# 1955–56 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1955–56 season was Mansfield Town's 18th season in the Football League and 13th season in the Third Division North, they finished in 18th position with 39 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 84 | 0.702 | 41 |
| 17 | Chester | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 82 | 0.634 | 40 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 84 | 81 | 1.037 | 39 |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 66 | 76 | 0.868 | 39 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 76 | 86 | 0.884 | 38 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 20 August 1955 | Derby County | A | 0–4 | 24,159 | |
| 2 | 22 August 1955 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 3–2 | 9,729 | Fox, Murray (2) |
| 3 | 27 August 1955 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–1 | 6,964 | Daley |
| 4 | 31 August 1955 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 0–3 | 8,923 | |
| 5 | 3 September 1955 | Hartlepools United | A | 2–4 | 7,714 | Lee, Gaskell |
| 6 | 5 September 1955 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | 5,643 | Gaskell (2) |
| 7 | 10 September 1955 | Stockport County | H | 2–2 | 7,104 | Gaskell, Murray |
| 8 | 12 September 1955 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 5,417 | Watkin |
| 9 | 17 September 1955 | Barrow | A | 1–4 | 6,126 | Watkin |
| 10 | 19 September 1955 | Workington | H | 0–0 | 6,028 | |
| 11 | 24 September 1955 | Wrexham | A | 0–2 | 7,513 | |
| 12 | 26 September 1955 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 5,338 | |
| 13 | 1 October 1955 | Halifax Town | H | 3–1 | 5,638 | Gaskell, Watkin, Griffiths (o.g.) |
| 14 | 8 October 1955 | Darlington | H | 3–3 | 5,609 | Gaskell, Darwin, Murray |
| 15 | 15 October 1955 | Chester | A | 3–4 | 7,709 | Darwin, Wilson, Watkin |
| 16 | 22 October 1955 | Southport | H | 0–1 | 5,563 | |
| 17 | 29 October 1955 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–1 | 3,987 | |
| 18 | 5 November 1955 | Chesterfield | H | 0–1 | 8,375 | |
| 19 | 12 November 1955 | Rochdale | A | 1–1 | 4,660 | Jepson |
| 20 | 26 November 1955 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–2 | 12,572 | |
| 21 | 3 December 1955 | Carlisle United | H | 0–1 | 6,047 | |
| 22 | 17 December 1955 | Derby County | H | 1–1 | 9,017 | Watkin |
| 23 | 24 December 1955 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 3,018 | Darwin |
| 24 | 26 December 1955 | York City | H | 3–1 | 6,296 | Darwin (2), Murray |
| 25 | 27 December 1955 | York City | A | 1–1 | 14,209 | Fox |
| 26 | 31 December 1955 | Hartlepools United | H | 5–1 | 7,294 | Jepson (2), Darwin (3) |
| 27 | 14 January 1956 | Stockport County | A | 2–7 | 5,619 | Jepson, Darwin |
| 28 | 21 January 1956 | Barrow | H | 4–0 | 5,423 | Jepson, Darwin (2), Daley |
| 29 | 28 January 1956 | Gateshead | A | 0–3 | 3,701 | |
| 30 | 4 February 1956 | Wrexham | H | 6–1 | 5,072 | Darwin (3), Jepson (2), Wynn (o.g.) |
| 31 | 11 February 1956 | Halifax Town | A | 1–1 | 5,229 | Murray |
| 32 | 18 February 1956 | Darlington | A | 1–3 | 3,104 | Jepson |
| 33 | 25 February 1956 | Chester | H | 3–0 | 7,693 | Jepson (2), Darwin |
| 34 | 3 March 1956 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 6,827 | Murray |
| 35 | 10 March 1956 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 6–0 | 8,591 | Murray (2), Jepson (2), Darwin, Steele (o.g.) |
| 36 | 17 March 1956 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 3–0 | 5,912 | Murray, Darwin, Batty (o.g.) |
| 37 | 24 March 1956 | Rochdale | H | 6–0 | 8,563 | Murray (3), Darwin, Jepson, Mitten |
| 38 | 30 March 1956 | Accrington Stanley | H | 3–2 | 17,331 | Murray, Jepson, Mitten |
| 39 | 31 March 1956 | Chesterfield | A | 1–2 | 15,138 | Jepson |
| 40 | 2 April 1956 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–3 | 8,179 | Jepson, Lee |
| 41 | 7 April 1956 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–2 | 15,562 | |
| 42 | 9 April 1956 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 5–0 | 6,382 | Jepson (3), Murray, Darwin |
| 43 | 12 April 1956 | Carlisle United | A | 2–5 | 4,145 | Jepson, Mitten |
| 44 | 21 April 1956 | Gateshead | H | 3–1 | 7,348 | Jepson (2), Murray |
| 45 | 25 April 1956 | Bradford City | A | 2–4 | 3,672 | Jepson, Murray |
| 46 | 28 April 1956 | Workington | A | 1–2 | 4,833 | Bradley |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 19 November 1955 | Stockport County | H | 2–0 | 8,072 | Jepson, Watkin |
| R2 | 10 December 1955 | York City | A | 1–2 | 13,326 | Darwin |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1955–56 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 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| DF | Brian Lambert | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Roger McDonald | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Willie McGregor | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| DF | Norman Plummer | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| DF | Eric Ryan | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| DF | Jim Stainton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Reg Warner | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| FW | Alan Daley | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| FW | George Darwin | 37 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 20 |
| FW | Alec Gaskell | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| FW | Barry Jepson | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 23 |
| FW | Harry Lee | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| FW | James Lill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Billy Linacre | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| FW | Charlie Mitten | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| FW | Ken Murray | 38 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 17 |
| FW | Dave Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | Billy Watkin | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 |
| FW | Jimmy Wilson | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| – | Own goals | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 4 |