1980–81 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1980–81 season was Mansfield Town's 44th season in the Football League and 7th in the Fourth Division they finished in 7th position with 49 points.

Final league table

Results Football League Fourth Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers116 August 1980Halifax TownA2–01,682Austin (2)218 August 1980York CityH0–14,080323 August 1980Hereford UnitedH4–02,879Bird, Burrows, Austin, Caldwell430 August 1980Port ValeA0–02,55856 September 1980DarlingtonH1–02,950Hamilton613 September 1980BuryA1–42,668McClelland715 September 1980WimbledonH1–02,918McClelland820 September 1980AldershotA0–13,607927 September 1980Wigan AthleticH3–13,402Pollard, Hamilton, Allen1030 September 1980WimbledonA1–22,052Austin113 October 1980Southend UnitedA0–24,696126 October 1980Tranmere RoversH1–11,925Allen1311 October 1980Bradford CityH1–03,234Bird1418 October 1980BournemouthA1–03,335Bird1521 October 1980Hartlepool UnitedA1–03,419McClelland1625 October 1980Peterborough UnitedH2–14,883Allen, Parkinson1727 October 1980Northampton TownH2–03,560Allen, Parkinson181 November 1980RochdaleA4–12,363Austin (3), Arthur Mann193 November 1980Tranmere RoversA0–12,048208 November 1980Torquay UnitedH1–13,266Bird2111 November 1980York CityA0–22,2042215 November 1980Halifax TownH0–12,5612329 November 1980Crewe AlexandraA2–12,482Caldwell, Parkinson246 December 1980Stockport CountyH1–02,808Allen2519 December 1980Doncaster RoversA1–23,650Caldwell2626 December 1980Scunthorpe UnitedH1–04,261Allen2727 December 1980Lincoln CityA1–18,535Thompson (o.g.)2810 January 1981Northampton TownA1–02,985McClelland2917 January 1981Crewe AlexandraH4–13,215Lumby, Caldwell, Wood, Mann3024 January 1981Port ValeH5–03,864Lumby, Caldwell (2), Wood (2), McClelland3131 January 1981Hereford UnitedA1–22,672Lumby327 February 1981BuryH2–03,514Bird, Caldwell3315 February 1981DarlingtonA2–25,932Allen, McClelland3421 February 1981Wigan AthleticA0–24,032357 March 1981Southend UnitedH0–14,3793614 March 1981Bradford CityA2–02,986Allen, Parkinson3716 March 1981Hartlepool UnitedH0–13,7373821 March 1981BournemouthH1–12,596Heffernan (o.g.)3928 March 1981Peterborough UnitedA0–14,904404 April 1981RochdaleH2–22,597Wood, Lumby416 April 1981AldershotH1–22,748Burrows4212 April 1981Torquay UnitedA1–11,666Burrows4318 April 1981Lincoln CityH2–04,771Caldwell, Thomson4420 April 1981Scunthorpe UnitedA0–21,875451 May 1981Stockport CountyA1–22,236Allen466 May 1981Doncaster RoversH1–14,056Lumby

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR122 November 1980RochdaleH3–13,280Parkinson (2), CaldwellR213 December 1980MossleyA3–13,680Austin, Thomson, CaldwellR33 January 1981Carlisle UnitedH2–25,598Bird, ParkinsonR3 Replay6 January 1981Carlisle UnitedA1–26,929Pollard

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg9 August 1980Doncaster RoversA1–14,201CaldwellR1 2nd leg12 August 1980Doncaster RoversH2–13,420Austin, PollardR2 1st leg26 August 1980BarnsleyH0–06,294R2 2nd leg2 September 1980BarnsleyA2–410,556McClelland, Parkinson

Squad statistics Squad list sourced from

Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Rod Arnold3804040460GK Steve Sutton80000080DF Kevin Bird4254140506DF Adrian Burrows19(1)30(1)04023(2)3DF Derek Dawkins1200040160DF Barry Foster1302000150DF Steve Johnson10000010DF John McClelland4664041547DF Les McJannet3404000380DF Ian Wood21(2)4200023(2)4DF Simon Woodhead0(1)000000(1)0MF Neville Hamilton36(2)2400(1)040(3)2MF Arthur Mann4424040522MF Noel Parkinson3542341418MF Brendon Phillips1702040230FW Russell Allen35(1)9210037(1)10FW Terry Austin2270041268FW David Caldwell23(5)8424131(5)11FW Jim Lumby11(1)4000011(1)4FW Brian Pollard25(9)1214131(9)3FW Brian Thomson24(2)1410028(2)2–Own goals–2–0–0–2

References General Mansfield Town 1980–81 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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