The 1990–91 season was Mansfield Town's 54th season in the Football League and 20th in the Third Division. They finished in 24th position with 38 points and were relegated to the Fourth Division.
Final league table
Results Football League Third Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers125 August 1990Wigan AthleticA2–02,049Charles, Stringfellow21 September 1990BrentfordA0–22,51338 September 1990Leyton OrientA1–23,692Leishman415 September 1990Exeter CityH0–22,399518 September 1990Cambridge UnitedH2–22,253Christie, O'Shea (o.g.)622 September 1990BuryA0–12,620729 September 1990Southend UnitedH0–12,12182 October 1990Bolton WanderersA1–13,631Fairclough96 October 1990Shrewsbury TownA3–02,587Christie, Kent, Fairclough1013 October 1990Preston North EndH0–13,2251120 October 1990Bradford CityH0–13,5831222 October 1990Tranmere RoversA2–66,001Christie, Charles1327 October 1990Huddersfield TownA2–24,413Christie, Kent143 November 1990Crewe AlexandraH1–32,710Kent1510 November 1990Swansea CityH2–02,200Wilkinson (2)1624 November 1990Rotherham UnitedA1–13,703Charles171 December 1990Grimsby TownA0–25,3501815 December 1990Chester CityH1–01,919Christie1922 December 1990FulhamH1–12,833Wilkinson2026 December 1990BournemouthA0–05,2802129 December 1990ReadingA1–24,100Fairclough221 January 1991Birmingham CityH1–23,654Charles2312 January 1991BrentfordA0–06,0642419 January 1991Wigan AthleticH1–12,166Christie2526 January 1991Exeter CityA0–23,432261 February 1991Cambridge UnitedA1–25,094Gray275 February 1991BuryH0–11,9922823 February 1991Swansea CityA2–13,354Wilkinson, Christie292 March 1991Grimsby TownH1–13,506Kent305 March 1991Stoke CityH0–02,941319 March 1991Chester CityA0–19573212 March 1991Bolton WanderersH4–03,622Wilkinson, Christie, Fairclough (2)3315 March 1991Southend UnitedA1–25,440Wilkinson3419 March 1991Preston North EndA1–33,246Christie3523 March 1991Shrewsbury TownH2–12,524Wilkinson, Fairclough3626 March 1991Stoke CityA1–39,196Smalley3730 March 1991BournemouthH1–12,665Wilkinson381 April 1991FulhamA0–13,555396 April 1991ReadingH2–02,005Wilkinson, Christie4013 April 1991Birmingham CityA0–07,6354116 April 1991Leyton OrientH3–32,050Wilkinson, Ford, Stringfellow4220 April 1991Bradford CityA0–16,3074323 April 1991Rotherham UnitedH1–24,047Wilkinson4427 April 1991Tranmere RoversH0–22,388454 May 1991Huddersfield TownH0–02,5074611 May 1991Crewe AlexandraA0–32,648
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR117 November 1990Preston North EndA1–05,320KearneyR217 December 1990York CityH2–13,790Charles, WilkinsonR35 January 1991Sheffield WednesdayH0–29,079
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg28 August 1990Cardiff CityH1–12,091CharlesR1 2nd leg4 September 1990Cardiff CityA0–32,539
League Trophy
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersPR27 November 1990Northampton TownA2–12,186Stringfellow, CharlesPR8 January 1991Stoke CityH3–01,660Hathaway, Lowery, Butler (o.g.)R119 February 1991FulhamH2–11,511Wilkinson, North (o.g.)QF26 February 1991Birmingham CityA0–25,358
Squad statistics Squad list sourced from
Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Andy Beasley420302020490GK Jason Pearcey4000002060DF Steve Chambers30(2)000202(1)034(3)0DF Wayne Fairclough416301040496DF Greg Fee100000000100DF George Foster340302030420DF Kevin Gray28(3)130104036(3)1DF Malcolm Murray28(2)030102034(2)0DF Steve Prindiville4(2)00000105(2)0DF Mark Smalley211001020241DF Chris Withe210000000210MF Steve Charles36(3)431213144(3)7MF Martin Clark240302020310MF David Hodges0(2)0000(1)0000(3)0MF Paul Holland1000000010MF Mark Kearney200312020271MF Martin Ling3000000030MF Tony Lowery5(2)00(1)000318(3)1MF Steve Spooner120000000120FW Gary Chapmam6000000060FW Trevor Christie33(2)1030003039(2)10FW Gary Ford121000000121FW Ian Hathaway6(4)010001(1)18(5)1FW Kevin Kent274202030344FW Graham Leishman1(10)10000001(10)1FW Mark Smith6(1)00000006(1)0FW Ian Stringfellow15(9)21(1)0202120(10)3FW Steve Wilkinson36(3)112(1)1203143(4)13–Own goals–1–0–0–2–3
References General Mansfield Town 1990–91 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
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