# 1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was Mansfield Town's seventh season in the Football League and Second in the Third Division South, they finished in 14th position with 39 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 12 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 40 |
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 57 | 0.982 | 40 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 39 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 61 | 0.754 | 39 |
| 16 | Newport County | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 43 | 52 | 0.827 | 38 |
* ↑ Mansfield Town had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

## Results
### Football League Third Division South

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 28 August 1937 | Northampton Town | H | 4–1 | 9,619 | Crawshaw (3), Holmes |
| 2 | 4 September 1937 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–0 | 7,996 | |
| 3 | 8 September 1937 | Walsall | H | 3–1 | 7,979 | Crawshaw, Horne (2) |
| 4 | 11 September 1937 | Gillingham | H | 3–1 | 7,921 | Crawshaw (2), Speed |
| 5 | 15 September 1937 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–2 | 6,294 | |
| 6 | 18 September 1937 | Torquay United | H | 1–1 | 7,393 | Speed |
| 7 | 25 September 1937 | Clapton Orient | A | 2–1 | 8,590 | Crawshaw (2) |
| 8 | 2 October 1937 | Southend United | H | 2–2 | 8,330 | Crawshaw (2) |
| 9 | 7 October 1937 | Notts County | A | 0–2 | 13,362 | |
| 10 | 9 October 1937 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–1 | 14,142 | Crawshaw |
| 11 | 16 October 1937 | Exeter City | A | 0–4 | 4,894 | |
| 12 | 23 October 1937 | Swindon Town | H | 2–0 | 5,264 | Crawshaw, Sams |
| 13 | 30 October 1937 | Aldershot | A | 0–1 | 5,680 | |
| 14 | 6 November 1937 | Millwall | H | 1–1 | 8,400 | Horne |
| 15 | 13 November 1937 | Reading | A | 2–3 | 7,910 | Horne, Sams |
| 16 | 20 November 1937 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–0 | 8,207 | Crawshaw, Bungay |
| 17 | 4 December 1937 | Newport County | H | 1–1 | 2,946 | Holmes |
| 18 | 18 December 1937 | Watford | H | 0–1 | 5,274 | |
| 19 | 25 December 1937 | Cardiff City | H | 3–0 | 12,114 | Holmes (2), Crawshaw |
| 20 | 26 December 1937 | Cardiff City | A | 1–4 | 37,726 | Johnston |
| 21 | 26 December 1937 | Northampton Town | A | 0–3 | 6,401 | |
| 22 | 15 January 1938 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–0 | 3,222 | Reed |
| 23 | 22 January 1938 | Gillingham | A | 0–0 | 5,590 | |
| 24 | 29 January 1938 | Torquay United | A | 1–0 | 2,467 | Reed |
| 25 | 5 February 1938 | Clapton Orient | H | 3–1 | 5,394 | Crawshaw (2), Reed |
| 26 | 12 February 1938 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | 5,375 | Speed |
| 27 | 19 February 1938 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 3–2 | 9,072 | Speed, Crawshaw, Turner |
| 28 | 26 February 1938 | Exeter City | H | 2–3 | 7,187 | Horne, Turner |
| 29 | 5 March 1938 | Swindon Town | A | 3–3 | 7,728 | Reed, Turner, Johnston |
| 30 | 12 March 1938 | Aldershot | H | 2–0 | 7,173 | Horne, Crawshaw |
| 31 | 19 March 1938 | Millwall | A | 0–1 | 29,253 | |
| 32 | 26 March 1938 | Reading | H | 5–1 | 6,521 | Crawshaw (4), Turner |
| 33 | 2 April 1938 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–4 | 13,105 | |
| 34 | 9 April 1938 | Notts County | H | 1–2 | 11,190 | Crawshaw |
| 35 | 15 April 1938 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 4–5 | 8,616 | Crawshaw, Turner, Reed, Speed |
| 36 | 16 April 1938 | Newport County | A | 0–1 | 8,087 | |
| 37 | 18 April 1938 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 3–2 | 7,198 | Crawshaw, Johnston, Reed |
| 38 | 23 April 1938 | Bristol City | H | 3–5 | 7,233 | Johnston, Reed (2) |
| 39 | 27 April 1938 | Bristol City | A | 1–2 | 15,231 | Reed |
| 40 | 30 April 1938 | Watford | A | 0–2 | 9,222 | |
| 41 | 2 May 1938 | Walsall | A | 0–2 | 2,022 | |
| 42 | 7 May 1938 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–1 | 4,417 | Shaw |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 27 November 1937 | Wellington Town | A | 2–1 | 6,000 | Crawshaw, Bungay |
| R2 | 15 December 1937 | Lincoln City | H | 2–1 | 8,062 | Crawshaw, Holmes |
| R3 | 8 January 1938 | Leicester City | H | 1–2 | 15,890 | Johnston |

### Football League Third Division South Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 27 September 1937 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–1 | 1,500 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1937–38 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 | Daniel Black | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| GK | John Hughes | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| DF | Lloyd Barke | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| DF | Reg Bungay | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| DF | William Patterson | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| DF | Ted Vaux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | George Stimpson | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| MF | Austin Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Frank O'Connor | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| MF | Fred Speed | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| MF | Leonard Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Harold Crawshaw | 41 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 27 |
| FW | Howitt Fielding | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Maxey Holmes | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| FW | Alf Horne | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| FW | Charlie Johnston | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
| FW | Chick Reed | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| FW | George Rudkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Alfie Sams | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| FW | Fred Shaw | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| FW | Jackie Stamps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | John Turner | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |