# 1959–60 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1959–60 season was Mansfield Town's 22nd season in the Football League and 2nd season in Third Division, they finished in 22nd position with 36 points and were relegated to the Fourth Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 72 | 75 | 0.960 | 41 | |
| 21 | York City | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 38 | Relegated |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 81 | 112 | 0.723 | 36 | Relegated |
| 23 | Wrexham | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 68 | 101 | 0.673 | 36 | Welsh Cup winners, relegated |
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 57 | 123 | 0.463 | 27 | Relegated |
* ↑ Wrexham were Welsh Cup winners this season, but in the league they ended up in the relegation zone.

## Results
### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 22 August 1959 | Coventry City | A | 0–2 | 19,789 | |
| 2 | 24 August 1959 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 11,649 | |
| 3 | 29 August 1959 | Halifax Town | H | 1–1 | 8,944 | Thomas |
| 4 | 29 August 1959 | Bradford City | A | 1–4 | 11,409 | Thomas |
| 5 | 5 September 1959 | Bury | A | 1–4 | 11,378 | Fitzsimons |
| 6 | 7 September 1959 | Southend United | A | 2–0 | 11,416 | Delapenha, Jones |
| 7 | 12 September 1959 | Barnsley | H | 1–4 | 8,408 | Thomas |
| 8 | 14 September 1959 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | 7,034 | Thomas |
| 9 | 19 September 1959 | Southampton | A | 2–5 | 15,831 | Jones, Ripley |
| 10 | 21 September 1959 | Colchester United | A | 0–3 | 8,202 | |
| 11 | 26 September 1959 | Reading | H | 4–4 | 5,621 | Jones, Ripley (2), Reeves (o.g.) |
| 12 | 28 September 1959 | Colchester United | H | 1–3 | 5,403 | Hollett |
| 13 | 3 October 1959 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 3–6 | 8,822 | Hollett (2), Ripley |
| 14 | 10 October 1959 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 4–3 | 7,526 | Hollett (2), Jones, Ringstead |
| 15 | 12 October 1959 | Port Vale | A | 1–4 | 9,230 | Jones |
| 16 | 17 October 1959 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–2 | 11,579 | Jones |
| 17 | 24 October 1959 | Wrexham | H | 6–2 | 5,277 | Jones, Nugent, Fitzsimons (2), Ringstead, Delapenha |
| 18 | 31 October 1959 | York City | A | 1–2 | 6,953 | Fitzsimons |
| 19 | 7 November 1959 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 3–4 | 6,792 | Fitzsimons (3) |
| 20 | 21 November 1959 | Newport County | H | 3–1 | 6,990 | Jones, Nugent, Williams |
| 21 | 28 November 1959 | Chesterfield | A | 1–0 | 9,451 | Fitzsimons |
| 22 | 12 December 1959 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–4 | 5,204 | Fitzsimons, Jones |
| 23 | 26 December 1959 | Norwich City | H | 3–2 | 7,554 | Ringstead, Jones, Delapenha |
| 24 | 28 December 1959 | Norwich City | A | 1–5 | 21,152 | Hall |
| 25 | 2 January 1960 | Halifax Town | A | 2–4 | 4,773 | Hall, Roscoe (o.g.) |
| 26 | 16 January 1960 | Bury | H | 1–5 | 6,084 | Fitzsimons |
| 27 | 23 January 1960 | Barnsley | A | 2–2 | 4,989 | Delapenha, Taylor |
| 28 | 6 February 1960 | Southampton | H | 4–2 | 7,431 | Delapenha, Hall, Fitzsimons, Robbie Anderson |
| 29 | 13 February 1960 | Reading | A | 2–3 | 5,972 | Delapenha, Taylor |
| 30 | 20 February 1960 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–0 | 6,579 | Fitzsimons |
| 31 | 27 February 1960 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–2 | 7,834 | |
| 32 | 5 March 1960 | Grimsby Town | H | 3–2 | 9,110 | Williams, Hollett (2) |
| 33 | 12 March 1960 | Wrexham | A | 0–3 | 8,590 | |
| 34 | 19 March 1960 | Chesterfield | H | 4–1 | 11,122 | Fitzsimons, Delapenha, Jones (2) |
| 35 | 21 March 1960 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–0 | 3,668 | Jones |
| 36 | 26 March 1960 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–6 | 7,080 | |
| 37 | 28 March 1960 | Swindon Town | H | 1–2 | 6,407 | Hollett |
| 38 | 2 April 1960 | Accrington Stanley | H | 4–1 | 5,282 | Hollett (3), Fitzsimons |
| 39 | 4 April 1960 | Coventry City | H | 2–4 | 7,018 | Delapenha, Nugent |
| 40 | 9 April 1960 | Newport County | A | 1–0 | 4,473 | Delapenha |
| 41 | 15 April 1960 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | 9,606 | Hollett |
| 42 | 16 April 1960 | York City | H | 2–0 | 7,234 | Nugent (2) |
| 43 | 18 April 1960 | Brentford | H | 0–1 | 7,624 | |
| 44 | 23 April 1960 | Swindon Town | A | 1–2 | 7,500 | Hollett |
| 45 | 25 April 1960 | Port Vale | H | 6–3 | 4,970 | Hollett (2), Delapenha, Fitzsimons, Wragg (2) |
| 46 | 30 April 1960 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–2 | 5,161 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 14 November 1959 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–1 | 4,363 | Nugent, Humble |
| R2 | 5 December 1959 | Chester | H | 2–0 | 11,509 | Fitzsimons, Jones |
| R3 | 9 January 1960 | Blackpool | A | 0–3 | 18,812 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1959–60 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 | Ray Kirkham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| GK | Terry Statham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| GK | Bob Wyllie | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| DF | Tony Emery | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Hall | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| DF | Ray Hogg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Wilf Humble | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| DF | Brian Lambert | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | John Ogilvie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Toon | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | Brian Jayes | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| MF | Keith Ripley | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| MF | Robert Williams | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| FW | Robbie Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | David Coates | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Lindy Delapenha | 41 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 10 |
| FW | Arthur Fitzsimons | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 16 |
| FW | Ivan Hollett | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 |
| FW | Glyn Jones | 31 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 |
| FW | Cliff Nugent | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 |
| FW | Alf Ringstead | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| FW | John Taylor | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| FW | Barrie Thomas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| FW | Doug Wragg | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 |