2024–25 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
2024–25 season
Owner	John Radford
Chief Executive	Carolyn Radford
Manager	Nigel Clough
Stadium	Field Mill
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2024–25 season is the 128th season in the history of Mansfield Town Football Club and their first season back in League One, the third-tier of English football, since the 2002–03 season following their promotion from League Two in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2024^[a]	DM	Keanu Baccus	St Mirren	Free	^[1]
1 July 2024^[b]	CB	Frazer Blake-Tracy	Swindon Town	Free	^[2]
1 July 2024^[c]	CF	Lee Gregory	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	^[3]
1 July 2024^[d]	CM	Deji Oshilaja	Burton Albion	Free	^[4]
2 August 2024	RW	Ben Quinn	Celtic	Free	^[5]
6 August 2024	CF	Will Evans	Newport County	Undisclosed	^[6]

^ The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on July 1 once his St Mirren contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Swindon Town contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 15 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Sheffield Wednesday contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Burton Albion contract expired

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024^[a]	CM	Ollie Clarke	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[7]
30 August 2024	AM	Davis Keillor-Dunn	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 August 2024	CF	Will Swan	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	^[9]

^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
30 August 2024	CF	Ben Waine	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season	^[10]

Loaned out

Date	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	CM	Anthony Hartigan	Barnet	1 July 2024	^[11]^[12]
30 June 2024	RB	Callum Johnson	Bradford City	1 July 2024	^[11]^[13]
30 June 2024	CB	John-Joe O'Toole	AFC Wimbledon	1 July 2024	^[11]^[14]
30 June 2024	GK	Louie Turner			^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 21 June, Mansfield Town announced a pre-season training camp in Albufeira, Portugal with a friendly fixture against Chelsea U21.^[15] Four days later, the club confirmed their pre-season schedule with fixtures against Retford United, Hucknall Town, Oxford United, Alfreton Town, Grimsby Town and Matlock Town.^[16]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2024 Friendly	Retford United	0–7	Mansfield Town	Retford
19:30 BST		Report	Oshilaja McWoods Swan S. Quinn B. Quinn Reed Boateng	Stadium: Cannon Park

20 July 2024 Friendly	Hucknall Town	0–6	Mansfield Town	Hucknall
15:00 BST		Report	Boateng B. Quinn pen McWoods Baccus Flanagan McLaughlin	Stadium: Ariel Way

23 July 2024 Friendly	Mansfield Town	2–1	Chelsea U21	Albufeira, Portugal
18:30 WEST (18:30 BST)	Quinn 20' McLaughlin 44'	Report	Castledine 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

27 July 2024 Friendly	Mansfield Town	1–0	Oxford United	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Keillor-Dunn 59'	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,455 Referee: Matthew Donohue

30 July 2024 Friendly	Alfreton Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Alfreton
19:30 BST	Lund 37'	Report	Oshilaja 39'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 888

3 August 2024 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–1	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Keillor-Dunn 79'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,733

6 August 2024 Friendly	Matlock Town	0–3	Mansfield Town	Matlock
19:45 BST		Report	Evans 27' Macdonald 39' Swan 72'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 1,320

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Crawley Town	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
13	Northampton Town	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
14	Mansfield Town	4	1	2	1	7	9	−2	5
15	Rotherham United	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
16	Wycombe Wanderers	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[17]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	2	1	7	9	−2	5	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	5	−2

Last updated: 31 August 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[18]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 August 2024 1	Barnsley	1–2	Mansfield Town	Barnsley
20:00 BST	Connell 32' Earl 79'	Report	Quinn 13', 25' Gregory 18' Pym 66' Nichols 90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,817 Referee: Ben Toner

17 August 2024 2	Mansfield Town	3–3	Burton Albion	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Evans 4' Armer 45+1' (o.g.) Reed 72' Gregory 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bodin 7', 81' Armer 9' Whitfield 69' Vancooten 78' Bajrami 90+6'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,781 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 August 2024 3	Lincoln City	4–1	Mansfield Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Jackson 29', 47' McGrandles 31' House 43', 51' Roughan 45+2' O'Connor 75'	Report	Quinn 18' Oshilaja 23', 69' Hewitt 63'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,809 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

31 August 2024 4	Mansfield Town	1–1	Stockport County	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Boateng 22'	Report	Camps 11' Wootton 37'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Scott Oldham

7 September 2024 5	Wycombe Wanderers	Postponed	Mansfield Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Adams Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups.^[19]

14 September 2024 6	Mansfield Town	v	Cambridge United	Mansfield
12:30 BST				Stadium: Field Mill
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[20]

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Mansfield being drawn away against Bolton Wanderers.^[21]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round	Bolton Wanderers	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mansfield Town	Horwich
19:45 BST	Johnston 39' McAtee 41' Thomason 68'	Report	Macdonald 28' Oshilaja 67' Boateng 78' Keillor-Dunn 83', 90+3'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Adam Herczeg
	Penalties
	Adeboyejo Thomason Collins Williams Charles Matete Dacres-Cogley		Bowery Gregory Hewitt Boateng Lewis Macdonald Swan

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Mansfield were drawn into Northern Group H alongside Bradford City, Rotherham United and Newcastle United U21.^[22]^[23]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rotherham United	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Newcastle United U21	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Bradford City	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
4	L1	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2024. Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 August 2024 Group stage	Rotherham United	2–0	Mansfield Town	Rotherham
19:00 BST	Hugill 3', 54' Bramall 52' MacDonald 69' James 73'	Report	McLaughlin 45+1' Macdonald 90+2'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,265 Referee: Scott Jackson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 31 August 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Christy Pym	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	George Williams	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Stephen McLaughlin	5	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	WAL	Elliott Hewitt	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Alfie Kilgour	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Baily Cargill	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	GRN	Lucas Akins	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	WAL	Aaron Lewis	6	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Bowery	6	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	WAL	Will Evans	6	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	DF	SCO	Calum Macdonald	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Scott Flinders	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Aden Flint	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	IRL	Ben Quinn	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	AUS	Keanu Baccus	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Lee Gregory	6	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	NZL	Ben Waine (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Frazer Blake-Tracy	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Deji Oshilaja	6	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Louis Reed	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK	IRL	Owen Mason	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Finn Flanagan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Hiram Boateng	6	1	1+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
—	FW	PAK	McKeal Abdullah	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Charlie Carter	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	POL	Jakub Kruszynski	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Darien Wauchope	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who featured but departed permanently during the season:
26	FW	ENG	Will Swan	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	5	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	1	0+1	0

References

^ "Stags land Australian international". Mansfield Town FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "Stags sign new defender". Mansfield Town FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Stags land experienced striker". Mansfield Town FC. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ "Stags land versatile midfielder". Mansfield Town FC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Stags secure forward following successful trial". Mansfield Town FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Stags bolster front line with new forward". Mansfield Town FC. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "Midfielder makes Swindon switch". Mansfield Town FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ "Keillor-Dunn makes Barnsley switch". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Forward completes move to Crawley". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Stags recruit new forward". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mansfield Town confirm retained list". Mansfield Town FC. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Anthony Hartigan Becomes Dean Brennan's Twelfth Signing Of The Summer". Barnet FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Johnson Joins The Bantams". Bradford City AFC. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "John-Joe joins permanently!". AFC Wimbledon. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Stags' training camp in Portugal confirmed". Mansfield Town FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Stags pre-season schedule confirmed". Mansfield Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Wycombe v Stags postponed". Mansfield Town FC. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Stags v Cambridge kick-off time rearranged". Mansfield Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[1] The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on July 1 once his St Mirren contract expired

[3] The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Swindon Town contract expired

[5] The transfer was announced on 15 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Sheffield Wednesday contract expired

[7] The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Burton Albion contract expired

[11] The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened

[2] "Stags land Australian international". Mansfield Town FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[4] "Stags sign new defender". Mansfield Town FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[6] "Stags land experienced striker". Mansfield Town FC. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[8] "Stags land versatile midfielder". Mansfield Town FC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[9] "Stags secure forward following successful trial". Mansfield Town FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[10] "Stags bolster front line with new forward". Mansfield Town FC. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[12] "Midfielder makes Swindon switch". Mansfield Town FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[13] "Keillor-Dunn makes Barnsley switch". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[14] "Forward completes move to Crawley". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[15] "Stags recruit new forward". Mansfield Town FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[RetainedList-16] "Mansfield Town confirm retained list". Mansfield Town FC. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[17] "Anthony Hartigan Becomes Dean Brennan's Twelfth Signing Of The Summer". Barnet FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[18] "Johnson Joins The Bantams". Bradford City AFC. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[19] "John-Joe joins permanently!". AFC Wimbledon. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[20] "Stags' training camp in Portugal confirmed". Mansfield Town FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[21] "Stags pre-season schedule confirmed". Mansfield Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[EFL_Regulations23-24-22] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[23] "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[24] "Wycombe v Stags postponed". Mansfield Town FC. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[25] "Stags v Cambridge kick-off time rearranged". Mansfield Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[26] "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[27] "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[28] "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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