# 2021–22 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Mansfield Town's 125th year in their history and ninth consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Squad statistics

    As of 7 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nathan Bishop | 46 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kellan Gordon | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Stephen McLaughlin | 41 | 7 | 40+1 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt | 44 | 1 | 41+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Nartey | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Farrend Rawson | 30 | 1 | 23+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Harry Charsley (transferred) | 16 | 2 | 10+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ollie Clarke | 26 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jordan Bowery | 40 | 8 | 25+15 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | George Maris | 37 | 3 | 30+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Danny Johnson | 22 | 4 | 9+13 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Oliver Hawkins | 41 | 7 | 39+2 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | George Shelvey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | James Perch | 20 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Ryan Burke | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Stephen Quinn | 36 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Tyrese Sinclair | 14 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Rhys Oates | 38 | 9 | 34+4 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Keaton Ward | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | James Clarke | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Kieran Wallace | 17 | 0 | 3+14 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Will Forrester (recalled) | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | CZE | Marek Štěch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Ryan Stirk | 31 | 2 | 23+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Jason Law | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | George Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | James Gale | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | George Lapslie | 32 | 4 | 21+11 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Lucas Akins | 19 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | IRL | John-Joe O'Toole | 27 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Matty Longstaff | 16 | 6 | 16+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:

## Pre-season friendlies

The Stags announced they would play friendlies against Retford United, Matlock Town, Grimsby Town, Alfreton Town, Hull City, Coventry City, Basford United and Nottingham Forest U23s as part of the club's pre-season preparations.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 80 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Port Vale (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 76 | |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 75 | |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 70 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2022. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |

#### Matches

Mansfield Town's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021. On 7 July, the scheduled fixtures with Newport County were reversed due to renovation works at Rodney Parade.

#### Play-offs
### FA Cup

Mansfield were drawn away to Sunderland in the first round, Doncaster Rovers in the second round and home to Middlesbrough in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Mansfield were drawn at home to Preston North End in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Harrogate Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 June 2021 | CF | Oliver Hawkins | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Danny Johnson | Leyton Orient | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Stephen Quinn | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2021 | LB | Ryan Burke | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2021 | LW | Rhys Oates | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 23 October 2021 | CM | John-Joe O'Toole | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2022 | RW | Lucas Akins | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2022 | LB | Kieran Wallace | Burton Albion | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Nathan Bishop | Manchester United | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | George Shelvey | Nottingham Forest | End of season |
| 27 July 2021 | DM | Ryan Stirk | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Will Forrester | Stoke City | 9 January 2022 |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Richard Nartey | Burnley | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CM | Matty Longstaff | Newcastle United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | LW | Jamie Murphy | Hibernian | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 16 July 2021 | CB | Rollin Menayese | Walsall | 4 January 2022 |
| 3 August 2021 | RB | Corey O'Keeffe | Rochdale | January 2022 |
| 16 August 2021 | CF | Jimmy Knowles | Greenock Morton | End of season |
| 11 December 2021 | GK | Owen Mason | Guiseley | 9 February 2022 |
| 6 January 2022 | CF | Nathan Caine | Ilkeston Town | 6 February 2022 |
| 24 January 2022 | LM | Tyrese Sinclair | Scunthorpe United | End of season |
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### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Mal Benning | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Andy Cook | Bradford City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Nicky Maynard | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Joe Riley | Retired | — |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Aidan Stone | Port Vale | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Ryan Sweeney | Dundee | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Aiden Walker | Brighouse Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Jake Wright | Boston | Released |
| 13 July 2021 | CF | Jamie Reid | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2022 | CB | Rollin Menayese | Walsall | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2022 | CB | Aaron O'Driscoll | Shelbourne | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | RB | Corey O'Keeffe | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2022 | CM | Harry Charsley | Port Vale | Undisclosed |