1953–54 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1953–54 season was Mansfield Town's 16th season in the Football League and 11th season in the Third Division North, they finished in 7th position with 51 points.[1]

Mansfield Town
1953–54 season
ManagerStan Mercer
Third Division North7th
FA CupFirst Round

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
5 Bradford City 46 22 9 15 60 55 1.091 53
6 Chesterfield 46 19 14 13 76 64 1.188 52
7 Mansfield Town 46 20 11 15 88 67 1.313 51
8 Wrexham 46 21 9 16 81 68 1.191 51
9 Bradford Park Avenue 46 18 14 14 77 68 1.132 50
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 19 August 1953 Port Vale H 1–2 10,410 Marron
2 22 August 1953 Tranmere Rovers A 5–2 7,917 Plummer, Adam, Reeve (2), Murray
3 26 August 1953 Bradford City A 2–2 9,873 Plummer, Reeve
4 29 August 1953 Halifax Town H 3–1 6,888 Plummer, Murray, Reeve
5 31 August 1953 Bradford City H 0–0 8,879
6 5 September 1953 Carlisle United A 0–5 8,482
7 12 September 1953 Accrington Stanley H 1–1 7,627 Murray
8 14 September 1953 Chesterfield H 2–2 11,185 Murray (2)
9 19 September 1953 Grimsby Town A 2–0 9,929 Adam, Marron
10 21 September 1953 Barrow A 2–4 3,617 Murray, Reeve
11 26 September 1953 Stockport County H 3–1 8,610 Murray, Plummer, Coole
12 28 September 1953 Barrow H 2–3 6,590 Murray, Marron
13 3 October 1953 Rochdale A 0–1 7,483
14 10 October 1953 Southport H 4–2 7,926 Murray (2), Bradley
15 17 October 1953 York City A 1–5 6,294 Murray
16 24 October 1953 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H 2–1 8,539 Bradley, Marron
17 31 October 1953 Workington A 1–1 6,570 Reeve
18 7 November 1953 Gateshead H 1–1 7,355 Watson
19 14 November 1953 Hartlepools United A 1–3 7,128 Daley
20 28 November 1953 Barnsley A 1–2 9,241 Daley
21 5 December 1953 Bradford Park Avenue H 1–1 5,493 Murray
22 12 December 1953 Darlington H 6–0 5,655 Murray (2), Darwin (2), Daley, Reeve
23 19 December 1953 Tranmere Rovers H 2–0 6,102 Darwin, Reeve
24 25 December 1953 Crewe Alexandra H 6–0 6,092 Darwin (2), Reeve (2), Plummer, Daley
25 26 December 1953 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 4,648
26 1 January 1954 Chesterfield A 0–0 12,259
27 2 January 1954 Halifax Town A 0–2 4,965
28 9 January 1954 Chester H 2–1 6,572 Reeve, Darwin
29 16 January 1954 Carlisle United H 2–1 6,386 Daley, Darwin
30 23 January 1954 Accrington Stanley A 1–5 5,617 Darwin
31 6 February 1954 Grimsby Town H 5–1 6,513 Darwin, Fox, Murray (3)
32 13 February 1954 Stockport County A 2–3 6,371 Darwin (2)
33 20 February 1954 Rochdale H 2–0 8,234 Daley, Darwin
34 27 February 1954 Southport A 1–2 3,377 Darwin
35 6 March 1954 York City H 7–2 6,783 Darwin (2), Daley, Fox, Murray, Watson (2)
36 13 March 1954 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A 2–2 6,516 Murray, Watson
37 20 March 1954 Workington H 0–2 8,059
38 24 March 1954 Chester A 2–0 1,667 Marron, Daley
39 27 March 1954 Gateshead A 3–1 4,678 Marron (2), Murray
40 3 April 1954 Hartlepools United H 1–0 5,948 Eaton
41 5 April 1954 Port Vale A 1–1 13,060 Daley
42 10 April 1954 Darlington A 2–1 3,392 Daley, Murray
43 16 April 1954 Wrexham A 0–2 10,268
44 17 April 1954 Barnsley H 2–0 10,031 Marron (2)
45 19 April 1954 Wrexham H 4–0 8,984 Daley (2), Darwin (2)
46 24 April 1954 Bradford Park Avenue A 0–1 5,437

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 21 November 1953 Hartlepools United A 1–1 11,779 S Watson
R1 Replay 25 November 1953 Hartlepools United H 0–3 6,237

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Dennis Wright 46 0 2 0 48 0
DF   Don Bradley 32 3 2 0 34 3
DF   Sammy Chessell 16 0 1 0 17 0
DF   Eric Goodwin 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Gordon Livie 16 0 0 0 16 0
DF   Willie McGregor 42 0 2 0 44 0
DF   Norman Plummer 45 5 2 0 47 5
MF   Frank Allen 4 0 0 0 4 0
MF   Eddie Barks 33 0 1 0 34 0
MF   Oscar Fox 38 2 2 0 40 2
MF   Sid Watson 39 0 2 1 41 1
FW   Charlie Adam 36 2 2 0 38 2
FW   Billy Coole 12 1 0 0 12 1
FW   John Cuthbertson 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW   Alan Daley 29 12 0 0 29 12
FW   George Darwin 26 17 2 0 28 17
FW   Joe Eaton 2 1 0 0 2 1
FW   John Heather 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Barry Jepson 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   James Lill 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Chris Marron 14 9 0 0 14 9
FW   Ken Murray 40 21 2 0 42 21
FW   Ken Reeve 19 11 0 0 19 11
FW   George Simpson 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW   Dennis Sinclair 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Vaughan Watson 4 4 2 0 6 4

References

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General
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  1. ^ 1953–54 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)