# 1993–94 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was Mansfield Town's 57th season in the Football League and 21st in the Third Division they finished in 12th position with 55 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Walsall | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 60 |
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 59 |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 55 |
| 13 | Bury | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 53 |
| 14 | Scarborough | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 53 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 14 August 1993 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–0 | 2,983 | Noteman |
| 2 | 28 August 1993 | Scunthorpe United | H | 0–1 | 2,751 | |
| 3 | 31 August 1993 | Chesterfield | A | 2–0 | 5,712 | Clarke, Wilson |
| 4 | 4 September 1993 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 3,115 | Stant |
| 5 | 11 September 1993 | Lincoln City | H | 1–0 | 2,678 | Wilkinson |
| 6 | 17 September 1993 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–0 | 4,340 | Noteman |
| 7 | 25 September 1993 | Preston North End | H | 2–2 | 3,762 | Noteman, Wilkinson |
| 8 | 2 October 1993 | Bury | A | 2–2 | 2,317 | Reed, Stringfellow |
| 9 | 9 October 1993 | Scarborough | H | 4–2 | 2,589 | Gray, Stringfellow, Noteman, Young (o.g.) |
| 10 | 12 October 1993 | Northampton Town | A | 1–5 | 2,842 | McLoughlin |
| 11 | 16 October 1993 | Carlisle United | A | 1–1 | 4,480 | Stringfellow |
| 12 | 23 October 1993 | Chester City | A | 0–4 | 2,545 | |
| 13 | 30 October 1993 | Wigan Athletic | A | 1–4 | 1,434 | Clarke |
| 14 | 2 November 1993 | Rochdale | A | 1–1 | 2,042 | Reed |
| 15 | 6 November 1993 | Gillingham | H | 2–1 | 2,421 | Clarke, Holland |
| 16 | 20 November 1993 | Darlington | A | 0–2 | 2,043 | |
| 17 | 27 November 1993 | Walsall | H | 1–2 | 2,875 | Wilkinson |
| 18 | 11 December 1993 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | 2,491 | Holland |
| 19 | 17 December 1993 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 2–2 | 3,392 | McLoughlin, Wilkinson |
| 20 | 27 December 1993 | Colchester United | A | 0–0 | 3,476 | |
| 21 | 1 January 1994 | Torquay United | A | 0–1 | 3,496 | |
| 22 | 3 January 1994 | Chesterfield | H | 1–2 | 4,272 | Wilkinson |
| 23 | 15 January 1994 | Carlisle United | H | 0–1 | 2,378 | |
| 24 | 18 January 1994 | Hereford United | H | 2–1 | 1,802 | Gray, Blissett |
| 25 | 22 January 1994 | Scarborough | A | 1–1 | 1,557 | Holland |
| 26 | 25 January 1994 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 4,422 | |
| 27 | 29 January 1994 | Wigan Athletic | H | 2–3 | 2,285 | Timons, Fairclough |
| 28 | 5 February 1994 | Chester City | A | 1–1 | 2,664 | Wilkinson |
| 29 | 12 February 1994 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 3–0 | 3,009 | Fairclough, Hadley, Wilkinson |
| 30 | 19 February 1994 | Scunthorpe United | A | 2–3 | 3,089 | Holland, Hadley, Wilkinson |
| 31 | 26 February 1994 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–2 | 3,509 | Holland |
| 32 | 5 March 1994 | Lincoln City | A | 2–1 | 3,384 | Noteman, Johnson (o.g.) |
| 33 | 12 March 1994 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–1 | 2,763 | Rees, Parkin |
| 34 | 19 March 1994 | Preston North End | A | 1–3 | 6,747 | Wilkinson |
| 35 | 26 March 1994 | Bury | H | 2–2 | 2,496 | Holland, Hadley |
| 36 | 2 April 1994 | Colchester United | H | 1–1 | 2,117 | Holland |
| 37 | 4 April 1994 | Hereford United | A | 3–2 | 1,996 | Wilkinson (2), Hadley |
| 38 | 9 April 1994 | Torquay United | H | 2–1 | 2,260 | Ireland, Boothroyd |
| 39 | 16 April 1994 | Rochdale | H | 0–1 | 2,362 | |
| 40 | 23 April 1994 | Gillingham | A | 0–1 | 2,464 | |
| 41 | 30 April 1994 | Darlington | H | 0–3 | 2,734 | |
| 42 | 7 May 1994 | Walsall | A | 2–0 | 4,304 | Sykes, Lampkin |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 13 November 1993 | Preston North End | H | 1–2 | 4,119 | Wilkinson |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st leg | 18 August 1993 | Stoke City | A | 2–2 | 8,976 | Noteman, McLoughlin |
| R1 2nd leg | 24 August 1993 | Stoke City | H | 1–3 | 4,214 | Stant |

### League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 28 September 1993 | Lincoln City | A | 0–1 | 1,449 | |
| R1 | 19 October 1993 | Chesterfield | H | 3–1 | 2,291 | Stringfellow (2), Reed |
| R2 | 4 December 1993 | York City | A | 1–1 (5–4 pens) | 1,760 | Reed |
| QF | 11 January 1993 | Carlisle United | A | 1–2 | 8,868 | Gray |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1993–94 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Jason Pearcey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| GK | Darren Ward | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| DF | Aidy Boothroyd | 22(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 22(2) | 1 |
| DF | Nicky Clarke | 14(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(1) | 3 |
| DF | Wayne Fairclough | 27(2) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32(3) | 2 |
| DF | Paul Fleming | 25(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30(3) | 0 |
| DF | Steve Foster | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Gray | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 3 |
| DF | Chris Perkins | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 |
| DF | Nick Platnauer | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Timons | 15(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15(2) | 1 |
| MF | Gary Castledine | 14(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17(7) | 0 |
| MF | Paul Holland | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| MF | Simon Ireland | 8(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 1 |
| MF | Kevin Lampkin | 11(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(2) | 1 |
| MF | Steve Parkin | 21(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 24(3) | 1 |
| MF | Jason Rees | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| MF | Wayne Stark | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| FW | Luther Blissett | 4(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 |
| FW | Stewart Hadley | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| FW | Chris Kerry | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| FW | Paul McLoughlin | 19(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24(4) | 3 |
| FW | Kevin Noteman | 29(4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34(4) | 6 |
| FW | John Reed | 12(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16(1) | 4 |
| FW | Phil Stant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| FW | Ian Stringfellow | 10(4) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14(6) | 5 |
| FW | Alex Sykes | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 |
| FW | Steve Wilkinson | 36(6) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43(6) | 12 |
| FW | Lee Wilson | 9(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 10(8) | 1 |
| – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 |