The 1972–73 season was Mansfield Town's 36th season in the Football League and 4th in the Fourth Division, they finished in 6th position with 54 points.
Final league table
Results Football League Fourth Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers112 August 1972Northampton TownH1–04,303Wignall219 August 1972Doncaster RoversA1–03,540Fairbrother326 August 1972Exeter CityH3–04,172Ellis (2), McCaffrey430 August 1972Cambridge UnitedH3–15,216Walker, Fairbrother, Longhorn52 September 1972Newport CountyA1–04,833Fairbrother69 September 1972BuryH1–14,836Fairbrother716 September 1972AldershotA1–04,808Thompson818 September 1972GillinghamH2–05,399Fairbrother, Wignall923 September 1972BarnsleyH3–15,997Fairbrother (2), McCaffrey1025 September 1972Stockport CountyA1–24,543Thompson1130 September 1972DarlingtonA3–21,604Fairbrother, Longhorn, Wignall127 October 1972SouthportH3–37,312Fairbrother, Bentley, Wignall139 October 1972Peterborough UnitedH4–25,379Fairbrother (3), Walker1414 October 1972Bradford CityA1–13,383Roberts1521 October 1972ChesterH4–15,787Fairbrother (2), Laverick, McCaffrey1625 October 1972Hereford UnitedA1–310,092Wignall1728 October 1972Colchester UnitedA1–13,842Ellis184 November 1972Stockport CountyH1–05,114Walker1911 November 1972GillinghamA1–22,766Bird2025 November 1972Lincoln CityA1–16,657Fairbrother212 December 1972ReadingH1–14,505Cottam229 December 1972WorkingtonA0–21,2342316 December 1972Crewe AlexandraA4–02,439Roberts, Thompson, Ellis, Fairbrother2423 December 1972HartlepoolH2–04,208Fairbrother, McCaffrey2526 December 1972BarnsleyA1–15,900Matthews2630 December 1972Doncaster RoversH0–05,187276 January 1972Exeter CityA2–46,744Thompson, Fairbrother2813 January 1972Hereford UnitedH1–15,530Ellis2927 January 1972BuryA0–13,068303 February 1972Peterborough UnitedA0–17,2243110 February 1972AldershotH2–04,289Wignall, Bird3216 February 1972Northampton TownA0–12,2883324 February 1972Crewe AlexandraH5–13,665Ellis, Fairbrother, Wignall, McKenzie, Thompson342 March 1972SouthportA1–35,656McKenzie355 March 1972WorkingtonH4–04,548McKenzie (2), Thompson, Geidmintis (o.g.)3610 March 1972Bradford CityH4–15,300McKenzie (3), Fairbrother3717 March 1972ChesterA2–22,114Laverick, Matthewson (o.g.)3821 March 1972Torquay UnitedA1–12,704Roberts3924 March 1972Colchester UnitedH1–14,666Ellis4026 March 1972Newport CountyH0–06,4024131 March 1972Lincoln CityH0–25,277427 April 1972ReadingA0–27,1024314 April 1972Torquay UnitedH2–13,451Roberts, McCaffrey4420 April 1972HartlepoolA1–12,855Thompson4524 April 1972DarlingtonH5–05,131Roberts (3), Thompson, McCaffrey4628 April 1972Cambridge UnitedA2–311,542Roberts, McCaffrey
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR118 November 1972York CityA1–24,316Fairbrother
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR116 August 1972Lincoln CityH3–14,642Pate, Laverick, LonghornR25 September 1972Charlton AthleticA3–45,218McCaffrey, Walker, Wignall
Squad statistics Squad list sourced from
Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Rod Arnold1300000130GK Graham Brown3301020360DF Kevin Bird2621000272DF John Cottam21000021DF Sam Ellis4471020477DF Barry Foster11(2)0000011(2)0DF Colin Foster600(1)0006(1)0DF Sandy Pate4601021491DF John Saunders1400020160DF Clive Walker4031021434MF David Bentley1(3)100001(3)1MF Alan Jarvis24(4)0101026(4)0MF Micky Laverick12(5)2101114(5)3MF Dennis Longhorn39(1)2102142(1)3MF Paul Matthews1610000161MF Jim McCaffrey4570021478FW Alan Crawford1(1)000001(1)0FW John Fairbrother42(2)20112045(2)21FW Alan Green10000010FW Duncan McKenzie67000067FW Dudley Roberts16(2)8000016(2)8FW John Sainty30000030FW Dave Thompson38(2)8102041(2)8FW Frank Wignall27(4)7102130(4)8–Own goals–2–0–0–2
Notes
References General Mansfield Town 1972–73 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
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