# 1952–53 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1952–53 season was Mansfield Town's 15th season in the Football League and tenth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 18th position with 46 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 16 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 75 | 80 | 0.938 | 46 |
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | 46 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 62 | 0.887 | 46 |
| 19 | Barrow | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 66 | 71 | 0.930 | 44 |
| 20 | Chester | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 64 | 85 | 0.753 | 37 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 23 August 1952 | Chesterfield | A | 1–4 | 18,506 | Reeve |
| 2 | 25 August 1952 | Gateshead | H | 2–0 | 12,685 | Reeve, Coole |
| 3 | 30 August 1952 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | 12,129 | Marron |
| 4 | 1 September 1952 | Gateshead | A | 2–1 | 5,388 | Marron (2) |
| 5 | 6 September 1952 | York City | A | 0–2 | 8,645 | |
| 6 | 8 September 1952 | Workington | H | 0–0 | 9,951 | |
| 7 | 13 September 1952 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–1 | 12,980 | Evans |
| 8 | 17 September 1952 | Workington | A | 1–0 | 6,479 | Fox |
| 9 | 20 September 1952 | Barrow | A | 0–3 | 5,964 | |
| 10 | 25 September 1952 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | 1–0 | 7,252 | Adam |
| 11 | 27 September 1952 | Wrexham | H | 0–2 | 8,007 | |
| 12 | 29 September 1952 | Darlington | H | 3–2 | 4,589 | Adam, Evans, Marron |
| 13 | 4 October 1952 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 1–1 | 9,623 | Marron |
| 14 | 11 October 1952 | Hartlepools United | A | 0–2 | 8,554 | |
| 15 | 18 October 1952 | Carlisle United | H | 2–1 | 7,500 | S Watson, Fox |
| 16 | 25 October 1952 | Southport | A | 3–1 | 5,685 | Marron, Reeve, Adam |
| 17 | 1 November 1952 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–0 | 7,348 | Marron (2), Coole |
| 18 | 8 November 1952 | Port Vale | A | 1–1 | 14,103 | Adam |
| 19 | 15 November 1952 | Chester | H | 2–2 | 6,390 | Marron, Chessell |
| 20 | 29 November 1952 | Stockport County | H | 2–2 | 4,956 | Marron (2) |
| 21 | 13 December 1952 | Rochdale | H | 2–1 | 6,211 | Marron, Scott |
| 22 | 20 December 1952 | Chesterfield | H | 1–4 | 6,802 | Scott |
| 23 | 26 December 1952 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 26,194 | |
| 24 | 27 December 1952 | Oldham Athletic | H | 0–2 | 12,200 | |
| 25 | 1 January 1953 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 4,045 | Fox |
| 26 | 3 January 1953 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–1 | 8,844 | |
| 27 | 17 January 1953 | York City | H | 1–1 | 6,960 | Lewis |
| 28 | 24 January 1953 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–5 | 13,890 | Chessell |
| 29 | 31 January 1953 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–2 | 3,274 | Marron, Brocklehurst (o.g.) |
| 30 | 7 February 1953 | Barrow | H | 2–2 | 5,298 | Marron, Reeve |
| 31 | 14 February 1953 | Wrexham | A | 0–1 | 6,647 | |
| 32 | 21 February 1953 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 1–1 | 6,219 | Evans |
| 33 | 28 February 1953 | Hartlepools United | H | 2–0 | 6,720 | Reeve, Chessell |
| 34 | 7 March 1953 | Carlisle United | A | 0–1 | 8,309 | |
| 35 | 14 March 1953 | Southport | H | 2–2 | 6,661 | Reeve, Evans |
| 36 | 21 March 1953 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 5,802 | |
| 37 | 28 March 1953 | Port Vale | H | 1–0 | 6,083 | V Watson |
| 38 | 4 April 1953 | Chester | A | 2–2 | 5,082 | V Watson, Reeve |
| 39 | 6 April 1953 | Halifax Town | A | 2–1 | 5,794 | V Watson, Fox |
| 40 | 7 April 1953 | Halifax Town | H | 2–1 | 7,953 | V Watson, Marron |
| 41 | 11 April 1953 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | 1–0 | 7,310 | Reeve |
| 42 | 13 April 1953 | Accrington Stanley | H | 0–0 | 5,465 | |
| 43 | 18 April 1953 | Stockport County | A | 2–2 | 6,503 | Marron, Coole |
| 44 | 20 April 1953 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 8,165 | Reeve |
| 45 | 25 April 1953 | Bradford City | H | 3–1 | 6,230 | Reeve, Fox, V Watson |
| 46 | 29 April 1953 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 4,282 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 22 November 1952 | Scarborough | A | 8–0 | 6,536 | Adam (2), Marron (2), Fox (3), S Watson |
| R2 | 6 December 1952 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–0 | 8,606 | Adam, Fox |
| R3 | 10 January 1953 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–1 | 24,467 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1952–53 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 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
| DF | Gordon Livie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Les Mayfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Norman Plummer | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| DF | Gordon Revel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| MF | Norman Field | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| MF | Oscar Fox | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 9 |
| MF | Jack Lewis | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| MF | Sid Watson | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| FW | Charlie Adam | 40 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 7 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| FW | Joe Eaton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Ray Evans | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| FW | Eddie Hawksford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Chris Marron | 39 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 18 |
| FW | Ken Reeve | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 |
| FW | Ken Scott | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| FW | George Simpson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Vaughan Watson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| FW | Vince Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |