# 2016–17 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Mansfield Town's 120th season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.

## Results
### Pre-season friendlies

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 2 July 2016 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | A | 2–0 | Baxendale 6', Yussuf 62' | Report |
| 2 | 9 July 2016 | Clipstone | A | 2–2 | M. Rose 34', Yussuf 52' | Report |
| 3 | 9 July 2016 | Carlton Town | A | 4–3 | Benning 30', Green (2) 41', 68', Law 72' | Report |
| 4 | 13 July 2016 | Matlock Town | A | 0–0 | | Report |
| 5 | 16 July 2016 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2–1 | D. Rose 11', Pearce 23' | Report |
| 6 | 19 July 2016 | Hull City | H | 0–1 | | Report |
| 7 | 23 July 2016 | Alfreton Town | A | 1–1 | Green 5' | Report |
| 8 | 26 July 2016 | Mickleover Sports | A | 0–1 | | Report |
| 9 | 30 July 2016 | Worksop Town | A | 3–1 | Collins 47', Clements 62', Benning 87' | Report |

### League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 6 August 2016 | Newport County | A | 3–2 | 2,790 | Green 12', D. Rose 66', Hurst 90+3' | Report |
| 2 | 13 August 2016 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1–1 | 2,884 | M. Rose 49' | Report |
| 3 | 16 August 2016 | Yeovil Town | H | 1–0 | 2,503 | Green 64' (pen) | Report |
| 4 | 20 August 2016 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–2 | 6,795 | | Report |
| 5 | 27 August 2016 | Leyton Orient | A | 2–1 | 3,996 | M. Rose 68', Green 89' | Report |
| 6 | 3 September 2016 | Cambridge United | H | 0–0 | 2,981 | | Report |
| 7 | 10 September 2016 | Barnet | H | 0–1 | 2,523 | | Report |
| 8 | 17 September 2016 | Hartlepool United | A | 0–0 | 3,775 | | Report |
| 9 | 24 September 2016 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–1 | 4,401 | | Report |
| 10 | 27 September 2016 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–1 | 1,134 | Clements 31' | Report |
| 11 | 1 October 2016 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–1 | 3,831 | Hoban 51' | Report |
| 12 | 8 October 2016 | Notts County | H | 3–1 | 5,763 | Green (2) 54', 90+1' (pen), Henderson 90+4' | Report |
| 13 | 15 October 2016 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 2,898 | Green 81' | Report |
| 14 | 22 October 2016 | Luton Town | A | 1–1 | 7,787 | Green 9' | Report |
| 15 | 29 October 2016 | Stevenage | H | 1–2 | 2,716 | Hoban 54' | Report |
| 16 | 12 November 2016 | Portsmouth | A | 0–4 | 16,393 | | Report |
| 17 | 19 November 2016 | Crawley Town | H | 3–1 | 2,984 | Clements (2) 50', 60', Hoban 54' | Report |
| 18 | 22 November 2016 | Blackpool | H | 1–0 | 2,801 | D. Rose 90+3' | Report |
| 19 | 26 November 2016 | Carlisle United | A | 2–5 | 4,822 | Hoban 6', D. Rose 85' | Report |
| 20 | 10 December 2016 | Colchester United | H | 0–0 | 3,398 | | Report |
| 21 | 17 December 2016 | Exeter City | A | 0–2 | 3,626 | | Report |
| 22 | 26 December 2016 | Morecambe | H | 0–1 | 3,237 | | Report |
| 23 | 31 December 2016 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–1 | 5,042 | Green 59' | Report |
| 24 | 2 January 2017 | Blackpool | A | 1–0 | 2,948 | Green 29' | Report |
| 25 | 7 January 2017 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–0 | 3,040 | Arquin 5', Whiteman 48', Bennett 83' | Report |
| 26 | 14 January 2017 | Notts County | A | 0–0 | 11,328 | | Report |
| 27 | 21 January 2017 | Cambridge United | A | 3–1 | 4,211 | Legge 43' (og), Pearce 58', Coulthirst 73' | Report |
| 28 | 28 January 2017 | Leyton Orient | H | 2–0 | 3,925 | Whiteman 48', Rose 56' | Report |
| 29 | 4 February 2017 | Barnet | A | 2–0 | 1,859 | Whiteman 37', Coulthirst 60' (pen.) | Report |
| 30 | 11 February 2017 | Hartlepool United | H | 4–0 | 4,309 | Whiteman (2) 19', 76', Rose 26', MacDonald 71' | Report |
| 31 | 14 February 2017 | Accrington Stanley | H | 4–4 | 3,226 | Bennett 33', White 45+2', Coulthirst 63' (pen.), Arquin 89' | Report |
| 32 | 18 February 2017 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–3 | 5,550 | | Report |
| 33 | 25 February 2017 | Newport County | H | 2–1 | 3,824 | Pearce 17', Coulthirst 75' (pen.) | Report |
| 34 | 28 February 2017 | Yeovil Town | A | 0–0 | 2,766 | | Report |
| 35 | 4 March 2017 | Cheltenham Town | A | 0–0 | 2,941 | | Report |
| 36 | 11 March 2017 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 0–2 | 4,546 | | Report |
| 37 | 14 March 2017 | Colchester United | A | 0–2 | 2,526 | | Report |
| 38 | 18 March 2017 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 | 4,463 | Green 63', Coulthirst 76' | Report |
| 39 | 25 March 2017 | Morecambe | A | 3–1 | 1,497 | Rose (2) 4', 33', Whiteman 39' | Report |
| 40 | 1 April 2017 | Exeter City | H | 1–2 | 3,878 | Benning 38' | Report |
| 41 | 8 April 2017 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–1 | 9,903 | | Report |
| 42 | 14 April 2017 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–0 | 4,218 | Pearce 13' | Report |
| 43 | 17 April 2017 | Luton Town | H | 1–1 | 4,632 | Potter 23' | Report |
| 44 | 22 April 2017 | Stevenage | A | 1–0 | 2,765 | Rose 44' | Report |
| 45 | 29 April 2017 | Portsmouth | H | 0–1 | 6,819 | | Report |
| 46 | 6 May 2017 | Crawley Town | A | 2–2 | 2,635 | Rose 12', Whiteman 23' | Report |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 67 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 66 |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 66 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 65 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 62 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 5 November 2016 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–2 | 2,318 | Hemmings 58' | Report |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 9 August 2016 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–3 | 2,885 | M. Rose 48' | Report |

### EFL Trophy
#### Northern Group E

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Port Vale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Derby County U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 30 August 2016 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 0–2 | 1,461 | | Report |
| R1 | 4 October 2016 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | 1,025 | Green 66' | Report |
| R1 | 8 November 2016 | Derby County U23 | A | 3–2 | 870 | Hemmings 2', Henderson 5', Clements 90+3' | Report |
| R2 | 6 December 2016 | Carlisle United | A | 3–2 | 1,126 | Pearce 15', Green 30', Rose 86' | Report |
| R3 | 10 January 2017 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | 1,343 | Hoban (2) 84', 90+2' | Report |
| QF | 24 January 2017 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 1–2 | 2,047 | Green 34' | Report |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Scott Shearer | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rhys Bennett | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mal Benning | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Lee Collins | 35(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 41(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Krystian Pearce | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | George Taft | 9(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Adam Chapman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Shaq Coulthirst | 15(5) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(5) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Clements | 18(2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24(2) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alfie Potter | 5(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Patrick Hoban | 13(8) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 2 | 14(8) | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Matt Green | 31(11) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(3) | 3 | 34(15) | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | James Baxendale | 3(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Brian Jensen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Kevan Hurst | 12(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 12(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Kyle Howkins | 13(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17(3) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Hayden White | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yoann Arquin | 3(9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(9) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Alex MacDonald | 13(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mitch Rose | 17(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 19(4) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jack Thomas | 0(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 2(9) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Jake Kean | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CJ Hamilton | 13(16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 19(17) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Ashley Hemmings | 10(6) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 16(7) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jamie McGuire | 13(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 17(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Alex Iacovitti | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Joel Byrom | 21(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Oscar Gobern | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Benjamin Whiteman | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Danny Rose | 25(12) | 9 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 26(16) | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | Darius Henderson | 3(10) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5(11) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Jason Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Zayn Hakeem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Tom Marriott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Rhys Bennett | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | CJ Hamilton | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | Ashley Hemmings | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Patrick Hoban | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RW | Kevan Hurst | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | SS | Danny Rose | Bury | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | George Taft | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2016 | CF | Darius Henderson | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 17 September 2016 | CM | Oscar Gobern | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2017 | CF | Yoann Arquin | Syrianska | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2017 | CM | Joel Byrom | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | RW | Alex MacDonald | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | RW | Alfie Potter | Northampton Town | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Chris Beardsley | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Matty Blair | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Anthony Dwyer | Stafford Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RM | Reggie Lambe | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Liam Marsden | Matlock Town | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Ryan Tafazolli | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Craig Westcarr | Alfreton Town | Released |
| 25 July 2016 | MF | Joe Fitzpatrick | Worcester City | Free transfer |
| 21 October 2016 | CB | Corbin Shires | Sheffield | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2017 | CM | Oscar Gobern | Ross County | Released |
| 1 January 2017 | CF | Darius Henderson | Eastleigh | Released |
| 1 January 2017 | CF | Adi Yussuf | Grimsby Town | Released |
| 19 January 2017 | CM | Chris Clements | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2017 | RM | Mitch Rose | Newport County | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Anthony Dwyer being released, he later signed for Stafford Rangers.
* ↑ Following Liam Marsden being released, he later signed for Matlock Town.
* ↑ Following Craig Westcarr being released, he later signed for Alfreton Town.
* ↑ Following Oscar Gobern being released, he later signed for Ross County
* ↑ Following Darius Henderson being released, he later signed for Eastleigh

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 29 July 2016 | CB | Kyle Howkins | West Bromwich Albion | 3 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Alex Iacovitti | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 1 January 2017 | GK | Jake Kean | Sheffield Wednesday | End of Season |
| 1 January 2017 | CM | Benjamin Whiteman | Sheffield United | End of Season |
| 12 January 2017 | RB | Hayden White | Peterborough United | End of Season |
| 19 January 2017 | CF | Shaq Coulthirst | Peterborough United | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 2 August 2016 | CF | | Adi Yussuf | Crawley Town | 22 January 2017 | |
| 1 September 2016 | CB | | Corbin Shires | Bradford Park Avenue | 6 October 2016 | |