# 2007–08 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 23rd position with 42 points and were relegated to the Conference Premier.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 20 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 49 | |
| 21 | Notts County | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 48 | |
| 22 | Chester City | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 47 | |
| 23 | Mansfield Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 42 | Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National |
| 24 | Wrexham (R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 40 | Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National |

## Results

Mansfield Town's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 11 August 2007 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | 4,909 | Boulding |
| 2 | 18 August 2007 | Lincoln City | H | 1–3 | 3,357 | Boulding |
| 3 | 25 August 2007 | Morecambe | A | 1–3 | 2,980 | Boulding |
| 4 | 1 September 2007 | Stockport County | H | 4–2 | 2,747 | Boulding, McAliskey, Buxton, McIntosh |
| 5 | 9 September 2007 | Peterborough United | A | 1–2 | 4,721 | McAliskey |
| 6 | 15 September 2007 | Chesterfield | H | 1–3 | 4,514 | Dawson |
| 7 | 22 September 2007 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–1 | 1,408 | |
| 8 | 29 September 2007 | Dagenham & Redbridge | H | 0–1 | 2,048 | |
| 9 | 2 October 2007 | Milton Keynes Dons | H | 1–2 | 1,984 | Boulding |
| 10 | 6 October 2007 | Rotherham United | A | 2–3 | 3,881 | Boulding, Arnold |
| 11 | 13 October 2007 | Barnet | A | 1–1 | 2,041 | Brown |
| 12 | 20 October 2007 | Notts County | H | 2–0 | 4,002 | Boulding (2) |
| 13 | 27 October 2007 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–0 | 5,347 | |
| 14 | 3 November 2007 | Macclesfield Town | H | 5–0 | 2,853 | Boulding, Arnold, Brown (3) |
| 15 | 6 November 2007 | Hereford United | A | 1–2 | 2,272 | Boulding |
| 16 | 24 November 2007 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 2,431 | |
| 17 | 5 December 2007 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 2,308 | |
| 18 | 15 December 2007 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–1 | 3,836 | |
| 19 | 22 December 2007 | Chesterfield | A | 0–2 | 6,300 | |
| 20 | 26 December 2007 | Peterborough United | H | 2–0 | 3,107 | Boulding (2) |
| 21 | 29 December 2007 | Accrington Stanley | H | 1–2 | 2,494 | Holmes |
| 22 | 1 January 2008 | Milton Keynes Dons | A | 0–1 | 9,583 | |
| 23 | 8 January 2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 0–4 | 1,959 | |
| 24 | 12 January 2008 | Chester City | H | 1–0 | 2,092 | Hamshaw |
| 25 | 19 January 2008 | Darlington | H | 0–1 | 3,344 | |
| 26 | 29 January 2008 | Lincoln City | A | 2–1 | 4,280 | Boulding (2) |
| 27 | 2 February 2008 | Brentford | H | 2–3 | 2,511 | Boulding, Louis |
| 28 | 9 February 2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–1 | 5,963 | Boulding, Louis |
| 29 | 12 February 2008 | Morecambe | H | 1–2 | 2,287 | Bell |
| 30 | 16 February 2008 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 3,527 | Louis, Dawson |
| 31 | 23 February 2008 | Chester City | H | 1–3 | 2,362 | Mullins |
| 32 | 26 February 2008 | Bury | H | 1–1 | 1,923 | Buxton |
| 33 | 1 March 2008 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | 4,865 | Boulding |
| 34 | 8 March 2008 | Rochdale | H | 0–4 | 2,351 | |
| 35 | 11 March 2008 | Hereford United | H | 0–1 | 1,606 | |
| 36 | 15 March 2008 | Bradford City | A | 2–1 | 13,661 | Boulding, Arnold |
| 37 | 22 March 2008 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–2 | 2,616 | Arnold |
| 38 | 24 March 2008 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 2,779 | |
| 39 | 29 March 2008 | Notts County | A | 0–0 | 10,027 | |
| 40 | 1 April 2008 | Wrexham | H | 2–1 | 3,435 | Louis, Mullins |
| 41 | 5 April 2008 | Barnet | H | 2–2 | 2,463 | Boulding, Hamshaw |
| 42 | 9 April 2008 | Stockport County | A | 1–2 | 4,982 | Dicker (o.g.) |
| 43 | 12 April 2008 | Macclesfield Town | A | 0–0 | 3,250 | |
| 44 | 19 April 2008 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 3–1 | 3,334 | Boulding (3) |
| 45 | 26 April 2008 | Rotherham United | H | 0–1 | 5,271 | |
| 46 | 3 May 2008 | Dagenham & Redbridge | A | 0–2 | 3,451 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 10 November 2007 | Lewes | H | 3–0 | 2,607 | M Boulding, R Boulding, Holmes |
| R2 | 2 December 2007 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | A | 3–2 | 1,486 | Boulding (2), Jelleyman |
| R3 | 5 January 2008 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–1 | 5,857 | Holmes, Hamshaw |
| R4 | 26 January 2008 | Middlesbrough | H | 0–2 | 6,258 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 14 August 2007 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–4 | 3,155 | Mullins |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 4 September 2007 | Rotherham United | H | 0–1 | 1,578 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jason White | 10(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Johnny Mullins | 42(1) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48(1) | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Gareth Jelleyman | 37(2) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43(2) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan D'Laryea | 23(6) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26(7) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Martin McIntosh | 9(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(2) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Lee Bell | 23(1) | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(2) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Matthew Hamshaw | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Stephen Dawson | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | John McAliskey | 9(7) | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11(9) | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Simon Brown | 15(14) | 4 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(15) | 4 |
| 11 | FW | Michael Boulding | 43 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 25 |
| 12 | DF | Jake Buxton | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Alex Baptiste | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Dan Martin | 21(5) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 26(5) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Lee Bullock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ryan Goward | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Nathan Arnold | 21(11) | 4 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24(12) | 4 |
| 17 | GK | Ashley Kitchen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ian Holmes | 4(12) | 1 | 1(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(13) | 3 |
| 19 | GK | Carl Muggleton | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Jefferson Louis | 14(4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(4) | 4 |
| 22 | MF | Will Atkinson | 10(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(2) | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Sean McAllister | 5(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Danny Sleath | 2(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(7) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Chris Wood | 8(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(5) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Neil Wainwright | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Kevin Horlock | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Keith Briggs | 10(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Rory Boulding | 4(7) | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(10) | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Warren Burrell | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Danny Reet | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Lewis Trimmer | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| – | – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 |