# 1950–51 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was Mansfield Town's 13th season in the Football League and ninth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 2nd position with 64 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 103 | 41 | 2.512 | 71 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 78 | 48 | 1.625 | 64 | |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 79 | 50 | 1.580 | 62 | |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 83 | 62 | 1.339 | 59 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 58 | 1.534 | 58 | |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 19 August 1950 | Wrexham | A | 2–2 | 13,015 | Godwin, Ottewell |
| 2 | 21 August 1950 | Darlington | H | 2–1 | 14,307 | Barks, Ottewell |
| 3 | 26 August 1950 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 1–1 | 11,513 | Coole |
| 4 | 30 August 1950 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 7,334 | Ottewell, Steele |
| 5 | 2 September 1950 | Lincoln City | H | 1–1 | 13,111 | Lewis |
| 6 | 2 September 1950 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 3–2 | 13,447 | Lewis, Ottewell, Steele |
| 7 | 9 September 1950 | Rotherham United | A | 0–3 | 13,113 | |
| 8 | 13 September 1950 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 0–1 | 11,174 | |
| 9 | 16 September 1950 | Barrow | H | 4–0 | 8,929 | Steele (2), Coole, Bradley |
| 10 | 23 September 1950 | York City | A | 1–1 | 9,273 | Coole |
| 11 | 30 September 1950 | Carlisle United | H | 2–1 | 6,686 | Steele (2) |
| 12 | 7 October 1950 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–2 | 8,743 | |
| 13 | 14 October 1950 | New Brighton | H | 4–0 | 10,464 | Ottewell, Steele, Coole, Galbraith (o.g.) |
| 14 | 21 October 1950 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–1 | 8,524 | Ottewell |
| 15 | 28 October 1950 | Gateshead | H | 2–1 | 13,349 | Ottewell, Coole |
| 16 | 4 November 1950 | Stockport County | A | 1–3 | 12,297 | Ottewell |
| 17 | 11 November 1950 | Halifax Town | H | 3–1 | 9,744 | Coole, Steele (2) |
| 18 | 18 November 1950 | Bradford City | A | 3–2 | 13,999 | Coole, Steele, Donaldson |
| 19 | 2 December 1950 | Chester | A | 1–0 | 3,963 | Coole |
| 20 | 23 December 1950 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 0–0 | 7,459 | |
| 21 | 25 December 1950 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–2 | 12,227 | |
| 22 | 26 December 1950 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–1 | 10,254 | Reeve, Lewis, Whyte (o.g.) |
| 23 | 30 December 1950 | Lincoln City | A | 0–3 | 7,904 | |
| 24 | 10 January 1951 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 2–1 | 5,414 | Steele, Reeve |
| 25 | 13 January 1951 | Rotherham United | H | 1–1 | 18,241 | Reeve |
| 26 | 20 January 1951 | Barrow | A | 3–2 | 4,861 | Reeve (2), Coole |
| 27 | 3 February 1951 | York City | H | 3–1 | 10,347 | Steele, Coole, Ottewell |
| 28 | 17 February 1951 | Carlisle United | A | 0–2 | 10,734 | |
| 29 | 24 February 1951 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 4–1 | 9,227 | Reeve, Steele, Ottewell (2) |
| 30 | 3 March 1951 | New Brighton | A | 1–0 | 3,347 | Fox |
| 31 | 3 March 1951 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–2 | 4,426 | Antonio |
| 32 | 10 March 1951 | Hartlepools United | H | 1–0 | 7,282 | Steele |
| 33 | 17 March 1951 | Gateshead | A | 2–1 | 4,342 | Reeve, Ottewell (2) |
| 34 | 23 March 1951 | Accrington Stanley | H | 5–0 | 4,504 | Reeve, Barks, Coole (2), Fox |
| 35 | 24 March 1951 | Stockport County | H | 2–1 | 10,219 | Reeve, Ottewell |
| 36 | 26 March 1951 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–0 | 3,602 | Barks, Ottewell |
| 37 | 31 March 1951 | Halifax Town | A | 1–0 | 5,537 | Coole |
| 38 | 7 April 1951 | Bradford City | H | 1–1 | 9,387 | Ottewell |
| 39 | 10 April 1951 | Southport | A | 1–0 | 3,712 | Coole |
| 40 | 14 April 1951 | Rochdale | A | 0–0 | 4,000 | |
| 41 | 16 April 1951 | Rochdale | H | 1–0 | 11,384 | Reeve |
| 42 | 21 April 1951 | Chester | H | 2–1 | 10,239 | Coole, Fox |
| 43 | 23 April 1951 | Wrexham | H | 1–1 | 12,018 | Tunney (o.g.) |
| 44 | 28 April 1951 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–1 | 10,132 | Lewis |
| 45 | 30 April 1951 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 4–0 | 7,590 | Coole, Reeve, Fox (2) |
| 46 | 5 May 1951 | Southport | H | 2–2 | 8,360 | Lewis, Reeve |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 25 November 1950 | Walthamstow Avenue | H | 1–0 | 11,784 | Steele |
| R2 | 9 December 1950 | Chelmsford City | A | 4–1 | 11,500 | Coole, Barks, Donaldson (2) |
| R3 | 6 January 1951 | Swansea Town | H | 2–0 | 16,564 | Steele (2) |
| R4 | 27 January 1951 | Sheffield United | A | 0–0 | 48,696 | |
| R4 Replay | 31 January 1951 | Sheffield United | H | 2–1 | 20,374 | Steele, Ottewell |
| R5 | 10 February 1951 | Blackpool | A | 0–2 | 33,108 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1950–51 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 | Arthur Bramley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 45 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 42 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Grogan | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| DF | Les Mayfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Cyril Poole | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 4 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| MF | Jack Lewis | 46 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 5 |
| FW | George Antonio | 38 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 44 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 17 |
| FW | Willie Donaldson | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
| FW | Verdi Godwin | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| FW | Sid Ottewell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 16 |
| FW | Ken Reeve | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 14 |
| FW | Freddie Steele | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 |
| – | Own goals | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 3 |