# 1947–48 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was Mansfield Town's tenth season in the Football League and sixth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 8th position with 45 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 59 | 1.051 | 46 |
| 7 | Barrow | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 1.225 | 45 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 51 | 1.118 | 45 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 88 | 77 | 1.143 | 43 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 63 | 0.968 | 43 |
* ↑ Mansfield Town had been transferred from Third Division South for this season.

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 23 August 1947 | York City | H | 1–2 | 9,695 | Croft |
| 2 | 27 August 1947 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–0 | 7,810 | |
| 3 | 30 August 1947 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 14,336 | Hogg |
| 4 | 1 September 1947 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–1 | 10,043 | Croft (2), Oscroft |
| 5 | 6 September 1947 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–3 | 10,187 | Oscroft |
| 6 | 8 September 1947 | Carlisle United | H | 3–2 | 8,272 | Hogg, Chadbourne |
| 7 | 13 September 1947 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 6,936 | Bryant, Chessell |
| 8 | 20 September 1947 | Gateshead | H | 1–2 | 9,879 | Cooling |
| 9 | 27 September 1947 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–1 | 7,497 | |
| 10 | 4 October 1947 | Rotherham United | H | 2–1 | 13,886 | Bryant, Oscroft |
| 11 | 11 October 1947 | Halifax Town | A | 1–1 | 6,713 | Shell |
| 12 | 18 October 1947 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 12,268 | Oscroft |
| 13 | 25 October 1947 | New Brighton | A | 2–2 | 5,540 | Oscroft, Croft |
| 14 | 1 November 1947 | Southport | H | 2–0 | 11,260 | Cooling, Brown |
| 15 | 8 November 1947 | Lincoln City | A | 0–0 | 15,127 | |
| 16 | 15 November 1947 | Accrington Stanley | H | 1–0 | 12,527 | Oscroft |
| 17 | 22 November 1947 | Hull City | A | 1–1 | 20,677 | Brown |
| 18 | 6 December 1947 | Bradford City | A | 1–0 | 9,322 | Banks |
| 19 | 20 December 1947 | York City | A | 2–1 | 5,863 | Banks, Butt |
| 20 | 26 December 1947 | Wrexham | A | 1–2 | 17,633 | Banks |
| 21 | 27 December 1947 | Wrexham | H | 1–0 | 13,128 | Banks |
| 22 | 1 January 1948 | Carlisle United | A | 1–3 | 9,997 | Edwards |
| 23 | 3 January 1948 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–1 | 12,824 | Banks |
| 24 | 17 January 1948 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–0 | 4,390 | Devey |
| 25 | 24 January 1948 | Barrow | H | 1–0 | 10,701 | Oscroft |
| 26 | 31 January 1948 | Darlington | H | 4–0 | 11,605 | Oscroft, Banks (2), Edwards |
| 27 | 7 February 1948 | Gateshead | A | 1–2 | 9,718 | Cooling |
| 28 | 14 February 1948 | Hartlepools United | H | 3–2 | 13,326 | Edwards, Oscroft, Banks |
| 29 | 28 February 1948 | Halifax Town | H | 3–1 | 10,664 | Banks (3) |
| 30 | 6 March 1948 | Rochdale | A | 2–1 | 10,664 | Butt, Cooling |
| 31 | 13 March 1948 | New Brighton | H | 5–0 | 10,886 | Butt (2), Cooling, Banks, Oscroft |
| 32 | 20 March 1948 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 7,032 | Croft |
| 33 | 26 March 1948 | Chester | A | 2–1 | 11,209 | Croft, Banks |
| 34 | 27 March 1948 | Lincoln City | H | 0–2 | 18,863 | |
| 35 | 29 March 1948 | Chester | H | 2–1 | 12,770 | Banks, Edwards |
| 36 | 3 April 1948 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–1 | 4,622 | |
| 37 | 5 April 1948 | Stockport County | H | 1–2 | 12,760 | Coole |
| 38 | 10 April 1948 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 11,098 | Oscroft |
| 39 | 12 April 1948 | Rotherham United | A | 1–2 | 20,522 | Cooling |
| 40 | 17 April 1948 | Stockport County | A | 0–5 | 11,039 | |
| 41 | 24 April 1948 | Bradford City | H | 1–1 | 6,799 | Cooling |
| 42 | 1 May 1948 | Barrow | A | 0–1 | 5,431 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 29 November 1947 | Wimbledon | A | 1–0 | 9,823 | Cooling |
| R2 | 13 December 1947 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–0 | 22,067 | Cooling |
| R2 | 10 January 1948 | Stoke City | H | 2–4 | 10,529 | Oscroft, Butt |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1947–48 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 | Harry Searson | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| DF | Ernest Bramley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| DF | Bill Dallman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Walter Fox | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Grogan | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| DF | David Jones | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| MF | Gordon Baird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Charlie Croft | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| MF | Ray Devey | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| MF | Les Smith | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| FW | Ken Allcock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | George Banks | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 14 |
| FW | Roy Brown | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| FW | Eric Bryant | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| FW | Len Butt | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| FW | William Chadbourne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Colin Cochrane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | Roy Cooling | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
| FW | Walter Edwards | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| FW | William Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Freddie Hogg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| FW | Ken Kay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Harry Oscroft | 40 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 13 |
| FW | Frank Shell | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |