# 1957–58 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was Mansfield Town's 20th season in the Football League and 15th season in the Third Division North, they finished in 6th position with 52 points. At the end of the season the Third Division North and Third Division South were merged to form the Third Division and Fourth Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 4 | Bury | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 94 | 62 | 1.516 | 56 |
| 5 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 53 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 100 | 92 | 1.087 | 52 |
| 7 | Halifax Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 83 | 69 | 1.203 | 51 |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 69 | 1.029 | 51 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 24 August 1957 | Rochdale | H | 2–4 | 9,925 | Uphill, Mitten |
| 2 | 27 August 1957 | Carlisle United | A | 4–3 | 11,149 | Uphill (2), Chapman (2) |
| 3 | 31 August 1957 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 6,047 | |
| 4 | 2 September 1957 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 | 9,674 | Chapman, Keery |
| 5 | 7 September 1957 | Wrexham | H | 2–1 | 7,752 | Chapman, Thomas |
| 6 | 9 September 1957 | Stockport County | H | 2–2 | 8,549 | Keery, Mitten |
| 7 | 14 September 1957 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 3–3 | 9,533 | Keery, Thomas, Bushby (o.g.) |
| 8 | 16 September 1957 | Stockport County | A | 3–3 | 8,613 | Mitten (2), Thomas |
| 9 | 21 September 1957 | Darlington | H | 4–2 | 7,869 | Thomas, Chapman (2), Morris |
| 10 | 23 September 1957 | Hull City | A | 1–3 | 6,860 | Morris |
| 11 | 30 September 1957 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 7,878 | Keery |
| 12 | 5 October 1957 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 2–1 | 7,753 | Morris, Thomas |
| 13 | 12 October 1957 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–1 | 11,072 | Morris, Thomas |
| 14 | 19 October 1957 | York City | H | 2–1 | 7,913 | Morris, Mitten |
| 15 | 26 October 1957 | Barrow | A | 1–2 | 6,251 | Uphill |
| 16 | 2 November 1957 | Oldham Athletic | H | 4–4 | 7,809 | Uphill, Morris, Chapman (2) |
| 17 | 9 November 1957 | Bury | A | 2–0 | 11,895 | Chapman (2) |
| 18 | 23 November 1957 | Chester | A | 2–1 | 7,096 | Chapman, Thomas |
| 19 | 30 November 1957 | Chesterfield | H | 1–1 | 12,575 | Keery |
| 20 | 14 December 1957 | Hartlepools United | H | 5–1 | 8,097 | Keery (2), Chapman, Morris (2) |
| 21 | 21 December 1957 | Rochdale | A | 0–3 | 4,371 | |
| 22 | 25 December 1957 | Bradford City | H | 5–2 | 7,950 | Keery, Chapman, Mitten, Morris, Watson |
| 23 | 26 December 1957 | Bradford City | A | 1–1 | 17,452 | Watson |
| 24 | 28 December 1957 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | 10,254 | Watson, Chapman |
| 25 | 11 January 1958 | Wrexham | A | 2–4 | 6,931 | Watson, Thomas |
| 26 | 18 January 1958 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 3–5 | 8,415 | Keery (2), Chapman |
| 27 | 25 January 1958 | Accrington Stanley | H | 0–2 | 7,154 | |
| 28 | 1 February 1958 | Darlington | A | 0–2 | 6,101 | |
| 29 | 15 February 1958 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 2–0 | 8,629 | Thomas (2) |
| 30 | 22 February 1958 | Chester | H | 3–1 | 7,603 | Morris, Griffiths |
| 31 | 1 March 1958 | York City | A | 1–3 | 6,002 | Uphill |
| 32 | 8 March 1958 | Barrow | H | 4–2 | 5,239 | Mitten, Morris, Thomas (2) |
| 33 | 10 March 1958 | Workington | H | 6–3 | 4,911 | Mitten (2), Uphill (2), Griffiths (2) |
| 34 | 15 March 1958 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 6,054 | Thomas |
| 35 | 22 March 1958 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 4–1 | 7,255 | Thomas, Keery, Morris (2) |
| 36 | 29 March 1958 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–4 | 5,290 | Thomas |
| 37 | 31 March 1958 | Southport | A | 1–4 | 1,405 | Thomas |
| 38 | 5 April 1958 | Southport | H | 3–0 | 6,658 | Thomas, Uphill (2) |
| 39 | 7 April 1958 | Halifax Town | H | 2–1 | 8,236 | Thomas, Jayes |
| 40 | 8 April 1958 | Halifax Town | A | 0–4 | 6,116 | |
| 41 | 12 April 1958 | Chesterfield | A | 4–1 | 12,279 | Keery, Thomas, Morris (2) |
| 42 | 14 April 1958 | Gateshead | A | 1–2 | 3,258 | Uphill |
| 43 | 19 April 1958 | Bury | H | 6–4 | 10,354 | Uphill, Mitten, Keery, Thomas (3) |
| 44 | 23 April 1958 | Workington | A | 0–4 | 2,700 | |
| 45 | 26 April 1958 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–2 | 4,922 | |
| 46 | 28 April 1958 | Gateshead | H | 3–0 | 7,478 | Mitten, Uphill, Thomas |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 16 November 1957 | Halifax Town | H | 2–0 | 9,697 | Chapman, Mitten |
| R2 | 7 December 1957 | Wigan Athletic | A | 1–1 | 12,900 | Chapman |
| R2 Replay | 11 December 1957 | Wigan Athletic | H | 3–1 | 5,576 | Mitten, Morris (2) |
| R3 | 4 January 1958 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–5 | 20,446 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1957–58 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 | Frank Elliot | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| GK | Ray Kirkham | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| GK | Terry Statham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Ralph Cann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Derek Chamberlain | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| DF | Ken Mellor | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| DF | Alan Rushby | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Keith Savin | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| DF | Terry Swinscoe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Joe Thomas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Toon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Sammy Chapman | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 17 |
| MF | Charlie Crowe | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| MF | Brian Jayes | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| MF | Stan Keery | 42 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 13 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| MF | Robert Williams | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| FW | Robbie Anderson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Jimmy Glazzard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Ken Griffiths | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| FW | Charlie Mitten | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 13 |
| FW | John Mitten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Morris | 46 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 17 |
| FW | Barrie Thomas | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23 |
| FW | Dennis Uphill | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |