# 2014–15 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2014–2015 Season of Mansfield Town F.C. will be its second back in the Football League, following promotion as champions from the Blue Square Bet Premier at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club will take part in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy. The club will play its home games at Field Mill, renamed the One Call Stadium for sponsorship reasons, the oldest ground in the Football League.

## Pre-season friendlies

† Trialist, ‡ Youth Team player, * Mansfield Town XI
| Date | Kick-off | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Reports |
| 12 July | 3:00 | Notts County | H | 3–1 | Fisher 19', Riley 23', Palmer 89' | 2,331 | Report |
| 17 July | 7:45 | Aston Villa | H | 1–3 | Fisher 41' | | Report |
| 22 July | 7:45 | Leeds United | H | 2–0 | Hearn 42', 63' | | |
| 25 July | 7:30 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–0 | Rhead 44' | 871 (79 Away fans) | Report |
| 29 July | 7:30 | Lincoln City | A | 3–1 | Bell 33', Hearn 70', 77' | 924 (181 away fans) | Report |
| 2 August | 3:00 | Walsall | H | 0–0 | None | | Report |

## Results
### League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 8 August 2014 | Northampton Town | A | 0–1 | 5,202 | | Report |
| 2 | 16 August 2014 | Oxford United | H | 2–1 | 3,042 | Tafazolli 39', Murray 88' | Report |
| 3 | 19 August 2014 | Newport County | H | 1–0 | 2,448 | Clements 2' | Report |
| 4 | 23 August 2014 | Dagenham & Redbridge | A | 0–2 | 1,558 | | Report |
| 5 | 30 August 2014 | Burton Albion | H | 1–2 | 2,966 | Rhead 75' | Report |
| 6 | 6 September 2014 | Exeter City | A | 2–1 | 2,771 | Bingham 14', Bell 40' | Report |
| 7 | 13 September 2014 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–2 | 3,106 | Rhead 4' | Report |
| 8 | 16 September 2014 | Morecambe | H | 1–0 | 2,185 | Fisher 90' | Report |
| 9 | 20 September 2014 | Carlisle United | H | 3–2 | 3,117 | Beevers 4', Bingham (2) 37', 41' | Report |
| 10 | 27 September 2014 | Stevenage | A | 0–3 | 2,820 | | Report |
| 11 | 4 October 2014 | Accrington Stanley | H | 0–1 | 2,699 | | Report |
| 12 | 11 October 2014 | Portsmouth | A | 1–1 | 15,585 | Heslop 46' | Report |
| 13 | 18 October 2014 | Cambridge United | H | 0–0 | 2,925 | | Report |
| 14 | 21 October 2014 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–0 | 4,092 | | Report |
| 15 | 25 October 2014 | York City | A | 1–1 | 3,370 | Carr 61' | Report |
| 16 | 1 November 2014 | Southend United | H | 1–2 | 2,719 | Palmer 78' | Report |
| 17 | 15 November 2014 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–2 | 5,001 | | Report |
| 18 | 22 November 2014 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–0 | 2,926 | Oliver 45' | Report |
| 19 | 29 November 2014 | Luton Town | A | 0–3 | 8,418 | | Report |
| 20 | 13 December 2014 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1–1 | 3,324 | Oliver 55' | Report |
| 21 | 20 December 2014 | AFC Wimbledon | A | 1–0 | 3,790 | Oliver 47' | Report |
| 22 | 26 December 2014 | Hartlepool United | H | 1–1 | 3,357 | Brown 10' | Report |
| 23 | 28 December 2014 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 3,196 | | Report |
| 24 | 10 January 2015 | Burton Albion | A | 1–2 | 3,506 | Lambe 51' | Report |
| 25 | 17 January 2015 | Exeter City | A | 2–3 | 3,881 | Kee 57', Oliver 68' | Report |
| 26 | 24 January 2015 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 0–0 | 2,759 | | Report |
| 27 | 24 January 2015 | Carlisle United | A | 1–2 | 3,827 | Oliver 45' | Report |
| 28 | 7 February 2015 | Stevenage | H | 1–0 | 2,436 | Lambe 51' | Report |
| 29 | 10 February 2015 | Morecambe | A | 1–2 | 1,156 | Heslop 27' | Report |
| 30 | 14 February 2015 | Northampton Town | H | 1–1 | 4,614 | Oliver 48' | Report |
| 31 | 17 February 2015 | Luton Town | H | 1–0 | 2,998 | Bingham 32' | Report |
| 32 | 21 February 2015 | Oxford United | A | 0–3 | 6,954 | | Report |
| 33 | 28 February 2015 | Dagenham & Redbridge | H | 2–1 | 2,546 | Lambe 46', Brown 82' | Report |
| 34 | 3 March 2015 | Newport County | A | 1–0 | 2,481 | Lambe 87' | Report |
| 35 | 7 March 2015 | Cheltenham Town | A | 1–1 | 2,597 | Kee 68' | Report |
| 36 | 14 March 2015 | Bury | H | 0–1 | 2,868 | | Report |
| 37 | 17 March 2015 | AFC Wimbledon | H | 2–1 | 3,151 | Beevers 56', Bingham 87' | Report |
| 38 | 21 March 2015 | Hartlepool United | A | 0–1 | 4,116 | | Report |
| 39 | 28 March 2015 | York City | H | 1–4 | 3,133 | Rhead 77' | Report |
| 40 | 3 April 2015 | Southend United | A | 0–2 | 5,925 | | Report |
| 41 | 6 April 2015 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 0–1 | 3,108 | | Report |
| 42 | 1 April 2015 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1–2 | 6,626 | Oliver 64' | Report |
| 43 | 14 April 2015 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | 3,051 | Lambe 44' | Report |
| 44 | 18 April 2015 | Cambridge United | A | 1–3 | 4,667 | Bingham 64' | Report |
| 45 | 25 April 2015 | Portsmouth | H | 1–2 | 4,222 | Thomas 68' | Report |
| 46 | 2 May 2015 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–2 | 1,921 | McGuire 39' | Report |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 51 | |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 50 | |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 48 | |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 45 | |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 18 November 2014 | Concord Rangers | H | 1–1 | 2,023 | Glozier (o.g.) 17' | Report |
| R1 Replay | 25 November 2014 | Concord Rangers | A | 1–0 | 1,537 | Palmer 61' | Report |
| R2 | 6 December 2014 | Cambridge United | A | 2–2 | 3,869 | Bingham 3', Champion (o.g.) 81' | Report |
| R2 Replay | 16 December 2014 | Cambridge United | H | 0–1 | 1,920 | | Report |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 13 August 2014 | Sheffield United | A | 1–2 | 7,929 | Fisher 57' | Report |

### League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 2 September 2014 | Notts County | A | 0–2 | 3,701 | | Report |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Sascha Studer | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ritchie Sutton | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Martin Riley | 31(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | John Dempster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Luke Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ryan Tafazolli | 35(1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41(1) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Fergus Bell | 10(6) | 1 | 1(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11(10) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jeffrey Monakana | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Alex Fisher | 6(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8(7) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Matt Rhead | 16(15) | 3 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(17) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Liam Hearn | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sam Clucas | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rakish Bingham | 14(12) | 6 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(13) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jamie McGuire | 24(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(3) | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Ollie Palmer | 2(13) | 1 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(16) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Kieron Freeman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ricky Ravenhill | 12(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Simon Heslop | 21(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26(4) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Reggie Lambe | 21(9) | 4 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(11) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Lee Beevers | 33(2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 38(3) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Liam Marsden | 9(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jack Thomas | 10(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Adam Murray | 11(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13(3) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Rob Taylor | 10(5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15(5) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Matty Blair | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Cameron Belford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Adam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Daniel Carr | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Junior Brown | 21(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(3) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Vadaine Oliver | 28(2) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30(2) | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Luke Waterfall | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Callum Elder | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Danny Fletcher | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Chris Clements | 30(4) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Jamie Sendles-White | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Billy Kee | 8(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(5) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Amari'i Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Michael Raynes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Terry Hawkridge | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Corbin Shires | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Joe Fitzpatrick | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Lenny Pidgeley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date Announced | Player | Previous Club | fee |
| 27 May 2014 | Luke Jones | Stevenage | Free |
| 4 June 2014 | Alex Fisher | Monza | Free |
| 12 June 2014 | Liam Hearn | Grimsby Town | Free |
| 9 July 2014 | Amari'i Bell | Birmingham City | Loan (6 month loan) |
| 11 July 2014 | Fergus Bell | Monza | Free |
| 22 July 2014 | Simon Heslop | Stevenage | Free |
| 24 July 2014 | Sascha Studer | Winterthur | Free |
| 5 August 2014 | Rob Taylor | Port Vale | Free |
| 19 August 2014 | Dimitar Evtimov | Nottingham Forest | Loan (6 month loan) |
| 1 September 2014 | Rakish Bingham | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 17 September 2014 | Reggie Lambe | Nyköping | Free |
| 3 October 2014 | Kieron Freeman | Derby County | Loan (3 month loan) |
| 10 October 2014 | Jamie Sendles-White | Queens Park Rangers | Loan (3 month loan) |
| 21 October 2014 | Daniel Carr | Huddersfield Town | Loan (1 month loan) |
| 24 October 2014 | Vadaine Oliver | Crewe Alexandra | Loan (8 month loan) |
| 7 November 2014 | Luke Waterfall | Scunthorpe United | Loan (1 month loan) |
| 27 November 2014 | Junior Brown | Oxford United | Loan (1 month loan) |
| 5 January 2015 | Billy Kee | Scunthorpe United | Loan (3 month loan) |
| 7 January 2015 | Ricky Ravenhill | Northampton Town | Free |
| 7 January 2015 | Junior Brown | Oxford United | Free |
| 8 January 2015 | Callum Elder | Leicester City | Loan (3 month loan) |
| 9 January 2015 | Adam Smith | Leicester City | Loan (1 month loan) |
| 9 January 2015 | Michael Raynes | Oxford United | Free |
| 14 January 2015 | Matty Blair | Fleetwood Town | Free |
| 2 February 2015 | Lenny Pidgeley | Newport County | Loan |
| 20 February 2015 | Jeffrey Monakana | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan (1 month loan) |
| 20 March 2015 | Terry Hawkridge | Scunthorpe United | Loan (2 month loan) |

### Out

| Date Announced | Player | Destination | fee |
| 9 May 2014 | Paul Black | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Ian Deakin | Heanor Town | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Ross Dyer | FC Halifax Town | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Ben Hutchinson | Nuneaton Town | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | James Jennings | Forest Green Rovers | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Keiran Murtagh | Released | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | George Pilkington | Macclesfield Town | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Godfrey Poku | AFC Telford United | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Jake Speight | Harrogate Town | Free |
| 9 May 2014 | Lee Stevenson | Alfreton Town | Free |
| 12 May 2014 | Louis Briscoe | Torquay United | Free |
| 2 June 2014 | Colin Daniel | Port Vale | Free |
| 16 June 2014 | Alan Marriott | Released | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Lindon Meikle | York City | Free |
| | Anthony Howell | Alfreton Town | Free |
| 1 September 2014 | Sam Clucas | Chesterfield | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2015 | Rakish Bingham | Hartlepool United | Loan (4 month loan) |
| 13 January 2015 | Rob Taylor | Tranmere Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2015 | Fergus Bell | Yeovil Town | Free |