1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was Mansfield Town's 43rd season in the Football League and 15th in the Third Division they finished in 23rd position with 36 points suffering relegation to the Fourth Division.

Final league table

Results Football League Third Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers118 August 1979ChesterfieldH3–25,662Allen, Bird, Curtis221 August 1979Rotherham UnitedA1–24,492Austin325 August 1979Exeter CityA1–23,475Austin41 September 1979Hull CityH1–14,320Austin58 September 1979BarnsleyA0–110,588615 September 1979Oxford UnitedH1–04,217Austin718 September 1979Colchester UnitedA1–22,346Bird822 September 1979Sheffield UnitedH3–411,272Austin, Allen, Taylor929 September 1979ReadingA0–16,123101 October 1979Colchester UnitedH0–13,754116 October 1979Sheffield WednesdayA0–013,263128 October 1979Rotherham UnitedH5–16,308Austin (3), Taylor (2)1313 October 1979BuryH1–04,486Hamilton1420 October 1979MillwallA2–26,039Austin, Lathan1523 October 1979Carlisle UnitedA1–14,898Austin1627 October 1979GillinghamH2–04,598Taylor, Bird173 November 1979ChesterfieldA0–27,601186 November 1979Carlisle UnitedH2–14,195Taylor, Bird1910 November 1979Swindon TownH1–14,425Taylor2017 November 1979ChesterA0–13,118211 December 1979BlackpoolH1–14,324Austin228 December 1979Grimsby TownA1–27,910Austin2321 December 1979Plymouth ArgyleH0–02,9732426 December 1979Blackburn RoversA0–08,4912529 December 1979Exeter CityH0–13,7112612 January 1980Hull CityA1–34,243Allen2726 January 1980WimbledonH1–13,897Bird282 February 1980Oxford UnitedA1–33,060Pollard299 February 1980Sheffield UnitedA0–114,9213016 February 1980ReadingH2–23,114Pollard, Austin3123 February 1980BuryA2–03,606Pollard, Austin321 March 1980MillwallH1–04,162Austin338 March 1980GillinghamA0–24,5723410 March 1980BrentfordH0–03,4613515 March 1980Sheffield WednesdayH1–116,019Mellor (o.g.)3617 March 1980Southend UnitedA1–12,983Allen3722 March 1980Swindon TownA1–28,195Stroud (o.g.)3829 March 1980ChesterH2–13,097Austin (2)391 April 1980Plymouth ArgyleA0–04,669405 April 1980Blackburn RoversH0–17,385417 April 1980BrentfordA0–26,0574212 April 1980Southend UnitedH3–13,514Austin (2), McClelland4314 April 1980BarnsleyH1–46,789Bird4419 April 1980BlackpoolA1–15,677Bird4526 April 1980Grimsby TownH0–010,095463 May 1980WimbledonA2–31,759Taylor, Pollard

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR124 November 1979Blyth SpartansA2–04,443McClelland, AllenR215 December 1979Doncaster RoversA2–17,952Austin, CurtisR35 January 1980Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–28,204

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg11 August 1979York CityH1–03,117TaylorR1 2nd leg14 August 1979York CityA2–32,590Wood, HamiltonR2 1st leg29 August 1979ReadingA3–45,779Taylor, Bird, AustinR2 2nd leg4 September 1979ReadingH4–24,326Taylor, Austin (2), McClellandR325 September 1979Queens Park RangersH0–39,485

Anglo-Scottish Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersPR31 July 1979Sheffield UnitedA0–14,875PR4 August 1979Notts CountyH0–13,527PR8 August 1979Cambridge UnitedA1–14,620Curtis

Squad statistics Squad list sourced from

Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupAnglo-Scottish CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Rod Arnold430305030540GK Martin New3000000030DF Kevin Bird387305030497DF Adrian Burrows1700(1)0000017(1)0DF Bob Curtis31(3)12(1)1503141(5)3DF Derek Dawkins350305030460DF Barry Foster150104030230DF John McClelland431312(1)10048(1)3DF Les McJannet2000000020DF Ian Wood210204130301DF Brian Thompson9000000(1)09(1)0MF Neville Hamilton32(1)110513041(1)2MF John Lathan291203000341MF Arthur Mann350300000380MF Gary Saxby0000203050FW Russell Allen38(6)421513048(6)6FW Terry Austin46193152305722FW David Caldwell1(2)00000001(2)0FW Dave Goodwin40000(2)00(2)04(4)0FW Johnny Miller9(1)00000009(1)0FW Brian Pollard204000000204FW Steve Taylor30(7)730533041(7)10FW Brian Thomson5(3)02000007(3)0–Own goals–2–0–0–0–2

References General Mansfield Town 1979–80 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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