# 1958–59 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was Mansfield Town's 21st season in the Football League and 1st season in the newly formed Third Division, they finished in 20th position with 46 points, avoiding relegation by 5 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 | 42 | |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 42 | |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 73 | 98 | 0.745 | 41 | |
| 21 | Stockport County | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 65 | 78 | 0.833 | 36 | Relegated |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 50 | 90 | 0.556 | 33 | Relegated |

## Results
### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 23 August 1958 | Southampton | H | 1–6 | 14,038 | Delapenha |
| 2 | 27 August 1958 | Bradford City | A | 1–1 | 10,939 | Fraser |
| 3 | 30 August 1958 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–2 | 6,096 | |
| 4 | 1 September 1958 | Bradford City | H | 2–1 | 10,123 | Thomas, Kemp |
| 5 | 6 September 1958 | Halifax Town | H | 4–3 | 9,757 | Thomas, Keery, Delapenha, Uphill |
| 6 | 9 September 1958 | Brentford | A | 0–2 | 13,625 | |
| 7 | 13 September 1958 | Newport County | A | 0–1 | 8,482 | |
| 8 | 15 September 1958 | Brentford | H | 1–1 | 9,159 | Wilson (o.g.) |
| 9 | 20 September 1958 | Chesterfield | H | 2–1 | 15,952 | Delapenha, Anderson |
| 10 | 22 September 1958 | Wrexham | H | 3–1 | 7,871 | Uphill (2), Vaughan |
| 11 | 27 September 1958 | Notts County | A | 4–3 | 16,510 | Keery, Vaughan, Uphill, Kilford (o.g.) |
| 12 | 1 October 1958 | Wrexham | A | 1–2 | 10,022 | Uphill |
| 13 | 4 October 1958 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 3–4 | 10,033 | Uphill, Keery (2) |
| 14 | 11 October 1958 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 2–0 | 10,672 | Uphill, Delapenha |
| 15 | 18 October 1958 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–4 | 12,492 | Downie |
| 16 | 25 October 1958 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–2 | 11,859 | Uphill, Thomas |
| 17 | 1 November 1958 | Stockport County | H | 2–1 | 8,275 | Thomas (2) |
| 18 | 8 November 1958 | Reading | A | 3–3 | 13,559 | Uphill, Downie, Thomas |
| 19 | 22 November 1958 | Southend United | A | 1–5 | 9,337 | Uphill |
| 20 | 13 December 1958 | Bury | H | 0–2 | 5,772 | |
| 21 | 20 December 1958 | Southampton | A | 2–3 | 17,901 | Uphill, Thomas |
| 22 | 26 December 1958 | Hull City | A | 2–5 | 20,836 | Thomas (2) |
| 23 | 27 December 1958 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 7,916 | Delapenha |
| 24 | 3 January 1959 | Accrington Stanley | H | 3–2 | 6,815 | Thomas (2), Griffiths |
| 25 | 17 January 1959 | Halifax Town | A | 0–0 | 3,260 | |
| 26 | 24 January 1959 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 3–3 | 10,338 | Thomas (2), Delapenha |
| 27 | 31 January 1959 | Newport County | H | 2–1 | 8,347 | Thomas (2) |
| 28 | 2 February 1959 | Colchester United | H | 3–2 | 4,655 | Delapenha, Uphill (2) |
| 29 | 7 February 1959 | Chesterfield | A | 1–3 | 10,120 | Thomas |
| 30 | 14 February 1959 | Notts County | H | 3–0 | 13,376 | Thomas, Delapenha, Butler (o.g.) |
| 31 | 21 February 1959 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–1 | 5,007 | Thomas |
| 32 | 28 February 1959 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 3–1 | 8,111 | Thomas, Delapenha, Uphill |
| 33 | 7 March 1959 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 3–8 | 17,595 | Downie (2), Ripley |
| 34 | 14 March 1959 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–2 | 5,623 | |
| 35 | 21 March 1959 | Stockport County | A | 1–4 | 6,394 | Griffiths |
| 36 | 27 March 1959 | Rochdale | A | 2–2 | 3,537 | Griffiths, Uphill |
| 37 | 28 March 1959 | Reading | H | 1–0 | 6,274 | Williams |
| 38 | 30 March 1959 | Rochdale | H | 0–0 | 5,863 | |
| 39 | 4 April 1959 | Colchester United | A | 3–1 | 5,901 | Uphill (2), Thomas |
| 40 | 6 April 1959 | Norwich City | H | 1–1 | 7,729 | Nugent |
| 41 | 11 April 1959 | Southend United | H | 1–4 | 7,143 | Uphill |
| 42 | 13 April 1959 | Swindon Town | H | 0–0 | 5,717 | |
| 43 | 18 April 1959 | Norwich City | A | 0–1 | 21,228 | |
| 44 | 22 April 1959 | Swindon Town | A | 1–2 | 7,303 | Uphill |
| 45 | 25 April 1959 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–4 | 3,703 | Nugent |
| 46 | 28 April 1959 | Bury | A | 2–2 | 5,421 | Thomas, Hall |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 15 November 1958 | Bradford City | H | 3–4 | 9,313 | Thomas, Uphill (2) |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1958–59 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Ray Kirkham | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| GK | Vince McBride | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| GK | Terry Statham | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| DF | Charlie Billington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Hall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Ray Hogg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Lambert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Ken Mellor | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| DF | Keith Savin | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| DF | Terry Swinscoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Joe Thomas | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Toon | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| MF | Brian Jayes | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | Stan Keery | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| MF | Keith Ripley | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| MF | Robert Williams | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| FW | Robbie Anderson | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| FW | Lindy Delapenha | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 9 |
| FW | Johnny Downie | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| FW | David Fraser | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| FW | Ken Griffiths | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| FW | Ivan Hollett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Sam Kemp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Cliff Nugent | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| FW | Barrie Thomas | 34 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 22 |
| FW | Dennis Uphill | 44 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 21 |
| FW | Terry Vaughan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| – | Own goals | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 3 |