1935–36 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1935–36 season
Manager	Charlie Bell, ; Harold Wightman
Third Division North	19th
FA Cup	First Round
Third Division North Cup	First Round
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1935–36 season was Mansfield Town's fifth season in the Football League and fourth in the Third Division North, they finished in 19th position with 37 points.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Halifax Town	42	15	7	20	57	61	0.934	37
18	Wrexham	42	15	7	20	66	75	0.880	37
19	Mansfield Town	42	14	9	19	80	91	0.879	37
20	Rochdale	42	10	13	19	58	88	0.659	33
21	Southport	42	11	9	22	48	90	0.533	31	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Football League Third Division North

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	31 August 1935	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	11,102	Allen
2	4 September 1935	Wrexham	A	1–5	7,953	Whittam
3	7 September 1935	Halifax Town	A	0–1	11,090
4	11 September 1935	Wrexham	H	3–2	6,342	Whittam, Hunter (2)
5	14 September 1935	Darlington	H	4–2	6,130	Johnson, Allen (3)
6	16 September 1935	Rotherham United	A	1–2	6,299	Hunter
7	21 September 1935	Gateshead	A	1–3	3,220	Johnson
8	28 September 1935	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	6,674	Johnson, Allen
9	5 October 1935	Walsall	A	0–7	7,636
10	12 October 1935	Carlisle United	H	1–1	4,228	Atkinson
11	19 October 1935	Southport	H	3–3	1,534	Harston (3)
12	26 October 1935	Chester	H	0–0	5,561
13	2 November 1935	Lincoln City	A	2–1	6,623	Harston, Hunter
14	9 November 1935	Rochdale	H	3–0	4,762	Harston, Lockie, Clenshaw
15	16 November 1935	York City	A	5–7	3,643	Clenshaw (2), Johnson (2), Bytheway
16	23 November 1935	Barrow	H	1–3	4,043	Whittam
17	7 December 1935	Chesterfield	H	0–1	6,230
18	14 December 1935	Stockport County	A	1–6	5,628	Clenshaw
19	21 December 1935	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	2,654	Harston
20	25 December 1935	Hartlepools United	A	1–4	5,679	Harston
21	26 December 1935	Hartlepools United	H	4–0	2,959	Harston, Atkinson (2), Johnson
22	28 December 1935	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4	5,473	Atkinson
23	4 January 1936	Halifax Town	H	3–2	3,756	Atkinson (2), Johnson
24	11 January 1936	New Brighton	A	0–1	2,208
25	18 January 1936	Darlington	A	1–2	2,927	Clenshaw
26	1 February 1936	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–4	8,717	Harston, Anderson
27	8 February 1936	Walsall	H	2–2	4,681	Harston, Whittam
28	15 February 1936	Carlisle United	A	0–3	4,918
29	22 February 1936	Southport	H	5–1	3,662	Anderson, Clenshaw, Harston (3)
30	29 February 1936	Rochdale	A	1–3	2,227	Harston
31	7 March 1936	Lincoln City	H	2–2	5,007	Anderson, Harston
32	14 March 1936	Chester	A	0–4	5,553
33	21 March 1936	York City	H	5–0	4,367	Anderson (2), Atkinson (2), Wass (o.g.)
34	28 March 1936	Barrow	A	2–2	2,829	Harston (2)
35	4 April 1936	New Brighton	H	2–0	3,220	Harston (2)
36	10 April 1936	Accrington Stanley	H	3–1	6,165	Harston, Anderson (2)
37	11 April 1936	Chesterfield	A	1–2	10,523	Parker
38	13 April 1936	Accrington Stanley	A	1–1	10,523	Atkinson
39	14 April 1936	Gateshead	H	3–1	3,599	Harston (3)
40	18 April 1936	Stockport County	H	2–1	4,508	Harston, Wood
41	25 April 1936	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	1,827	Bytheway
42	2 May 1936	Rotherham United	H	8–2	3,264	Anderson, Parker (2), Atkinson, Harston (2), Bytheway (2)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	30 November 1935	Hartlepools United	H	2–3	4,651	Harston, Atkinson

Football League Third Division North Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	21 October 1935	Chesterfield	A	2–2	1,000	Hunter, Whittam
R1 Replay	13 November 1935	Chesterfield	H	0–4	1,000

Squad statistics

Squad list sourced from 1935–36 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Third Division Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Daniel Black	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
GK	Des Fawcett	32	0	1	0	2	0	35	0
DF	Jack Ashley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	George Barlow	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Charlie Bisby	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Thomas Cooke	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Gerald Darvill	13	0	1	0	2	0	16	0
DF	Ted Dransfield	42	0	1	0	2	0	45	0
DF	Tom Lockie	14	1	1	0	2	0	17	1
DF	Jack Moran	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
DF	Tommy Pritchard	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ernest Wright	32	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
MF	Alf Brown	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
MF	Mike Gilmore	20	0	1	0	2	0	23	0
MF	William Grundy	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Clarence Hufton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Bill Slack	22	0	1	0	2	0	25	0
MF	Leonard Wood	16	1	0	0	0	0	16	1
FW	Joe Allen	8	5	0	0	0	0	8	5
FW	George Anderson	17	8	0	0	0	0	17	8
FW	Arthur Atkinson	40	10	1	1	2	0	43	11
FW	Philip Bartley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	George Bytheway	32	4	1	0	1	0	34	4
FW	Les Clenshaw	27	6	1	0	2	0	30	6
FW	Fred Field	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Harry Gabbitas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Ted Harston	29	26	1	1	1	0	31	27
FW	Jimmy Hunter	10	4	0	0	1	1	11	5
FW	Harry Johnson	14	7	0	0	1	0	15	7
FW	Ernie Parker	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
FW	Ernie Whittam	20	4	1	0	2	1	23	5
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1

References

General

Mansfield Town 1935–36 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

^ 1935–36 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[1] 1935–36 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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