# 2020–21 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 124th season in the history of Mansfield Town and the eighth consecutive season in the League Two. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Jordan Bowery | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Ollie Clarke | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Jamie Reid | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Marek Štěch | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2020 | CB | Farrend Rawson | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | CM | George Maris | Cambridge United | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2020 | CB | Rollin Menayese | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2020 | RB | Corey O'Keeffe | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2020 | RB | James Perch | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2020 | CB | Aaron O'Driscoll | Southampton | Free transfer |
| 11 September 2020 | LM | Stephen McLaughlin | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 19 January 2021 | CM | George Lapslie | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | CB | Jake Wright | Hereford | Free transfer |
| 5 March 2021 | MF | Keaton Ward | Barnsley | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 15 October 2020 | CM | George Lapslie | Charlton Athletic | 18 January 2021 |
| 15 January 2021 | CM | Stephen Quinn | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Jamie Pardington | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Oliver Sarkic | Blackpool | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 10 September 2020 | CF | Jimmy Knowles | Notts County | End of season |
| 17 September 2020 | CB | Jamie Chisholm | Kettering Town | 13 October 2020 |
| 13 November 2020 | CM | Alistar Smith | Altrincham | 14 January 2021 |
| 18 January 2021 | CB | Rollin Menayese | Grimsby Town | End of season |
| 27 January 2021 | CF | Andy Cook | Bradford City | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | CF | Nicky Maynard | Newport County | End of season |
| 26 February 2021 | CB | Aaron O'Driscoll | Longford Town | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Neal Bishop | Scarborough Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Craig Davies | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Otis Khan | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Conrad Logan | Anstey Nomads | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Alex MacDonald | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Bobby Olejnik | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Krystian Pearce | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Matt Preston | Barnet | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Omari Sterling-James | Kidderminster Harriers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Noah Stokes | Curzon Ashton | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Hayden White | Walsall | Released |
| 22 July 2020 | LM | CJ Hamilton | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | LW | Tom Fielding | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | CB | Lewis Gibbens | Boston United | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | CM | Willem Tomlinson | Padiham | Mutual consent |
| 13 September 2020 | RM | Rio Molyneaux | Alfreton Town | Free transfer |
| 19 September 2020 | CF | Jordan Graham | Tamworth | Free transfer |
| 2 October 2020 | CF | Danny Rose | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2021 | CM | Alistair Smith | Altrincham | Free transfer |

## Competitions
### EFL League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 61 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 60 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 59 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 58 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 57 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | −9 | 54 |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 51 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley. The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Manchester City U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Lincoln City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |