# 1946–47 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1946–47 season was Mansfield Town's ninth season in the Football League and fourth and final season in the Third Division South, they finished in bottom in 22nd position with 28 points and were transferred back to the Third Division North.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 49 | 62 | 0.790 | 37 | |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 75 | 0.720 | 32 | |
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 78 | 0.615 | 32 | |
| 21 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 64 | 100 | 0.640 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 96 | 0.500 | 28 | Re-elected; transferred |

## Results
### Football League Third Division South

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 31 August 1946 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–1 | 9,508 | Copestake, Hogg, Bryant |
| 2 | 4 September 1946 | Watford | A | 2–1 | 4,219 | Copestake, Bryant |
| 3 | 7 September 1946 | Torquay United | A | 2–2 | 7,258 | Bryant (2) |
| 4 | 9 September 1946 | Walsall | A | 0–0 | 9,047 | |
| 5 | 14 September 1946 | Port Vale | H | 0–3 | 11,207 | |
| 6 | 18 September 1946 | Walsall | H | 1–1 | 7,368 | Harper |
| 7 | 21 September 1946 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–1 | 9,183 | Bryant (2), Calverley |
| 8 | 28 September 1946 | Southend United | A | 1–1 | 10,994 | Harkin |
| 9 | 5 October 1946 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–3 | 13,459 | |
| 10 | 9 October 1946 | Watford | H | 2–0 | 5,218 | Bryant (2) |
| 11 | 12 October 1946 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–3 | 9,783 | Bramley |
| 12 | 19 October 1946 | Bristol City | A | 2–5 | 17,357 | Bryant (2) |
| 13 | 26 October 1946 | Swindon Town | H | 1–1 | 7,583 | Hogg |
| 14 | 2 November 1946 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 1–3 | 12,562 | Hogg |
| 15 | 9 November 1946 | Cardiff City | H | 1–3 | 9,827 | Hogg |
| 16 | 16 November 1946 | Norwich City | A | 1–3 | 16,561 | Bryant |
| 17 | 23 November 1946 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | 10,899 | Copestake |
| 18 | 7 December 1946 | Aldershot | H | 1–3 | 4,429 | Copestake |
| 19 | 14 December 1946 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–5 | 7,666 | |
| 20 | 21 December 1946 | Exeter City | H | 1–0 | 4,485 | Hogg |
| 21 | 25 December 1946 | Reading | A | 2–2 | 4,975 | Hogg, Copestake |
| 22 | 26 December 1946 | Reading | H | 0–3 | 16,488 | |
| 23 | 28 December 1946 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–1 | 15,347 | Harkin |
| 24 | 4 January 1947 | Torquay United | H | 1–0 | 5,499 | Bryant |
| 25 | 18 January 1947 | Port Vale | A | 1–4 | 14,390 | Harkin |
| 26 | 23 January 1947 | Northampton Town | A | 0–3 | 2,713 | |
| 27 | 25 January 1947 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–1 | 9,401 | |
| 28 | 1 February 1947 | Southend United | H | 0–1 | 4,411 | |
| 29 | 8 February 1947 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–3 | 7,776 | Bryant |
| 30 | 1 March 1947 | Swindon Town | A | 1–6 | 12,257 | Bryant |
| 31 | 15 March 1947 | Cardiff City | A | 0–5 | 9,384 | |
| 32 | 22 March 1947 | Norwich City | H | 4–4 | 5,141 | Copestake, Betts (2), Carter |
| 33 | 29 March 1947 | Notts County | A | 1–5 | 12,157 | Betts |
| 34 | 4 April 1947 | Ipswich Town | H | 4–3 | 5,383 | Chadbourne, Carter, Oscroft (2) |
| 35 | 5 April 1947 | Northampton Town | H | 3–2 | 5,625 | Chadbourne, Carter, Copestake |
| 36 | 7 April 1947 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–2 | 15,102 | Oscroft |
| 37 | 12 April 1947 | Aldershot | A | 1–1 | 4,322 | Betts |
| 38 | 19 April 1947 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–3 | 6,938 | |
| 39 | 26 April 1947 | Exeter City | A | 0–1 | 5,346 | |
| 40 | 3 May 1947 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 1–1 | 5,042 | Betts |
| 41 | 17 May 1947 | Bristol City | H | 1–3 | 7,012 | Bryant |
| 42 | 31 May 1947 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–3 | 4,412 | Chessell |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 30 November 1946 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 | 15,600 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1946–47 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 | Vic Cromack | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| DF | Lloyd Barke | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| DF | Ernest Bramley | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| DF | Bill Dallman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Walter Fox | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | Gordon Baird | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Laurie Binnie | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| MF | Harry Everett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Harold Everett | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| MF | Jim Harkin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| MF | Les Smith | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| MF | Len Thorpe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Eric Betts | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| FW | Alex Brown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Eric Bryant | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 |
| FW | Alf Calverley | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| FW | Syd Carter | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| FW | William Chadbourne | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| FW | Oliver Copestake | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| FW | Don Harper | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| FW | Harry Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Freddie Hogg | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| FW | William Jeffries | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Danny Liddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Reg Nettleship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Harry Oscroft | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| FW | James Westland | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |