1991–92 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town 1991–92 football season

Mansfield Town
1991–92 season
Manager	George Foster
Fourth Division	3rd
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	Preliminary Round
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was Mansfield Town's 55th season in the Football League and 13th in the Fourth Division they finished in 3rd position with 77 points gaining an instant return to the Third tier.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Burnley	42	25	8	9	79	43	+36	83	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	42	22	11	9	70	37	+33	77	Promoted
3	Mansfield Town	42	23	8	11	75	53	+22	77	Promoted
4	Blackpool	42	22	10	10	71	45	+26	76	Promoted through play-offs^[a]
5	Scunthorpe United	42	21	9	12	64	59	+5	72	Participated in play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Blackpool won the play-offs and were promoted.

Results

Football League Fourth Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	17 August 1991	Scarborough	A	0–0	2,343
2	24 August 1991	Barnet	H	1–2	2,669	Charles
3	31 August 1991	Chesterfield	A	2–0	4,740	Ford, Holland
4	3 September 1991	Wrexham	H	3–0	1,966	Stringfellow, Wilkinson (2)
5	7 September 1991	Blackpool	H	1–1	2,630	Wilkinson
6	13 September 1991	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	4,667	Stant, Charles
7	17 September 1991	Carlisle United	A	2–1	1,803	Stant, Charles
8	27 September 1991	Halifax Town	A	3–1	2,026	Stant, Fee, Wilkinson
9	5 October 1991	Maidstone United	H	2–0	3,209	Stant, Wilkinson
10	12 October 1991	Rochdale	A	2–0	3,871	Stant, Holland
11	19 October 1991	Cardiff City	H	3–0	3,180	Fee, Wilkinson, Charles
12	26 October 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	4–1	3,610	Stant, Wilkinson (2), Charles
13	2 November 1991	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–2	4,186	Stant (2)
14	5 November 1991	Northampton Town	A	2–1	2,181	Fee, Angus (o.g.)
15	9 November 1991	Burnley	A	2–3	11,848	Wilkinson (2)
16	23 November 1991	Gillingham	H	4–3	3,287	Stant (2), Holland, Withe
17	30 November 1991	Walsall	H	3–1	3,398	Stant (2), Ford
18	21 December 1991	Barnet	A	0–2	4,209
19	26 December 1991	Scarborough	H	1–2	4,022	Clarke
20	28 December 1991	Chesterfield	H	2–1	6,514	Holland, Stant
21	1 January 1992	Wrexham	A	2–3	2,442	Wilkinson (2)
22	4 January 1992	York City	A	2–1	2,666	Wilkinson, Holland
23	18 January 1992	Rotherham United	A	1–1	6,649	McLoughlin
24	31 January 1992	Cardiff City	A	2–3	8,265	McLoughlin, Stant
25	8 February 1992	Scunthorpe United	H	1–3	3,496	Spooner
26	11 February 1992	Walsall	A	3–3	2,963	Stant, Fairclough, O'Hara (o.g.)
27	15 February 1992	Hereford United	H	1–1	2,554	Spooner
28	25 February 1992	Hereford United	A	1–0	2,123	McLoughlin
29	29 February 1992	York City	H	5–2	3,294	Tutill (o.g.), Fee, Fairclough, Stant (2)
30	3 March 1992	Rotherham United	H	1–0	5,719	Stant
31	7 March 1992	Lincoln City	A	0–2	4,387
32	10 March 1992	Northampton Town	H	2–0	2,854	Stant, Ford
33	14 March 1992	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–0	2,846	Ford
34	21 March 1992	Burnley	H	0–1	8,333
35	24 March 1992	Lincoln City	H	0–0	3,610
36	28 March 1992	Gillingham	A	0–2	2,583
37	31 March 1992	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–3	3,113	Fairclough, Stant (2), Wilkinson
38	4 April 1992	Blackpool	A	1–2	6,055	Stant
39	11 April 1992	Carlisle United	H	2–1	3,088	Holland, Charles
40	21 April 1992	Halifax Town	H	3–2	3,940	Stant (3)
41	25 April 1992	Maidstone United	A	0–0	1,602
42	2 May 1992	Rochdale	H	2–1	5,671	Stant, Stringfellow

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	27 November 1991	Preston North End	H	0–1	7,509

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	20 August 1991	Blackpool	H	0–3	2,124
R1 2nd leg	27 August 1991	Blackpool	A	2–4	2,115	Gray, Spooner

League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
PR	15 October 1991	Wrexham	A	0–1	627
PR	4 February 1991	Peterborough United	H	0–3	2,578

Squad statistics

Squad list sourced from 1991–92 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Andy Beasley	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
GK	Phil Kite	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
GK	Jason Pearcey	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	25	0
DF	Cliff Carr	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	0
DF	Nicky Clarke	16	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	16(1)	1
DF	Wayne Fairclough	18(7)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	19(7)	3
DF	Greg Fee	33(1)	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	35(1)	4
DF	Paul Fleming	38	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	43	0
DF	George Foster	24	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	28	0
DF	Kevin Gray	11(7)	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	15(7)	1
DF	Malcolm Murray	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	Chris Withe	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	1
MF	Gary Castledine	3(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(4)	0
MF	Steve Charles	40	6	1	0	2	0	2	0	45	6
MF	Martin Clark	7(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(2)	0
MF	Paul Holland	38	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	42	6
MF	Steve Spooner	31	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	36	3
FW	Gary Ford	39	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	44	4
FW	Paul McLoughlin	10(2)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	11(2)	3
FW	Kevin Noteman	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW	Phil Stant	39(1)	26	1	0	2	0	2	0	44(1)	26
FW	Ian Stringfellow	7(10)	2	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	7(12)	2
FW	Steve Wilkinson	30	14	1	0	2	0	1	0	34	14
–	Own goals	–	3	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	3

References

General

Mansfield Town 1991–92 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

^ 1991–92 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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