# 1951–52 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1951–52 season was Mansfield Town's 14th season in the Football League and tenth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 6th position with 52 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 57 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | 53 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 73 | 60 | 1.217 | 52 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 | 51 |
| 8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | 50 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 18 August 1951 | Stockport County | H | 1–0 | 10,753 | Donaldson |
| 2 | 22 August 1951 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–1 | 8,614 | |
| 3 | 25 August 1951 | Workington | A | 1–0 | 6,770 | Geddes |
| 4 | 27 August 1951 | Accrington Stanley | H | 3–0 | 10,520 | Coole, Lewis, Reeve |
| 5 | 1 September 1951 | Barrow | H | 2–1 | 10,609 | Coole, Lewis |
| 6 | 4 September 1951 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 6,046 | |
| 7 | 8 September 1951 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–1 | 17,361 | Steele |
| 8 | 15 September 1951 | Wrexham | H | 3–0 | 8,547 | Reeve, Ottewell (2) |
| 9 | 17 September 1951 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 10,413 | Ottewell |
| 10 | 22 September 1951 | Chesterfield | A | 1–1 | 17,446 | Steele |
| 11 | 29 September 1951 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 1–0 | 11,567 | Geddes |
| 12 | 6 October 1951 | Bradford City | H | 2–1 | 11,712 | Steele, Fox |
| 13 | 13 October 1951 | York City | A | 0–3 | 7,577 | |
| 14 | 20 October 1951 | Chester | H | 3–1 | 9,550 | Steele, Donaldson (2) |
| 15 | 27 October 1951 | Lincoln City | A | 2–1 | 16,364 | Steele, Coole |
| 16 | 3 November 1951 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 4–1 | 10,301 | Steele (2), Fox, Reeve |
| 17 | 10 November 1951 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–1 | 8,215 | Fox |
| 18 | 17 November 1951 | Southport | H | 4–0 | 10,172 | Fox, Donaldson, Reeve (2) |
| 19 | 1 December 1951 | Gateshead | H | 2–3 | 10,712 | Fox, Wyles (o.g.) |
| 20 | 8 December 1951 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 3,024 | Donaldson |
| 21 | 15 December 1951 | Stockport County | A | 1–2 | 10,212 | Lewis |
| 22 | 22 December 1951 | Workington | H | 3–2 | 6,127 | Donaldson, Fox, Evans |
| 23 | 25 December 1951 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–2 | 10,524 | |
| 24 | 26 December 1951 | Hartlepools United | H | 0–1 | 9,185 | |
| 25 | 29 December 1951 | Barrow | A | 1–1 | 7,585 | Reeve |
| 26 | 5 January 1952 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–2 | 9,471 | Donaldson, Fox |
| 27 | 12 January 1952 | Carlisle United | H | 1–2 | 8,497 | Lewis |
| 28 | 19 January 1952 | Wrexham | A | 1–3 | 7,917 | Evans |
| 29 | 26 January 1952 | Chesterfield | H | 2–1 | 10,411 | Reeve, Coole |
| 30 | 2 February 1952 | Carlisle United | A | 0–0 | 8,946 | |
| 31 | 9 February 1952 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 1–0 | 10,516 | Donaldson |
| 32 | 16 February 1952 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 11,676 | Reeve |
| 33 | 23 February 1952 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–1 | 9,623 | Donaldson, Fox |
| 34 | 1 March 1952 | York City | H | 1–1 | 7,953 | Reeve |
| 35 | 8 March 1952 | Chester | A | 5–1 | 5,133 | Reeve (2), Evans (3) |
| 36 | 15 March 1952 | Lincoln City | H | 1–0 | 19,043 | Reeve |
| 37 | 22 March 1952 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 1–4 | 7,552 | Reeve |
| 38 | 29 March 1952 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 3–0 | 3,194 | Reeve, Evans, Fox |
| 39 | 5 April 1952 | Southport | A | 1–0 | 2,630 | Evans |
| 40 | 12 April 1952 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | 8,136 | Fox, Reeve |
| 41 | 14 April 1952 | Halifax Town | A | 0–1 | 5,901 | |
| 42 | 15 April 1952 | Halifax Town | H | 4–2 | 8,214 | Evans, Reeve (3) |
| 43 | 19 April 1952 | Gateshead | A | 1–4 | 3,501 | Reeve |
| 44 | 23 April 1952 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 3,825 | |
| 45 | 26 April 1952 | Darlington | H | 3–2 | 5,941 | Reeve (2), Coole |
| 46 | 3 May 1952 | Oldham Athletic | A | 3–5 | 5,593 | Coole, Barks, Watson |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 24 November 1951 | Stockton | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Lewis |
| R1 Replay | 28 November 1951 | Stockton | H | 0–2 | 5,229 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1951–52 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 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Grogan | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| DF | Les Mayfield | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| MF | Norman Field | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 10 |
| MF | Andy Geddes | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| MF | Jack Lewis | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 5 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| FW | Willie Donaldson | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| FW | Ray Evans | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| FW | Sid Ottewell | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| FW | Ken Reeve | 37 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 21 |
| FW | Freddie Steele | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |