1931–32 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town
1931–32 season
Manager	Jack Hickling
Football League Third Division South	20th
FA Cup	Third Round
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1931–32 season was Mansfield Town's first season in the Football League where they competed in the Football League Third Division South. They finished their maiden season in 20th position with 32 points.^[1]

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	111	62	1.790	57
2	Reading	42	23	9	10	97	67	1.448	55
3	Southend United	42	21	11	10	77	53	1.453	53
4	Crystal Palace	42	20	11	11	74	63	1.175	51
5	Brentford	42	19	10	13	68	52	1.308	48
6	Luton Town	42	20	7	15	95	70	1.357	47
7	Exeter City	42	20	7	15	77	62	1.242	47
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	12	13	73	58	1.259	46
9	Cardiff City	42	19	8	15	87	73	1.192	46
10	Norwich City	42	17	12	13	76	67	1.134	46
11	Watford	42	19	8	15	81	79	1.025	46
12	Coventry City	42	18	8	16	108	97	1.113	44
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	12	15	79	73	1.082	42
14	Northampton Town	42	16	7	19	69	69	1.000	39
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	12	17	70	78	0.897	38
16	Clapton Orient	42	12	11	19	77	90	0.856	35
17	Swindon Town	42	14	6	22	70	84	0.833	34
18	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	65	92	0.707	34
19	Torquay United	42	12	9	21	72	106	0.679	33
20	Mansfield Town	42	11	10	21	75	108	0.694	32
21	Gillingham	42	10	8	24	40	82	0.488	28
22	Thames	42	7	9	26	53	109	0.486	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Football League Third Division South

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 August 1931	Swindon Town	H	3–2	12,232	Broome (2), Readman
2	31 August 1931	Norwich City	A	1–1	13,913	Davis
3	5 September 1931	Leyton Orient	A	0–4	8,138
4	7 September 1931	Watford	H	3–2	8,662	Broome, Readman, Gilhespy
5	12 September 1931	Torquay United	H	2–4	8,499	Johnson (2)
6	16 September 1931	Watford	A	1–4	7,309	Johnson
7	19 September 1931	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	10,770	England
8	26 September 1931	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	8,461	Johnson (2)
9	3 October 1931	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–3	7,674	Baxter, Johnson
10	10 October 1931	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	10,849	Gilhespy
11	17 October 1931	Cardiff City	A	0–2	7,688
12	24 October 1931	Northampton Town	H	2–0	7,015	Johnson (2)
13	31 October 1931	Reading	A	1–4	8,083	Gilhespy
14	7 November 1931	Southend United	H	4–4	8,833	Broome, Johnson (2), Readman
15	14 November 1931	Fulham	A	1–2	16,977	Johnson
16	21 November 1931	Thames	H	4–0	7,644	Johnson, Staniforth, England, Death
17	5 December 1931	Exeter City	H	3–1	6,602	Johnson (2), Featherby
18	12 December 1931	Coventry City	A	1–5	11,046	Readman
19	19 December 1931	Gillingham	H	3–1	5,400	Johnson, Bowater (2)
20	25 December 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–3	10,848	Featherby, Readman (2)
21	26 December 1931	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–4	16,516
22	2 January 1932	Swindon Town	A	2–5	4,481	Johnson (2)
23	9 January 1932	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	10,817	Featherby
24	13 January 1932	Brentford	A	1–1	4,902	Johnson
25	16 January 1932	Clapton Orient	H	4–3	6,719	Bowater, Johnson (2), Weightman
26	23 January 1932	Torquay United	A	2–2	3,370	Broome, Death
27	30 January 1932	Bristol Rovers	H	0–3	7,118
28	6 February 1932	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,079	Bowater
29	13 February 1932	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–1	5,476	Broome, Bowater
30	27 February 1932	Cardiff City	H	1–2	8,316	Johnson
31	5 March 1932	Northampton Town	A	0–3	5,777
32	12 March 1932	Reading	H	1–7	6,228	Johnson
33	19 March 1932	Southend United	A	2–5	6,710	Johnson, Fisher
34	25 March 1932	Luton Town	A	1–3	7,621	Johnson
35	26 March 1932	Fulham	A	1–2	5,910	Storer
36	28 March 1932	Luton Town	H	5–2	5,588	Bowater (2), Johnson (3)
37	2 April 1932	Thames	A	3–6	1,070	Johnson, Featherby
38	9 April 1932	Brentford	H	2–0	4,932	Broome (2)
39	16 April 1932	Exeter City	A	0–3	5,478
40	23 April 1932	Coventry City	H	3–3	4,492	Johnson (2), Staniforth
41	30 April 1932	Gillingham	A	0–2	2,936
42	7 May 1932	Norwich City	H	5–2	4,107	Bowater (2), Johnson (2), Gilhespy

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	28 November 1931	Hull City	A	1–4	10,000	Death

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Arthur Staples	13	0	0	0	13	0
GK	Jimmy Wilson	29	0	1	0	30	0
DF	Bernard Chambers	9	0	0	0	9	0
DF	George Clifford	39	0	1	0	40	0
DF	Charlie Davis	5	1	0	0	5	1
DF	Ernie England	42	1	1	0	43	1
DF	Charlie Lloyd	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Albert Robinson	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Sam Robinson	28	0	1	0	29	0
DF	Claude White	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	George Blackburn	14	0	0	0	14	0
MF	Horace Burrows	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Arthur Phoenix	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Harry Wake	20	0	1	0	21	0
MF	Arthur Weightman	28	1	1	0	29	1
FW	Thomas Baxter	14	1	0	0	14	1
FW	George Bowater	22	10	0	0	22	10
FW	Harry Broome	34	8	1	0	35	8
FW	Billy Death	14	2	1	1	15	3
FW	Len Featherby	22	5	0	0	22	5
FW	Fred Fisher	1	1	0	0	1	1
FW	Cyril Gilhespy	19	4	1	0	20	4
FW	John Jepson	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Harry Johnson	40	32	1	0	41	32
FW	Joe Readman	39	5	1	0	40	5
FW	Thomas Small	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Chris Staniforth	8	2	0	0	8	2
FW	Jackie Storer	13	1	0	0	13	1

References

General

Mansfield Town 1931–32 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
Squad list sourced from 1931–32 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Specific

↑ "Mansfield Town 1931/32". 11v11. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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[1] "Mansfield Town 1931/32". 11v11. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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