1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
	1937–38 season
Manager	Harry Parkes, Jack Poole
Third Division South	14th
FA Cup	Third Round
Third Division South Cup	First Round
← 1936–37	1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season was Mansfield Town's seventh season in the Football League and Second in the Third Division South, they finished in 14th position with 39 points.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millwall	42	23	10	9	83	37	2.243	56	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Bristol City	42	21	13	8	68	40	1.700	55
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	9	11	80	47	1.702	53
4	Watford	42	21	11	10	73	43	1.698	53
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	9	12	64	44	1.455	51
6	Reading	42	20	11	11	71	63	1.127	51
7	Crystal Palace	42	18	12	12	67	47	1.426	48
8	Swindon Town	42	17	10	15	49	49	1.000	44
9	Northampton Town	42	17	9	16	51	57	0.895	43
10	Cardiff City	42	15	12	15	67	54	1.241	42
11	Notts County	42	16	9	17	50	50	1.000	41
12	Southend United	42	15	10	17	70	68	1.029	40
13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	14	12	16	56	57	0.982	40
14	Mansfield Town	42	15	9	18	62	67	0.925	39
15	Bristol Rovers	42	13	13	16	46	61	0.754	39
16	Newport County	42	11	16	15	43	52	0.827	38
17	Exeter City	42	13	12	17	57	70	0.814	38
18	Aldershot	42	15	5	22	39	59	0.661	35
19	Clapton Orient	42	13	7	22	42	61	0.689	33
20	Torquay United	42	9	12	21	38	73	0.521	30
21	Walsall	42	11	7	24	52	88	0.591	29	Re-elected
22	Gillingham	42	10	6	26	36	77	0.468	26	Not re-elected

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Football League Third Division South

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	28 August 1937	Northampton Town	H	4–1	9,619	Crawshaw (3), Holmes
2	4 September 1937	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0	7,996
3	8 September 1937	Walsall	H	3–1	7,979	Crawshaw, Horne (2)
4	11 September 1937	Gillingham	H	3–1	7,921	Crawshaw (2), Speed
5	15 September 1937	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–2	6,294
6	18 September 1937	Torquay United	H	1–1	7,393	Speed
7	25 September 1937	Clapton Orient	A	2–1	8,590	Crawshaw (2)
8	2 October 1937	Southend United	H	2–2	8,330	Crawshaw (2)
9	7 October 1937	Notts County	A	0–2	13,362
10	9 October 1937	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	14,142	Crawshaw
11	16 October 1937	Exeter City	A	0–4	4,894
12	23 October 1937	Swindon Town	H	2–0	5,264	Crawshaw, Sams
13	30 October 1937	Aldershot	A	0–1	5,680
14	6 November 1937	Millwall	H	1–1	8,400	Horne
15	13 November 1937	Reading	A	2–3	7,910	Horne, Sams
16	20 November 1937	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	8,207	Crawshaw, Bungay
17	4 December 1937	Newport County	H	1–1	2,946	Holmes
18	18 December 1937	Watford	H	0–1	5,274
19	25 December 1937	Cardiff City	H	3–0	12,114	Holmes (2), Crawshaw
20	26 December 1937	Cardiff City	A	1–4	37,726	Johnston
21	26 December 1937	Northampton Town	A	0–3	6,401
22	15 January 1938	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	3,222	Reed
23	22 January 1938	Gillingham	A	0–0	5,590
24	29 January 1938	Torquay United	A	1–0	2,467	Reed
25	5 February 1938	Clapton Orient	H	3–1	5,394	Crawshaw (2), Reed
26	12 February 1938	Southend United	A	1–0	5,375	Speed
27	19 February 1938	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–2	9,072	Speed, Crawshaw, Turner
28	26 February 1938	Exeter City	H	2–3	7,187	Horne, Turner
29	5 March 1938	Swindon Town	A	3–3	7,728	Reed, Turner, Johnston
30	12 March 1938	Aldershot	H	2–0	7,173	Horne, Crawshaw
31	19 March 1938	Millwall	A	0–1	29,253
32	26 March 1938	Reading	H	5–1	6,521	Crawshaw (4), Turner
33	2 April 1938	Crystal Palace	A	0–4	13,105
34	9 April 1938	Notts County	H	1–2	11,190	Crawshaw
35	15 April 1938	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	4–5	8,616	Crawshaw, Turner, Reed, Speed
36	16 April 1938	Newport County	A	0–1	8,087
37	18 April 1938	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	3–2	7,198	Crawshaw, Johnston, Reed
38	23 April 1938	Bristol City	H	3–5	7,233	Johnston, Reed (2)
39	27 April 1938	Bristol City	A	1–2	15,231	Reed
40	30 April 1938	Watford	A	0–2	9,222
41	2 May 1938	Walsall	A	0–2	2,022
42	7 May 1938	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	4,417	Shaw

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	27 November 1937	Wellington Town	A	2–1	6,000	Crawshaw, Bungay
R2	15 December 1937	Lincoln City	H	2–1	8,062	Crawshaw, Holmes
R3	8 January 1938	Leicester City	H	1–2	15,890	Johnston

Football League Third Division South Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	27 September 1937	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	1,500

Squad statistics

Squad list sourced from 1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season profile 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	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
GK	John Hughes	39	0	3	0	0	0	42	0
DF	Lloyd Barke	42	0	3	0	1	0	46	0
DF	Reg Bungay	32	1	3	1	0	0	35	2
DF	William Patterson	40	0	3	0	1	0	44	0
DF	Ted Vaux	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	George Stimpson	40	0	3	0	1	0	44	0
MF	Austin Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Frank O'Connor	18	0	2	0	1	0	21	0
MF	Fred Speed	39	5	3	0	1	0	43	5
MF	Leonard Wood	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Harold Crawshaw	41	25	3	2	1	0	45	27
FW	Howitt Fielding	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Maxey Holmes	17	4	2	1	0	0	19	5
FW	Alf Horne	22	6	3	0	1	0	29	6
FW	Charlie Johnston	36	4	3	1	1	0	40	5
FW	Charlie Reed	22	9	0	0	0	0	22	9
FW	George Rudkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Alfie Sams	11	2	1	0	1	0	13	2
FW	Fred Shaw	22	1	0	0	1	0	23	1
FW	Jackie Stamps	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	John Turner	24	5	1	0	0	0	26	5

References

General

Mansfield Town 1937–38 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

↑ 1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[1] 1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Contents

Final league table

Results

Football League Third Division South

FA Cup

Football League Third Division South Cup

Squad statistics

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