46	10	13	23	42	67	0.627	33

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1970–71 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	15 August 1970	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–1	8,147	Stenson, D Roberts
2	22 August 1970	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	8,119	Napier (o.g.)
3	28 August 1970	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–5	5,836	Partridge (2)
4	31 August 1970	Aston Villa	A	1–0	30,862	Partridge
5	4 September 1970	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–5	10,054	D Roberts
6	12 September 1970	Swansea City	A	4–2	7,408	Stenson (2), Jones, Williams (o.g.)
7	19 September 1970	Wrexham	H	1–1	7,185	Goodfellow
8	26 September 1970	Gillingham	A	2–2	4,706	Goodfellow, Jones
9	28 September 1970	Port Vale	H	2–0	8,121	Walker, D Roberts
10	3 October 1970	Rochdale	H	3–2	7,038	Stenson (2), Jones
11	10 October 1970	Preston North End	A	1–2	12,452	Stenson
12	14 October 1970	Walsall	H	2–2	6,912	Jones, Thompson
13	17 October 1970	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	6,912	Jones, D Roberts
14	20 October 1970	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2	12,307
15	24 October 1970	Reading	H	0–0	6,310
16	30 October 1970	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–4	3,194	Jones
17	7 November 1970	Halifax Town	H	3–2	5,549	Stenson, Boam, B Roberts
18	9 November 1970	Rotherham United	H	1–1	7,737	Stenson
19	14 November 1970	Torquay United	A	0–0	5,596
20	28 November 1970	Bradford City	A	1–1	5,706	B Roberts
21	5 December 1970	Fulham	H	1–0	8,501	D Roberts
22	19 December 1970	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–2	6,524
23	26 December 1970	Barnsley	H	1–2	5,939	Thompson
24	2 January 1971	Chesterfield	A	2–2	16,474	D Roberts (2)
25	9 January 1971	Port Vale	A	0–2	4,412
26	16 January 1971	Bristol Rovers	H	4–1	6,355	Thompson (2), D Roberts, Parsons (o.g.)
27	23 January 1971	Bury	A	0–0	3,585
28	30 January 1971	Bradford City	H	5–3	4,360	Walker, D Roberts, Jones
29	6 February 1971	Fulham	A	0–0	9,373
30	13 February 1971	Bury	H	1–0	4,631	Stenson
31	20 February 1971	Rotherham United	A	1–2	7,650	D Roberts
32	27 February 1971	Tranmere Rovers	H	6–2	4,326	D Roberts (4), Thompson, Stenson
33	6 March 1971	Reading	A	0–1	4,508
34	9 March 1971	Walsall	A	1–0	3,364	Stenson
35	13 March 1971	Torquay United	H	0–0	5,710
36	15 March 1971	Chesterfield	H	2–2	13,181	Stenson, Jones
37	20 March 1971	Halifax Town	A	1–0	6,667	D Roberts
38	27 March 1971	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	8,925
39	3 April 1971	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	4,289	Jones
40	10 April 1971	Barnsley	A	0–1	5,292
41	12 April 1971	Rochdale	A	1–1	3,898	D Roberts
42	13 April 1971	Swansea City	H	2–0	5,400	D Roberts (2)
43	17 April 1971	Preston North End	H	3–1	7,185	D Roberts (2), Thompson
44	24 April 1971	Wrexham	A	0–4	5,271
45	26 April 1971	Aston Villa	H	2–0	9,655	D Roberts, Thompson
46	1 May 1971	Gillingham	H	2–0	4,251	D Roberts, Thompson

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	21 November 1970	Wrexham	H	2–0	6,825	D Roberts, Stenson
R2	12 December 1970	Scunthorpe United	A	0–3	7,656

League Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	19 August 1970	Chesterfield	H	6–2	11,092	Stenson (2), D Roberts, Partridge (3)
R2	8 September 1970	Liverpool	H	0–0	12,559
R2 Replay	22 September 1970	Liverpool	A	2–3	31,087	Stenson, Sutton

Squad statistics

• Squad list sourced from 1970–71 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Rod Arnold	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
GK	Graham Brown	19	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
GK	Des Finch	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Jim Herriot	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
GK	Mick Rose	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
DF	Stuart Boam	38	1	2	0	1	0	41	1
DF	Sandy Pate	46	0	2	0	3	0	51	0
DF	John Saunders	29	0	0	0	2	0	31	0
DF	Clive Walker	46	2	2	0	3	0	51	2
DF	Phil Waller	34(3)	0	2	0	3	0	39(3)	0
MF	Jimmy Goodfellow	15(4)	2	2	0	1	0	18(4)	2
MF	Alan Jarvis	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MF	Johnny Quigley	16	0	0	0	3	0	19	0
MF	Bobby Roberts	39	2	2	0	0	0	41	2
MF	John Stenson	45	12	2	1	3	3	50	16
MF	Jimmy Sutton	11(2)	0	2	0	3	1	16(2)	1
FW	John Bingham	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0
FW	Jantzen Derrick	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0
FW	Dai Jones	39(2)	9	0(1)	0	3	0	42(3)	9
FW	Malcolm Partridge	5	3	0	0	2	3	7	6
FW	Dudley Roberts	45	22	2	1	3	1	50	24
FW	Dave Thompson	34	8	2	0	0	0	36	8
–	Own goals	–	3	–	0	–	0	–	3

References

General

• Mansfield Town 1970–71 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific