1981–82 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1981–82 season
Manager	Stuart Boam
Fourth Division	20th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	Second Round

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]

Final league table

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	47^[a]
21	Rochdale	46	10	16	20	50	62	−12	46	Re-elected
22	Northampton Town	46	11	9	26	57	84	−27	42	Re-elected

Source:
Notes:

^ Mansfield Town had 2 points deducted.

Results

Football League Fourth Division

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

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

League Cup

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

Squad list sourced from 1981–82 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	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

General

Mansfield Town 1981–82 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

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

[table_hth_MAN0.34235129893867-2] Mansfield Town had 2 points deducted.

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

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