# 1953–54 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1953–54 season was Mansfield Town's 16th season in the Football League and 11th season in the Third Division North, they finished in 7th position with 51 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 5 | Bradford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 1.091 | 53 |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 64 | 1.188 | 52 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 88 | 67 | 1.313 | 51 |
| 8 | Wrexham | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 81 | 68 | 1.191 | 51 |
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 77 | 68 | 1.132 | 50 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 19 August 1953 | Port Vale | H | 1–2 | 10,410 | Marron |
| 2 | 22 August 1953 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 5–2 | 7,917 | Plummer, Adam, Reeve (2), Murray |
| 3 | 26 August 1953 | Bradford City | A | 2–2 | 9,873 | Plummer, Reeve |
| 4 | 29 August 1953 | Halifax Town | H | 3–1 | 6,888 | Plummer, Murray, Reeve |
| 5 | 31 August 1953 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 8,879 | |
| 6 | 5 September 1953 | Carlisle United | A | 0–5 | 8,482 | |
| 7 | 12 September 1953 | Accrington Stanley | H | 1–1 | 7,627 | Murray |
| 8 | 14 September 1953 | Chesterfield | H | 2–2 | 11,185 | Murray (2) |
| 9 | 19 September 1953 | Grimsby Town | A | 2–0 | 9,929 | Adam, Marron |
| 10 | 21 September 1953 | Barrow | A | 2–4 | 3,617 | Murray, Reeve |
| 11 | 26 September 1953 | Stockport County | H | 3–1 | 8,610 | Murray, Plummer, Coole |
| 12 | 28 September 1953 | Barrow | H | 2–3 | 6,590 | Murray, Marron |
| 13 | 3 October 1953 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 7,483 | |
| 14 | 10 October 1953 | Southport | H | 4–2 | 7,926 | Murray (2), Bradley |
| 15 | 17 October 1953 | York City | A | 1–5 | 6,294 | Murray |
| 16 | 24 October 1953 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 2–1 | 8,539 | Bradley, Marron |
| 17 | 31 October 1953 | Workington | A | 1–1 | 6,570 | Reeve |
| 18 | 7 November 1953 | Gateshead | H | 1–1 | 7,355 | Watson |
| 19 | 14 November 1953 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–3 | 7,128 | Daley |
| 20 | 28 November 1953 | Barnsley | A | 1–2 | 9,241 | Daley |
| 21 | 5 December 1953 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 1–1 | 5,493 | Murray |
| 22 | 12 December 1953 | Darlington | H | 6–0 | 5,655 | Murray (2), Darwin (2), Daley, Reeve |
| 23 | 19 December 1953 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 2–0 | 6,102 | Darwin, Reeve |
| 24 | 25 December 1953 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 6–0 | 6,092 | Darwin (2), Reeve (2), Plummer, Daley |
| 25 | 26 December 1953 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–0 | 4,648 | |
| 26 | 1 January 1954 | Chesterfield | A | 0–0 | 12,259 | |
| 27 | 2 January 1954 | Halifax Town | A | 0–2 | 4,965 | |
| 28 | 9 January 1954 | Chester | H | 2–1 | 6,572 | Reeve, Darwin |
| 29 | 16 January 1954 | Carlisle United | H | 2–1 | 6,386 | Daley, Darwin |
| 30 | 23 January 1954 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–5 | 5,617 | Darwin |
| 31 | 6 February 1954 | Grimsby Town | H | 5–1 | 6,513 | Darwin, Fox, Murray (3) |
| 32 | 13 February 1954 | Stockport County | A | 2–3 | 6,371 | Darwin (2) |
| 33 | 20 February 1954 | Rochdale | H | 2–0 | 8,234 | Daley, Darwin |
| 34 | 27 February 1954 | Southport | A | 1–2 | 3,377 | Darwin |
| 35 | 6 March 1954 | York City | H | 7–2 | 6,783 | Darwin (2), Daley, Fox, Murray, Watson (2) |
| 36 | 13 March 1954 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 2–2 | 6,516 | Murray, Watson |
| 37 | 20 March 1954 | Workington | H | 0–2 | 8,059 | |
| 38 | 24 March 1954 | Chester | A | 2–0 | 1,667 | Marron, Daley |
| 39 | 27 March 1954 | Gateshead | A | 3–1 | 4,678 | Marron (2), Murray |
| 40 | 3 April 1954 | Hartlepools United | H | 1–0 | 5,948 | Eaton |
| 41 | 5 April 1954 | Port Vale | A | 1–1 | 13,060 | Daley |
| 42 | 10 April 1954 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 3,392 | Daley, Murray |
| 43 | 16 April 1954 | Wrexham | A | 0–2 | 10,268 | |
| 44 | 17 April 1954 | Barnsley | H | 2–0 | 10,031 | Marron (2) |
| 45 | 19 April 1954 | Wrexham | H | 4–0 | 8,984 | Daley (2), Darwin (2) |
| 46 | 24 April 1954 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 0–1 | 5,437 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 21 November 1953 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–1 | 11,779 | S Watson |
| R1 Replay | 25 November 1953 | Hartlepools United | H | 0–3 | 6,237 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1953–54 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Eric Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Gordon Livie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| DF | Willie McGregor | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| DF | Norman Plummer | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
| MF | Frank Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| FW | Charlie Adam | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| FW | John Cuthbertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Alan Daley | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 12 |
| FW | George Darwin | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 17 |
| FW | Joe Eaton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FW | John Heather | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Barry Jepson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | James Lill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Chris Marron | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| FW | Ken Murray | 40 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 21 |
| FW | Ken Reeve | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 |
| FW | George Simpson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Dennis Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Vaughan Watson | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |