# 1983–84 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was Mansfield Town's 47th season in the Football League and 10th in the Fourth Division. They finished in 19th position with 52 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 58 | |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 78 | −25 | 53 | |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 66 | 70 | −4 | 52 | |
| 20 | Wrexham | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 48 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 48 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Wrexham lost this year’s Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town, but as the latter are an English side, Wrexham went on to represent Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

## Results
### Football League Fourth Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 27 August 1983 | Bristol City | A | 0–4 | 5,759 | |
| 2 | 3 September 1983 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–2 | 2,962 | Lister (o.g.) |
| 3 | 6 September 1983 | Stockport County | H | 1–2 | 2,167 | Thorpe (o.g.) |
| 4 | 9 September 1983 | Halifax Town | A | 0–0 | 1,725 | |
| 5 | 17 September 1983 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | 2,002 | Nicholson |
| 6 | 24 September 1983 | Peterborough United | A | 0–3 | 3,490 | |
| 7 | 27 September 1983 | Blackpool | A | 0–2 | 3,461 | |
| 8 | 1 October 1983 | Aldershot | H | 5–2 | 1,774 | Caldwell (3), Lowery, Barrowclough |
| 9 | 8 October 1983 | Bury | A | 2–2 | 2,468 | Caldwell, Barrowclough |
| 10 | 15 October 1983 | Torquay United | A | 1–3 | 1,940 | Lowery |
| 11 | 19 October 1983 | Reading | A | 0–4 | 3,781 | |
| 12 | 22 October 1983 | Hartlepool United | H | 5–0 | 1,906 | Caldwell (4), Lowery |
| 13 | 29 October 1983 | Hereford United | A | 0–0 | 3,422 | |
| 14 | 1 November 1983 | Rochdale | H | 3–0 | 2,536 | Caldwell (2), Dungworth |
| 15 | 5 November 1983 | Wrexham | A | 3–2 | 1,633 | Nicholson (2), Keegan |
| 16 | 12 November 1983 | Colchester United | H | 0–0 | 3,042 | |
| 17 | 26 November 1983 | Swindon Town | H | 2–2 | 3,328 | Nicholson, Dungworth |
| 18 | 3 December 1983 | Darlington | A | 0–3 | 1,630 | |
| 19 | 18 December 1983 | Northampton Town | A | 1–2 | 2,628 | Lowery |
| 20 | 26 December 1983 | Chesterfield | H | 0–1 | 6,734 | |
| 21 | 27 December 1983 | Chester City | A | 4–0 | 1,567 | Barrowclough, Lowery, Caldwell, Nicholson |
| 22 | 31 December 1983 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–3 | 2,625 | Woodhead, Kearney, Caldwell |
| 23 | 2 January 1984 | York City | A | 1–2 | 5,628 | Barrowclough |
| 24 | 7 January 1984 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–3 | 3,804 | Kearney |
| 25 | 30 January 1984 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–1 | 1,483 | |
| 26 | 4 February 1984 | Aldershot | A | 1–7 | 1,629 | Barrowclough |
| 27 | 11 February 1984 | Peterborough United | H | 0–0 | 2,179 | |
| 28 | 14 February 1984 | Rochdale | A | 0–0 | 1,095 | |
| 29 | 18 February 1984 | Hereford United | H | 1–1 | 1,868 | Barrowclough |
| 30 | 25 February 1984 | Hartlepool United | A | 1–4 | 1,730 | Ayre |
| 31 | 3 March 1984 | Reading | H | 2–0 | 1,950 | Barrowclough, Nicholson |
| 32 | 6 March 1984 | Wrexham | H | 3–4 | 1,986 | Ayre (2), Caldwell |
| 33 | 10 March 1984 | Colchester United | A | 0–1 | 2,007 | |
| 34 | 17 March 1984 | Bury | H | 1–1 | 1,673 | Ayre |
| 35 | 24 March 1984 | Torquay United | A | 0–1 | 1,559 | |
| 36 | 27 March 1984 | Bristol City | H | 0–1 | 1,828 | |
| 37 | 31 March 1984 | Blackpool | H | 1–1 | 1,993 | Juryeff |
| 38 | 6 April 1984 | Stockport County | A | 4–0 | 1,973 | Juryeff, Caldwell, Barrowclough, Matthews |
| 39 | 10 April 1984 | Halifax Town | H | 7–1 | 1,696 | Juryeff (3), Caldwell, Barrowclough, Matthews, Lowery |
| 40 | 14 April 1984 | Darlington | H | 1–0 | 2,075 | Caldwell |
| 41 | 21 April 1984 | Chesterfield | A | 0–0 | 4,364 | |
| 42 | 24 April 1984 | Chester City | H | 3–1 | 2,346 | Matthews, Barrowclough, Nicholson |
| 43 | 29 April 1984 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | 2,136 | Nicholson |
| 44 | 5 May 1984 | York City | H | 0–1 | 3,345 | |
| 45 | 7 May 1984 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 3–1 | 1,810 | Caldwell (3) |
| 46 | 12 May 1984 | Northampton Town | H | 3–1 | 2,143 | Caldwell (2), Calderwood |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 19 November 1983 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 3–0 | 5,027 | Caldwell, Barrowclough, Calderwood |
| R2 | 10 December 1983 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–2 | 6,934 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st leg | 30 August 1983 | Huddersfield Town | H | 1–2 | 3,743 | Barrowclough |
| R1 2nd leg | 13 September 1983 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1–5 | 5,190 | Caldwell |

### League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 21 February 1983 | Darlington | H | 1–3 | 1,086 | Barrowclough |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1983–84 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 | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Rod Arnold | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| GK | Barry Daines | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| GK | Kevin Hitchcock | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| DF | Billy Ayre | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| DF | Colin Calderwood | 27(3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31(3) | 2 |
| DF | George Foster | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| DF | Mike Galloway | 12(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14(5) | 0 |
| DF | Paul Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Steve Whitworth | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| DF | Simon Woodhead | 41(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45(2) | 1 |
| MF | Bobby Hutchinson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Kearney | 17 | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(1) | 2 |
| MF | Ged Keegan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| MF | Tony Lowery | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6 |
| MF | John Matthews | 31(1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(1) | 3 |
| MF | Mark Sindall | 9(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 |
| FW | Stewart Barrowclough | 36(2) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40(2) | 13 |
| FW | David Caldwell | 37(1) | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 41(2) | 23 |
| FW | John Dungworth | 14(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(3) | 2 |
| FW | Peter Frain | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| FW | Ian Juryeff | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| FW | Paul Kee | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| FW | Gary Nicholson | 38(3) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42(3) | 8 |
| FW | John Partridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Stuart Storer | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 |