# 1936–37 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1936–37 season was Mansfield Town's sixth season in the Football League and fifth in the Third Division North, they finished in 9th position with 44 points and were transferred to the Football League Third Division South. Notable this season was the goal scoring exploits of Ted Harston who scored 58 goals in 44 games including seven against Hartlepools United.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 7 | Halifax Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 68 | 63 | 1.079 | 45 | |
| 8 | Wrexham | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 57 | 1.246 | 44 | |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 91 | 76 | 1.197 | 44 | Transferred to the Third Division South |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 68 | 0.956 | 44 | |
| 11 | Port Vale | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 44 | |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 29 August 1936 | Barrow | H | 2–1 | 7,657 | Atkinson, Harston |
| 2 | 31 August 1936 | Rochdale | A | 3–1 | 5,297 | Harston (3) |
| 3 | 5 September 1936 | York City | A | 1–1 | 7,504 | Atkinson |
| 4 | 9 September 1936 | Rochdale | H | 6–2 | 7,404 | Atkinson, Harston (5) |
| 5 | 12 September 1936 | Carlisle United | H | 1–4 | 6,665 | Atkinson |
| 6 | 19 September 1936 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–3 | 7,178 | |
| 7 | 26 September 1936 | Southport | H | 3–0 | 6,556 | Harston, Atkinson, Speed |
| 8 | 3 October 1936 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–0 | 6,791 | Harston (2) |
| 9 | 10 October 1936 | Halifax Town | H | 3–0 | 7,731 | Harston (3) |
| 10 | 17 October 1936 | Hull City | H | 5–2 | 9,779 | Harston (4), Atkinson |
| 11 | 24 October 1936 | New Brighton | A | 0–0 | 4,772 | |
| 12 | 31 October 1936 | Lincoln City | H | 2–2 | 13,228 | Harston, Roy |
| 13 | 7 November 1936 | Accrington Stanley | A | 3–0 | 3,334 | Harston (2), Bungay |
| 14 | 14 November 1936 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–2 | 9,650 | Rattray |
| 15 | 21 November 1936 | Port Vale | A | 1–5 | 8,983 | Atkinson |
| 16 | 5 December 1936 | Stockport County | A | 1–3 | 5,913 | Anderson |
| 17 | 19 December 1936 | Darlington | A | 0–0 | 3,936 | |
| 18 | 25 December 1936 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–4 | 7,663 | Roy |
| 19 | 26 December 1936 | Barrow | A | 2–2 | 3,921 | Harston (2) |
| 20 | 28 December 1936 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 2,534 | Littledyke |
| 21 | 1 January 1937 | Gateshead | A | 3–3 | 4,753 | Harston (2), Rattray |
| 22 | 2 January 1937 | York City | H | 1–2 | 4,008 | Harston |
| 23 | 9 January 1937 | Carlisle United | A | 2–1 | 6,162 | Atkinson, Wood |
| 24 | 16 January 1937 | Rotherham United | H | 4–1 | 4,137 | Atkinson, Harston, Horne (2) |
| 25 | 23 January 1937 | Hartlepools United | H | 8–2 | 2,696 | Rattray, Harston (7) |
| 26 | 30 January 1937 | Southport | A | 2–3 | 3,558 | Rattray, Harston |
| 27 | 6 February 1937 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 2–3 | 6,348 | Presgrave, Cartwright |
| 28 | 13 February 1937 | Halifax Town | A | 0–0 | 4,970 | |
| 29 | 20 February 1937 | Hull City | A | 0–3 | 4,249 | |
| 30 | 27 February 1937 | New Brighton | H | 2–3 | 3,229 | Harston, Anderson |
| 31 | 6 March 1937 | Lincoln City | A | 0–2 | 7,877 | |
| 32 | 13 March 1937 | Accrington Stanley | H | 2–1 | 3,385 | Harston, Anderson |
| 33 | 20 March 1937 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 6,497 | Atkinson |
| 34 | 26 March 1937 | Chester | H | 5–0 | 6,920 | Atkinson, Anderson (2), Harston (2) |
| 35 | 27 March 1937 | Port Vale | H | 7–1 | 6,348 | Anderson, Harston (5), Wood |
| 36 | 29 March 1937 | Chester | A | 1–5 | 9,448 | Harston |
| 37 | 30 March 1937 | Wrexham | H | 3–0 | 4,579 | Harston (3) |
| 38 | 3 April 1937 | Rotherham United | A | 1–4 | 4,890 | Anderson |
| 39 | 10 April 1937 | Stockport County | H | 0–2 | 6,890 | |
| 40 | 17 April 1937 | Wrexham | A | 3–2 | 2,170 | Rattray, Harston (2) |
| 41 | 24 April 1937 | Darlington | H | 3–1 | 4,072 | Harston (2), Cook |
| 42 | 1 May 1937 | Gateshead | H | 3–2 | 3,123 | Harston (2), Horne |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 28 November 1936 | Barrow | A | 4–0 | 7,231 | Harston (3), Anderson |
| R2 | 12 December 1936 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 0–3 | 11,200 | |

### Football League Third Division North Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 11 November 1936 | Port Vale | H | 0–2 | 1,008 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1936–37 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Third Division Cup | Third Division Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Daniel Black | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| GK | Ormond Jones | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| DF | Reg Bungay | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| DF | Ted Dransfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Ernie Hart | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DF | Jack Moran | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| DF | Frank Perfect | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| DF | Cyril Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Ted Vaux | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| DF | Ernest Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Alf Brown | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| MF | Fred Speed | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| MF | Bill Wainwight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Leonard Wood | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| FW | George Anderson | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 |
| FW | Arthur Atkinson | 40 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 10 |
| FW | Roy Briggs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Herbert Cartwright | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| FW | Ron Cook | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FW | Ted Harston | 41 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 58 |
| FW | Amos Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Matthew Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Alf Horne | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| FW | Robert Littledyke | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | Gordon Presgrave | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | Charlie Rattray | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| FW | Jack Roy | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |