1981–82 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was Mansfield Town's 45th season in the Football League and 8th in the Fourth Division they finished in 20th position with 49 points.[1]

Mansfield Town
1981–82 season
ManagerStuart Boam
Fourth Division20th
FA CupFirst Round
League CupSecond Round

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
18 Stockport County 46 12 13 21 48 67 −19 49
19 Halifax Town 46 9 22 15 51 72 −21 49
20 Mansfield Town 46 13 10 23 63 81 −18 49
21 Rochdale 46 10 16 20 50 62 −12 46 Re-elected
22 Northampton Town 46 11 9 26 57 84 −27 42
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Football League Fourth Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 29 August 1981 Peterborough United A 0–1 4,310
2 5 September 1981 Bournemouth H 0–1 2,950
3 12 September 1981 Port Vale A 0–0 3,043
4 19 September 1981 Bury H 1–1 2,501 Lumby
5 21 September 1981 Northampton Town H 4–1 2,612 Lumby, Nicholson, Burrows, Mann
6 26 September 1981 Aldershot A 3–2 2,486 Lumby, Burrows, Boam
7 30 September 1981 Torquay United A 0–2 3,227
8 3 October 1981 Blackpool H 2–2 3,466 Caldwell, Bird
9 10 October 1981 Hull City H 3–3 3,464 Caldwell, Lumby (2)
10 17 October 1981 Darlington A 0–1 1,576
11 20 October 1981 Sheffield United A 1–4 12,727 Caldwell
12 24 October 1981 Crewe Alexandra H 0–1 2,513
13 30 October 1981 Stockport County A 0–3 2,081
14 2 November 1981 Colchester United H 1–3 2,294 Morgan
15 7 November 1981 Halifax Town A 1–2 1,447 Caldwell
16 14 November 1981 Rochdale H 4–3 2,300 Parkinson, Morgan, Bell (2)
17 28 November 1981 Hereford United H 2–1 1,898 Lumby, Wood
18 5 December 1981 Tranmere Rovers A 2–2 1,416 Morgan (2)
19 2 January 1982 Wigan Athletic H 1–2 2,173 Wood
20 16 January 1982 Hartlepool United H 3–2 2,011 Caldwell, Parkinson, Morgan
21 20 January 1982 Bradford City A 4–3 3,739 Parkinson, Morgan, Lumby (2)
22 23 January 1982 Peterborough United A 1–2 3,242 Parkinson
23 30 January 1982 Bury A 2–3 2,942 Lumby, Bell
24 2 February 1982 Scunthorpe United A 0–1 2,172
25 6 February 1982 Port Vale H 1–3 2,690 Bell
26 9 February 1982 Northampton Town A 1–1 1,945 Lumby
27 13 February 1982 Blackpool A 3–2 3,017 Lumby, Parkinson, Cannell
28 20 February 1982 Aldershot H 1–0 2,001 Parkinson
29 23 February 1982 Bournemouth A 0–1 5,752
30 27 February 1982 Hull City A 0–2 5,220
31 6 March 1982 Darlington H 2–3 1,538 Lumby, Nicholson
32 8 March 1982 Sheffield United H 1–1 8,944 Wood
33 13 March 1982 Crewe Alexandra A 2–0 1,476 Cannell, Bell
34 16 March 1982 Colchester United A 1–0 2,000 Lumby
35 20 March 1982 Stockport County H 2–2 2,161 Lumby, Parkinson
36 27 March 1982 Halifax Town H 3–2 2,199 Cannell, Caldwell (2)
37 3 April 1982 Rochdale A 1–1 1,276 Parkinson
38 5 April 1982 York City H 0–2 2,388
39 10 April 1982 York City A 1–2 2,155 Wood
40 13 April 1982 Scunthorpe United H 1–1 2,204 Caldwell
41 17 April 1982 Tranmere Rovers H 3–0 1,697 Bird, Nicholson, Parkinson
42 24 April 1982 Hereford United A 1–3 2,852 Cannell
43 1 May 1982 Torquay United H 3–1 1,394 Caldwell, Nicholson, Bell
44 5 May 1982 Hartlepool United A 0–3 1,202
45 8 May 1982 Wigan Athletic A 1–3 7,517 Burrows
46 15 May 1982 Bradford City H 0–2 3,109

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 21 November 1981 Doncaster Rovers H 0–1 5,456

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st leg 1 September 1981 Scunthorpe United A 0–0 2,249
R1 2nd leg 14 September 1981 Scunthorpe United H 2–0 2,258 Lumby (2)
R2 1st leg 7 October 1981 Bradford City A 4–3 4,293 Bird, Lumby, Wood, Smith (o.g)
R2 2nd leg 26 October 1981 Bradford City A 0–2 3,522

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Rod Arnold 45 0 1 0 4 0 50 0
GK   Graham Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Kevin Bird 25(1) 2 0 0 4 1 29(1) 3
DF   Stuart Boam 4(4) 1 0 0 2 0 6(4) 1
DF   Adrian Burrows 41 3 1 0 2 0 44 3
DF   Colin Calderwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Barry Foster 28 0 1 0 1 0 30 0
DF   Les McJannet 37(1) 0 1 0 4 0 42(1) 0
DF   Ian Wood 36 4 1 0 3(1) 1 40(1) 5
DF   Simon Woodhead 11(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 11(2) 0
MF   Charlie Bell 45 5 1 0 4 0 50 5
MF   Arthur Mann 35(2) 1 1 0 3(1) 0 39(3) 1
MF   Noel Parkinson 31(4) 9 1 0 1(1) 0 33(5) 9
FW   David Caldwell 31(2) 9 1 0 4 0 36(2) 9
FW   Paul Cannell 23 4 0 0 0 0 23 4
FW   Jim Lumby 38(1) 14 0 0 4 3 42(1) 17
FW   Trevor Morgan 12 6 1 0 0 0 13 6
FW   Gary Nicholson 37(1) 5 0(1) 0 4 0 41(2) 5
FW   Brian Thomson 25(4) 0 1 0 4 0 30(4) 0
Own goals 0 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ 1981–82 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)