# 1956–57 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1956–57 season was Mansfield Town's 19th season in the Football League and 14th season in the Third Division North, they finished in 16th position with 44 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 14 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 71 | 69 | 1.029 | 45 |
| 15 | Carlisle United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 76 | 85 | 0.894 | 45 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 91 | 90 | 1.011 | 44 |
| 17 | Gateshead | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 72 | 90 | 0.800 | 44 |
| 18 | Darlington | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 82 | 95 | 0.863 | 42 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 18 August 1956 | Stockport County | A | 1–2 | 6,375 | Darwin |
| 2 | 20 August 1956 | Rochdale | H | 2–3 | 13,441 | Smith, Berry |
| 3 | 25 August 1956 | Carlisle United | H | 5–1 | 8,057 | Darwin (2), Jepson (2), Smith |
| 4 | 29 August 1956 | Rochdale | A | 0–0 | 7,360 | |
| 5 | 1 September 1956 | Accrington Stanley | A | 3–3 | 9,817 | Darwin, Smith, Jepson |
| 6 | 3 September 1956 | Bradford City | H | 3–1 | 12,201 | Darwin, Jepson (2) |
| 7 | 8 September 1956 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 3–0 | 11,383 | Darwin, Jepson (2) |
| 8 | 12 September 1956 | Bradford City | A | 3–4 | 9,322 | Darwin, Jepson, Mitten |
| 9 | 15 September 1956 | York City | A | 0–2 | 9,835 | |
| 10 | 18 September 1956 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 3,256 | Darwin |
| 11 | 22 September 1956 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–4 | 9,793 | Mitten (2) |
| 12 | 29 September 1956 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 1–0 | 7,774 | Jepson |
| 13 | 6 October 1956 | Halifax Town | H | 2–0 | 9,039 | Murray, Chapman |
| 14 | 13 October 1956 | Workington | A | 3–3 | 7,159 | Jepson (2), Chapman |
| 15 | 20 October 1956 | Derby County | H | 1–2 | 16,357 | Murray |
| 16 | 27 October 1956 | Barrow | A | 0–2 | 5,689 | |
| 17 | 3 November 1956 | Darlington | H | 7–2 | 7,338 | Chapman (3), Anderson, Murray (2), Darwin |
| 18 | 10 November 1956 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 4–1 | 6,456 | Anderson, Murray, Mitten, Hindle (o.g.) |
| 19 | 24 November 1956 | Wrexham | A | 0–0 | 10,562 | |
| 20 | 1 December 1956 | Hull City | H | 2–1 | 8,809 | Jepson, Murray |
| 21 | 8 December 1956 | Gateshead | H | 2–4 | 7,560 | Chapman, Murray |
| 22 | 15 December 1956 | Stockport County | H | 4–2 | 6,203 | Murray, Mitten, Jepson, Watson |
| 23 | 22 December 1956 | Carlisle United | A | 1–6 | 4,989 | Darwin |
| 24 | 25 December 1956 | Chesterfield | A | 0–1 | 11,107 | |
| 25 | 29 December 1956 | Accrington Stanley | H | 1–3 | 9,654 | Chapman |
| 26 | 5 January 1957 | Chester | H | 1–1 | 5,999 | Glazzard |
| 27 | 12 January 1957 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–3 | 5,033 | Murray |
| 28 | 19 January 1957 | York City | H | 4–1 | 6,931 | Glazzard (2), Chapman (2) |
| 29 | 26 January 1957 | Chester | A | 2–6 | 5,681 | Chapman, Smith |
| 30 | 2 February 1957 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 6,929 | Darwin |
| 31 | 9 February 1957 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 1–1 | 8,823 | Glazzard |
| 32 | 16 February 1957 | Halifax Town | A | 1–2 | 5,433 | Mitten |
| 33 | 2 March 1957 | Derby County | A | 0–4 | 22,997 | |
| 34 | 9 March 1957 | Barrow | H | 1–3 | 6,668 | Uphill |
| 35 | 16 March 1957 | Darlington | A | 3–1 | 5,566 | Uphill, Mitten, Glazzard |
| 36 | 23 March 1957 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 2–1 | 7,621 | Darwin, Glazzard |
| 37 | 30 March 1957 | Gateshead | A | 1–1 | 3,471 | Glazzard |
| 38 | 6 April 1957 | Wrexham | H | 3–1 | 6,512 | Darwin (3) |
| 39 | 8 April 1957 | Chesterfield | H | 3–0 | 8,746 | Uphill, Fox (2) |
| 40 | 13 April 1957 | Hull City | A | 2–1 | 10,550 | Uphill, Mitten |
| 41 | 15 April 1957 | Workington | H | 2–2 | 11,364 | Mitten (2) |
| 42 | 19 April 1957 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–2 | 8,984 | Glazzard |
| 43 | 20 April 1957 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | 7,748 | Glazzard, Darwin |
| 44 | 23 April 1957 | Hartlepools United | H | 4–1 | 10,963 | Mitten, Darwin, Uphill (2) |
| 45 | 27 April 1957 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 4–6 | 4,655 | Morris (2), Darwin (2) |
| 46 | 29 April 1957 | Southport | H | 1–2 | 6,788 | Glazzard |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 17 November 1956 | Workington | H | 1–1 | 11,383 | Murray |
| R1 Replay | 21 November 1956 | Workington | A | 1–2 | 9,070 | Jepson |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1956–57 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 | Frank Elliot | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| GK | Terry Statham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| DF | Derek Chamberlain | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| DF | Malcolm Flowers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Lambert | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| DF | Alan Rushby | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| DF | Eric Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Jim Stainton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Terry Swinscoe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Reg Warner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Sammy Chapman | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
| MF | Charlie Crowe | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | William Dickson | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| MF | Brian Jayes | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| FW | Robbie Anderson | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| FW | William Berry | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| FW | George Darwin | 35 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 19 |
| FW | Jimmy Glazzard | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 |
| FW | Barry Jepson | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 |
| FW | Charlie Mitten | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 11 |
| FW | Fred Morris | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| FW | Ken Murray | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 |
| FW | Dave Smith | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| FW | Dennis Uphill | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |