# 1933–34 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was Mansfield Town's third season in the Football League and second in the Third Division North. The Stags finished the campaign in 17th position with 34 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 15 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 87 | 0.713 | 36 |
| 16 | Darlington | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 70 | 101 | 0.693 | 35 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | 34 |
| 18 | Southport | 42 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 90 | 0.700 | 33 |
| 19 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 76 | 110 | 0.691 | 33 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 26 August 1933 | Hartlepools United | H | 1–1 | 7,101 | Munnings |
| 2 | 28 August 1933 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | 5,121 | |
| 3 | 2 September 1933 | Wrexham | A | 0–5 | 6,320 | |
| 4 | 4 September 1933 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–3 | 6,877 | Johnson, Rayner |
| 5 | 9 September 1933 | Southport | H | 2–2 | 5,101 | Butler (2) |
| 6 | 16 September 1933 | Darlington | A | 4–1 | 4,158 | Butler, Munnings (2), Johnson |
| 7 | 23 September 1933 | Gateshead | H | 1–1 | 5,057 | Rayner |
| 8 | 30 September 1933 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–1 | 4,271 | Hill |
| 9 | 7 October 1933 | Chesterfield | H | 0–3 | 14,148 | |
| 10 | 14 October 1933 | Rochdale | A | 2–2 | 5,334 | Butler, Methven |
| 11 | 21 October 1933 | York City | A | 0–1 | 5,261 | |
| 12 | 28 October 1933 | Chester | H | 2–1 | 4,007 | Johnson (2) |
| 13 | 4 November 1933 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–1 | 5,786 | |
| 14 | 11 November 1933 | Barrow | H | 0–5 | 4,824 | |
| 15 | 18 November 1933 | Carlisle United | A | 2–3 | 3,335 | Foster, Batey (o.g.) |
| 16 | 2 December 1933 | Halifax Town | A | 2–4 | 5,781 | Johnson, Rayner |
| 17 | 9 December 1933 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 4–1 | 2,465 | Johnson, Butler, Foster, Rayner |
| 18 | 16 December 1933 | New Brighton | A | 1–5 | 2,101 | Munnings |
| 19 | 23 December 1933 | Rotherham United | H | 3–0 | 3,818 | Johnson, Kilcar |
| 20 | 25 December 1933 | Walsall | H | 1–2 | 7,657 | Prentice |
| 21 | 26 December 1933 | Walsall | A | 0–0 | 10,251 | |
| 22 | 30 December 1933 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–3 | 2,759 | Johnson |
| 23 | 6 January 1934 | Wrexham | H | 1–1 | 3,523 | Johnson |
| 24 | 13 January 1934 | Stockport County | H | 1–1 | 5,191 | Kilcar |
| 25 | 20 January 1934 | Southport | A | 3–3 | 2,316 | Kilcar, Johnson, Livingstone |
| 26 | 27 January 1934 | Darlington | H | 4–0 | 4,439 | Slack, Rayner, Bytheway, Kirk |
| 27 | 3 February 1934 | Gateshead | A | 3–5 | 2,482 | England, Rayner, Butler |
| 28 | 10 February 1934 | Accrington Stanley | H | 5–0 | 4,441 | Kilcar, Johnson (2), Bytheway, Munnings |
| 29 | 17 February 1934 | Chesterfield | A | 2–3 | 12,298 | Johnson, Clayton |
| 30 | 24 February 1934 | Rochdale | H | 5–0 | 4,502 | Johnson (2), Bytheway (2), Munnings |
| 31 | 3 March 1934 | York City | H | 0–2 | 4,843 | |
| 32 | 10 March 1934 | Chester | A | 1–1 | 3,728 | Johnson |
| 33 | 17 March 1934 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–1 | 4,524 | Bytheway |
| 34 | 24 March 1934 | Barrow | A | 3–6 | 3,453 | Johnson (2), Kilcar |
| 35 | 30 March 1934 | Barnsley | H | 1–5 | 8,422 | Methven |
| 36 | 31 March 1934 | Carlisle United | H | 6–0 | 3,301 | Methven (3), Hill, Kilcar, Munnings |
| 37 | 2 April 1934 | Barnsley | A | 1–6 | 10,814 | Methven |
| 38 | 7 April 1934 | Stockport County | A | 1–3 | 8,879 | Kilcar |
| 39 | 14 April 1934 | Halifax Town | H | 6–1 | 3,286 | Methven (2), Kilcar (2), Hill (2) |
| 40 | 21 April 1934 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 2,467 | Kilcar |
| 41 | 28 April 1934 | New Brighton | H | 5–2 | 2,742 | Rayner, Kilcar, Bytheway (2), Goodacre |
| 42 | 5 May 1934 | Rotherham United | A | 2–1 | 1,324 | Methven, Hill |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 25 November 1933 | New Brighton | A | 0–0 | 4,289 | |
| R1 Replay | 29 November 1933 | New Brighton | H | 3–4 | 6,300 | Johnson (2), Rayner |

### Football League Third Division North Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 29 January 1934 | Walsall | A | 2–1 | 1,500 | Foster, Methven |
| R3 | 21 March 1934 | Chesterfield | H | 4–1 | 3,500 | Johnson (2), Prentice, England |
| SF | 16 April 1934 | Stockport County | A | 0–4 | 3,419 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1933–34 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 | Joe Edwards | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| GK | Charles Williams | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| DF | Jack Ashley | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| DF | Leslie Butler | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| DF | Ernie England | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| DF | Reg Goodacre | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| DF | Tom Maddison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Sam Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | John Clayton | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| MF | Frank Rayner | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| MF | Eli Sivister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Bill Slack | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| MF | William Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | George Bytheway | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| FW | William Foster | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| FW | Harold Hill | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| FW | Harry Johnson | 32 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 22 |
| FW | Harry Keeling | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Kilcar | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12 |
| FW | William Kirk | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | Alan Livingstone | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| FW | Georgie Mee | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| FW | Harold Methven | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| FW | Eddie Munnings | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| FW | David Prentice | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 |