# 1967–68 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1967–68 season was Mansfield Town's 31st season in the Football League and 7th in the Third Division, they finished in 21st position with 37 points only avoiding relegation after Peterborough United were docked 19 points by the League for making irregular payments to players.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Orient | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 41 | |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 | 40 | |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 0.761 | 37 | |
| 21 | Grimsby Town (R) | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 52 | 69 | 0.754 | 37 | Relegation to 1968–69 Fourth Division |
| 22 | Colchester United (R) | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 87 | 0.575 | 33 | Relegation to 1968–69 Fourth Division |

## Results
### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 19 August 1967 | Southport | H | 4–2 | 5,877 | Rowland, Brace, Morris (2) |
| 2 | 25 August 1967 | Scunthorpe United | A | 3–3 | 6,372 | Curry, Knox, Burrows (o.g.) |
| 3 | 2 September 1967 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–1 | 6,776 | Knox |
| 4 | 5 September 1967 | Northampton Town | A | 1–1 | 12,205 | Brace |
| 5 | 9 September 1967 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–2 | 7,317 | |
| 6 | 16 September 1967 | Barrow | H | 1–2 | 5,550 | Curry |
| 7 | 23 September 1967 | Oxford United | A | 0–2 | 6,565 | |
| 8 | 25 September 1967 | Northampton Town | H | 3–2 | 5,506 | Knox, Rowlands (2) |
| 9 | 30 September 1967 | Bury | H | 1–1 | 7,398 | Rowland |
| 10 | 2 October 1967 | Peterborough United | A | 0–2 | 9,039 | |
| 11 | 7 October 1967 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–3 | 6,493 | |
| 12 | 13 October 1967 | Stockport County | A | 0–1 | 7,936 | |
| 13 | 21 October 1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–3 | 5,231 | Morris |
| 14 | 23 October 1967 | Peterborough United | H | 2–3 | 5,134 | Rowland, Stanton |
| 15 | 28 October 1967 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–2 | 5,660 | Brace |
| 16 | 4 November 1967 | Swindon Town | H | 2–2 | 4,621 | Brace, Rowland |
| 17 | 11 November 1967 | Reading | A | 1–2 | 8,247 | Rowland |
| 18 | 14 November 1967 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 7,691 | |
| 19 | 18 November 1967 | Torquay United | H | 2–0 | 5,295 | Rowland, Melling |
| 20 | 25 November 1967 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–0 | 3,263 | |
| 21 | 2 December 1967 | Gillingham | H | 0–1 | 5,403 | |
| 22 | 16 December 1967 | Southport | A | 1–3 | 4,226 | Morris |
| 23 | 23 December 1967 | Scunthorpe United | H | 3–0 | 4,907 | Morris, Rowland, Jones |
| 24 | 26 December 1967 | Colchester United | H | 2–1 | 6,679 | Jones, Ledger |
| 25 | 30 December 1967 | Colchester United | A | 2–1 | 4,180 | Jones (2) |
| 26 | 20 January 1968 | Barrow | A | 1–0 | 6,246 | Jones |
| 27 | 3 February 1968 | Oxford United | H | 1–0 | 6,111 | Morris |
| 28 | 10 February 1968 | Bury | A | 1–3 | 9,399 | Morris |
| 29 | 17 February 1968 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–1 | 6,093 | Melling |
| 30 | 23 February 1968 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–1 | 7,976 | Ledger |
| 31 | 2 March 1968 | Stockport County | H | 1–0 | 6,459 | Ledger |
| 32 | 9 March 1968 | Watford | H | 1–2 | 6,629 | Edwards |
| 33 | 11 March 1968 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–0 | 6,377 | Melling, Partridge, Coleman |
| 34 | 16 March 1968 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–3 | 7,756 | |
| 35 | 19 March 1968 | Watford | A | 2–1 | 7,324 | Sharkey (2) |
| 36 | 23 March 1968 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 0–1 | 6,701 | |
| 37 | 30 March 1968 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | 10,471 | Jones |
| 38 | 6 April 1968 | Reading | H | 2–2 | 5,661 | Melling (2) |
| 39 | 13 April 1968 | Torquay United | A | 2–0 | 11,081 | Rowlands, Jones |
| 40 | 15 April 1968 | Orient | A | 0–0 | 6,772 | |
| 41 | 16 April 1968 | Orient | H | 0–0 | 6,565 | |
| 42 | 20 April 1968 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–1 | 6,227 | Jones |
| 43 | 23 April 1968 | Walsall | A | 1–2 | 5,598 | Ledger |
| 44 | 27 April 1968 | Gillingham | A | 1–2 | 3,928 | Williams (o.g.) |
| 45 | 4 May 1968 | Walsall | H | 0–3 | 5,072 | |
| 46 | 11 May 1968 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–3 | 4,363 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 13 December 1967 | Tow Law Town | A | 1–5 | 2,508 | Melling |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 23 August 1967 | Lincoln City | A | 2–3 | 5,944 | Knox, Mitchinson |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1967–68 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 | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Dave Hollins | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| GK | Alan Humphreys | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Stuart Boam | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| DF | John Coleman | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| DF | Dick Edwards | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| DF | Philip Ferns | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | 0 |
| DF | Bill McKinney | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | 0 |
| DF | Sandy Pate | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| DF | Bill Richardson | 8(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(1) | 0 |
| DF | Phil Waller | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Bill Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Roger Frude | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | Gerry Glover | 18(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 0 |
| MF | Jimmy Goodfellow | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| MF | Ian Hall | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | Tommy Mitchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | Peter Morris | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| MF | Tom Stanton | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| FW | Stuart Brace | 11(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(1) | 4 |
| FW | Bill Curry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| FW | Dai Jones | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 |
| FW | Thomas Knox | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 |
| FW | Bob Ledger | 15(2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(2) | 4 |
| FW | Terry Melling | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| FW | Malcolm Partridge | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | Dudley Roberts | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
| FW | John Rowland | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| FW | John Rowlands | 12(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(1) | 3 |
| FW | Nick Sharkey | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 |