1953–54 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
1953–54 season
Manager Stan Mercer
Third Division North 7th
FA Cup First Round

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]

Final league table

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Results

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 H 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

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

References

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