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1975–76 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
1975–76 season
ManagerDave Smith
Third Division11th
FA CupSecond Round
League CupFifth Round
Anglo-Scottish CupSemi-final

The 1975–76 season was Mansfield Town's 39th season in the Football League and 12th in the Third Division, they finished in 11th position with 47 points.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hereford United (C, P) 46 26 11 9 86 55 1.564 63 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Cardiff City (P) 46 22 13 11 69 48 1.438 57 Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division
3 Millwall (P) 46 20 16 10 54 43 1.256 56 Promotion to the Second Division
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 22 9 15 78 53 1.472 53
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 61 46 1.326 53
6 Wrexham 46 20 12 14 66 55 1.200 52
7 Walsall 46 18 14 14 74 61 1.213 50
8 Preston North End 46 19 10 17 62 57 1.088 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 19 10 17 61 59 1.034 48
10 Peterborough United 46 15 18 13 63 63 1.000 48
11 Mansfield Town 46 16 15 15 58 52 1.115 47
12 Port Vale 46 15 16 15 55 54 1.019 46
13 Bury 46 14 16 16 51 46 1.109 44
14 Chesterfield 46 17 9 20 69 69 1.000 43
15 Gillingham 46 12 19 15 58 68 0.853 43
16 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 54 65 0.831 42
17 Chester 46 15 12 19 43 62 0.694 42
18 Grimsby Town 46 15 10 21 62 74 0.838 40
19 Swindon Town 46 16 8 22 62 75 0.827 40
20 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 16 18 48 59 0.814 40
21 Aldershot (R) 46 13 13 20 59 75 0.787 39 Relegation to the Fourth Division
22 Colchester United (R) 46 12 14 20 41 65 0.631 38
23 Southend United (R) 46 12 13 21 65 75 0.867 37
24 Halifax Town (R) 46 11 13 22 41 61 0.672 35
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Football League Third Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 16 August 1975 Shrewsbury Town H 1–2 7,073 McDonald
2 23 August 1975 Colchester United A 2–0 3,333 Bird, Clarke
3 30 August 1975 Chester H 1–1 6,167 McDonald
4 6 September 1975 Aldershot A 1–2 3,289 Hodgson
5 13 September 1975 Cardiff City H 1–4 6,684 Eccles
6 20 September 1975 Gillingham A 1–3 5,635 Eccles
7 23 September 1975 Bury A 1–2 5,635 McDonald
8 27 September 1975 Walsall H 4–1 5,456 Hodgson, Clarke (3)
9 4 October 1975 Millwall A 0–1 6,792
10 11 October 1975 Peterborough United H 1–1 6,983 Clarke
11 17 October 1975 Southend United A 2–2 3,483 Clarke, Bird
12 25 October 1975 Preston North End H 0–1 6,687
13 1 November 1975 Wrexham A 0–1 2,750
14 8 November 1975 Halifax Town H 1–1 5,299 Bird
15 15 November 1975 Grimsby Town A 1–4 4,872 Bird
16 29 November 1975 Crystal Palace A 1–4 16,020 Hodgson
17 6 December 1975 Swindon Town H 3–1 5,487 Bird, Clarke, Randall
18 20 December 1975 Rotherham United A 1–2 6,067 Hodgson
19 26 December 1975 Chesterfield H 0–1 8,607
20 27 December 1975 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 15,586
21 3 January 1976 Port Vale H 3–1 5,417 Clarke (2), Randall
22 10 January 1976 Chester A 1–1 4,846 Randall
23 17 January 1976 Gillingham H 1–1 5,939 Shipperley (o.g.)
24 20 January 1976 Cardiff City A 0–1 9,739
25 31 January 1976 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–1 11,921
26 7 February 1976 Hereford United H 2–2 5,997 Bird, Clarke
27 11 February 1976 Hereford United A 0–1 8,302
28 14 February 1976 Halifax Town A 2–1 2,378 Clarke, Saxby
29 21 February 1976 Grimsby Town H 1–0 6,085 Clarke
30 23 February 1976 Bury H 1–1 6,650 Clarke
31 28 February 1976 Preston North End A 2–0 6,945 Clarke, Matthews
32 1 March 1976 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–0 8,321 McDonald
33 6 March 1976 Wrexham H 0–0 6,473
34 8 March 1976 Millwall H 1–1 7,447 McCaffrey
35 13 March 1976 Peterborough United A 3–0 7,979 Clarke (2), McCaffrey
36 15 March 1976 Southend United H 3–1 8,045 Clarke (3)
37 20 March 1976 Crystal Palace H 1–1 12,990 Laverick
38 27 March 1976 Swindon Town A 2–0 6,973 Laverick, Clarke
39 29 March 1976 Rotherham United H 1–1 9,098 Foster
40 2 April 1976 Shrewsbury Town A 2–1 4,580 Clarke, Hodgson
41 6 April 1976 Walsall A 1–0 6,481 Hodgson
42 10 April 1976 Aldershot H 1–0 7,200 MacKenzie
43 17 April 1976 Chesterfield A 2–1 10,614 Laverick, Eccles
44 19 April 1976 Sheffield Wednesday H 3–0 13,409 Clarke, Hodgson, Pate
45 20 April 1976 Port Vale A 2–2 4,239 Clarke (2)
46 24 April 1976 Colchester United H 0–0 7,407

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 22 November 1975 Wrexham H 1–1 6,279 Eccles
R1 Replay 24 November 1975 Wrexham A 1–1 4,468 Eccles
R1 2nd Replay 8 December 1975 Wrexham N 2–1 1,470 Laverick, May (o.g.)
R2 13 December 1975 Lincoln City H 1–2 8,466 McDonald

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st leg 20 August 1975 Scunthorpe United H 4–0 4,810 Laverick, McDonald (2), Bird
R1 2nd leg 26 August 1975 Scunthorpe United A 2–0 1,412 Laverick, Lathan
R2 10 September 1975 Wrexham A 2–1 3,644 Bird, Clarke
R3 8 October 1975 Coventry City H 2–0 10,027 Eccles, Clarke
R4 12 November 1975 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 12,725 McDonald
R5 3 December 1975 Manchester City A 2–4 30,022 Bird, Clarke

Anglo-Scottish Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
PR 2 August 1975 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 5,704 Bird
PR 6 August 1975 Leicester City H 2–0 6,496 Matthews, Whitworth (o.g.)
PR 9 August 1975 Hull City H 2–1 5,757 McDonald, Clarke
QF 1st leg 15 September 1975 Ayr United A 1–0 3,750 McDonald
QF 2nd leg 29 September 1975 Ayr United H 2–0 7,149 McDonald, Clarke
SF 1st leg 21 October 1975 Middlesbrough A 0–3 14,929
SF 2nd leg 3 November 1975 Middlesbrough H 0–2 7,115

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Rod Arnold 39 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 49 0
GK England Roy Brown 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
GK England Paul Evans 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
DF England Kevin Bird 26(2) 6 4 0 6 3 6 1 42(2) 10
DF England Barry Foster 44 0 4 0 6 0 7 0 61 0
DF England Colin Foster 34(2) 1 0(1) 0 3(1) 0 3(2) 0 40(3) 1
DF England Ian MacKenzie 36(1) 1 4 0 5(1) 0 4 0 49(2) 1
DF England Lawrie Madden 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
DF Scotland Sandy Pate 40(1) 1 4 0 4(1) 0 7 0 55(2) 1
DF England Mick Saxby 1(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 1
DF England Steve Uzelac 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF England Ian Wood 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF England Gordon Hodgson 46 7 4 0 6 0 7 0 63 7
MF England John Lathan 10(2) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 13(2) 1
MF England Micky Laverick 22(3) 3 1 1 3 2 2(2) 0 28(5) 6
MF England Paul Matthews 28(1) 1 4 0 3 0 6 1 41(1) 2
MF England Jim McCaffrey 35(1) 2 2 0 4 0 4(2) 0 45(3) 2
MF England Ian McDonald 32(2) 4 4 1 7 3 7 3 48(2) 11
MF England Noel O'Brien 7 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 13 0
FW England Ray Clarke 45 24 4 0 6 3 6 2 61 29
FW England Terry Eccles 29(3) 3 2 2 3(1) 1 5 0 39(4) 6
FW England Kevin Randall 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
Own goals 1 1 0 1 3

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ 1975–76 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)