1952–53 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1952–53 season was Mansfield Town's 15th season in the Football League and tenth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 18th position with 46 points.[1]

Mansfield Town
1952–53 season
ManagerGeorge Jobey
Third Division North18th
FA CupThird round

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
16 Bradford City 46 14 18 14 75 80 0.938 46
17 Hartlepools United 46 16 14 16 57 61 0.934 46
18 Mansfield Town 46 16 14 16 55 62 0.887 46
19 Barrow 46 16 12 18 66 71 0.930 44
20 Chester 46 11 15 20 64 85 0.753 37
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 23 August 1952 Chesterfield A 1–4 18,506 Reeve
2 25 August 1952 Gateshead H 2–0 12,685 Reeve, Coole
3 30 August 1952 Tranmere Rovers H 1–0 12,129 Marron
4 1 September 1952 Gateshead A 2–1 5,388 Marron (2)
5 6 September 1952 York City A 0–2 8,645
6 8 September 1952 Workington H 0–0 9,951
7 13 September 1952 Grimsby Town H 1–1 12,980 Evans
8 17 September 1952 Workington A 1–0 6,479 Fox
9 20 September 1952 Barrow A 0–3 5,964
10 25 September 1952 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A 1–0 7,252 Adam
11 27 September 1952 Wrexham H 0–2 8,007
12 29 September 1952 Darlington H 3–2 4,589 Adam, Evans, Marron
13 4 October 1952 Bradford Park Avenue A 1–1 9,623 Marron
14 11 October 1952 Hartlepools United A 0–2 8,554
15 18 October 1952 Carlisle United H 2–1 7,500 S Watson, Fox
16 25 October 1952 Southport A 3–1 5,685 Marron, Reeve, Adam
17 1 November 1952 Crewe Alexandra H 3–0 7,348 Marron (2), Coole
18 8 November 1952 Port Vale A 1–1 14,103 Adam
19 15 November 1952 Chester H 2–2 6,390 Marron, Chessell
20 29 November 1952 Stockport County H 2–2 4,956 Marron (2)
21 13 December 1952 Rochdale H 2–1 6,211 Marron, Scott
22 20 December 1952 Chesterfield H 1–4 6,802 Scott
23 26 December 1952 Oldham Athletic A 0–1 26,194
24 27 December 1952 Oldham Athletic H 0–2 12,200
25 1 January 1953 Darlington A 1–2 4,045 Fox
26 3 January 1953 Tranmere Rovers A 0–1 8,844
27 17 January 1953 York City H 1–1 6,960 Lewis
28 24 January 1953 Grimsby Town A 1–5 13,890 Chessell
29 31 January 1953 Accrington Stanley A 2–2 3,274 Marron, Brocklehurst (o.g.)
30 7 February 1953 Barrow H 2–2 5,298 Marron, Reeve
31 14 February 1953 Wrexham A 0–1 6,647
32 21 February 1953 Bradford Park Avenue H 1–1 6,219 Evans
33 28 February 1953 Hartlepools United H 2–0 6,720 Reeve, Chessell
34 7 March 1953 Carlisle United A 0–1 8,309
35 14 March 1953 Southport H 2–2 6,661 Reeve, Evans
36 21 March 1953 Crewe Alexandra A 0–1 5,802
37 28 March 1953 Port Vale H 1–0 6,083 V Watson
38 4 April 1953 Chester A 2–2 5,082 V Watson, Reeve
39 6 April 1953 Halifax Town A 2–1 5,794 V Watson, Fox
40 7 April 1953 Halifax Town H 2–1 7,953 V Watson, Marron
41 11 April 1953 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H 1–0 7,310 Reeve
42 13 April 1953 Accrington Stanley H 0–0 5,465
43 18 April 1953 Stockport County A 2–2 6,503 Marron, Coole
44 20 April 1953 Bradford City A 1–2 8,165 Reeve
45 25 April 1953 Bradford City H 3–1 6,230 Reeve, Fox, V Watson
46 29 April 1953 Rochdale A 0–1 4,282

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 22 November 1952 Scarborough A 8–0 6,536 Adam (2), Marron (2), Fox (3), S Watson
R2 6 December 1952 Accrington Stanley A 2–0 8,606 Adam, Fox
R3 10 January 1953 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 24,467

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Arthur Bramley 17 0 2 0 19 0
GK   Dennis Wright 29 0 1 0 30 0
DF   Don Bradley 32 0 3 0 35 0
DF   Sammy Chessell 45 3 3 0 48 3
DF   Gordon Livie 5 0 0 0 5 0
DF   Les Mayfield 6 0 0 0 6 0
DF   Norman Plummer 45 0 3 0 48 0
DF   Gordon Revel 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF   Eddie Barks 28 0 1 0 29 0
MF   Norman Field 16 0 2 0 18 0
MF   Oscar Fox 38 5 3 4 41 9
MF   Jack Lewis 28 1 3 0 31 1
MF   Sid Watson 30 1 3 1 33 2
FW   Charlie Adam 40 4 3 3 43 7
FW   Billy Coole 35 3 1 0 36 3
FW   Joe Eaton 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Ray Evans 15 4 0 0 15 4
FW   Eddie Hawksford 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Chris Marron 39 16 3 2 42 18
FW   Ken Reeve 32 10 0 0 32 10
FW   Ken Scott 5 2 2 0 7 2
FW   George Simpson 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW   Vaughan Watson 10 5 0 0 10 5
FW   Vince Wright 2 0 0 0 2 0
Own goals 1 0 1

References

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  1. ^ 1952–53 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)