# 1932–33 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1932–33 season was Mansfield Town's second season in the Football League and first in the Third Division North after being transferred from the Third Division South. The Stags finished the campaign in 16th position with 35 points. During the season Mansfield recorded their record victory, a 9–2 win against Rotherham United on 27 December 1932 and their record defeat, an 8–1 loss to Walsall.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 14 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 87 | 116 | 0.750 | 39 |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 90 | 0.789 | 38 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 84 | 100 | 0.840 | 35 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 84 | 0.714 | 34 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 58 | 80 | 0.725 | 33 |
* ↑ Mansfield Town was transferred from Third Division South for this season.

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 27 August 1932 | Chester | H | 1–0 | 8,009 | Hoyland |
| 2 | 31 August 1932 | New Brighton | A | 0–1 | 3,331 | |
| 3 | 3 September 1932 | Barrow | A | 0–1 | 4,657 | |
| 4 | 5 September 1932 | New Brighton | H | 5–0 | 4,636 | Hoyland, Johnson (4) |
| 5 | 10 September 1932 | Carlisle United | H | 3–1 | 7,573 | Johnson (2), Bowater |
| 6 | 17 September 1932 | York City | A | 3–4 | 4,313 | Johnson, Bowater, Raynor |
| 7 | 24 September 1932 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 4–0 | 7,856 | Johnson (2), Hoyland, Robinson |
| 8 | 1 October 1932 | Rochdale | A | 1–2 | 5,945 | Johnson |
| 9 | 8 October 1932 | Stockport County | H | 4–0 | 5,827 | Bowater (2), Hoyland, Johnson |
| 10 | 15 October 1932 | Barnsley | A | 2–6 | 5,145 | Johnson (2) |
| 11 | 22 October 1932 | Hull City | H | 2–1 | 8,436 | Johnson, Fisher |
| 12 | 29 October 1932 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 2–2 | 5,767 | Johnson, Anthoney |
| 13 | 5 November 1932 | Darlington | H | 3–3 | 7,346 | Johnson (3) |
| 14 | 12 November 1932 | Stockport County | A | 2–2 | 5,498 | Bowater (2) |
| 15 | 19 November 1932 | Gateshead | H | 1–2 | 6,823 | Cropper |
| 16 | 3 December 1932 | Wrexham | H | 0–0 | 5,557 | |
| 17 | 10 December 1932 | Rochdale | H | 4–1 | 4,441 | Bowater, Readman, Prior |
| 18 | 17 December 1932 | Halifax Town | H | 2–2 | 4,688 | Johnson, Broome |
| 19 | 24 December 1932 | Hartlepools United | A | 3–6 | 3,872 | Johnson, Prior, Bowater |
| 20 | 26 December 1932 | Rotherham United | A | 0–3 | 5,580 | |
| 21 | 27 December 1932 | Rotherham United | H | 9–2 | 7,192 | Readman (3), Hoyland (3), Bowater (3) |
| 22 | 31 December 1932 | Chester | A | 2–5 | 6,618 | Hoyland, Anthoney |
| 23 | 2 January 1933 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–6 | 2,47 | |
| 24 | 7 January 1933 | Barrow | H | 2–1 | 4,633 | Readman, Bowater |
| 25 | 19 January 1933 | Walsall | A | 1–8 | 3,068 | Bowater |
| 26 | 21 January 1933 | Carlisle United | A | 1–3 | 4,328 | Johnson |
| 27 | 28 January 1933 | York City | H | 2–0 | 4,127 | Johnson, Hoyland |
| 28 | 4 February 1933 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–7 | 3,771 | |
| 29 | 18 February 1933 | Southport | A | 2–5 | 2,307 | Johnson (2) |
| 30 | 4 March 1933 | Hull City | A | 1–4 | 8,630 | Prior |
| 31 | 11 March 1933 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–2 | 4,651 | Readman, Bowater |
| 32 | 18 March 1933 | Darlington | A | 3–1 | 2,678 | Johnson (2), Prior |
| 33 | 25 March 1933 | Stockport County | H | 1–2 | 5,070 | Prior |
| 34 | 1 April 1933 | Gateshead | A | 2–3 | 2,413 | Johnson, Bowater |
| 35 | 8 April 1933 | Walsall | H | 2–0 | 4,023 | Bowater, Fisher |
| 36 | 10 April 1933 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–3 | 1,737 | |
| 37 | 14 April 1933 | Barnsley | H | 0–1 | 5,994 | |
| 38 | 15 April 1933 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | 7,775 | Readman |
| 39 | 17 April 1933 | Accrington Stanley | H | 1–3 | 3,869 | Prior |
| 40 | 22 April 1933 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 2–0 | 2,859 | Fisher (2) |
| 41 | 29 April 1933 | Halifax Town | A | 1–5 | 2,305 | Johnson |
| 42 | 6 May 1933 | Hartlepools United | H | 7–1 | 2,381 | Johnson (2), Bowater (2), Fisher, Wonnacott (2) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 26 November 1932 | Walsall | A | 1–4 | 9,838 | Johnson |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1932–33 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 | Jack Clough | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| GK | Jimmy Wilson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Charles Anthoney | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| DF | Leslie Butler | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| DF | Bernard Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Ernie England | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DF | Charlie Lloyd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Albert Robinson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF | Sam Robinson | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| MF | Reg Davies | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| MF | Clifford Herring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Eli Sivister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Bill Slack | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| MF | Arthur Weightman | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| FW | George Bowater | 38 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 18 |
| FW | Harry Broome | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| FW | Reg Cropper | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| FW | Billy Cupit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Fisher | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| FW | William Foster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Walter Hoyland | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| FW | Harry Johnson | 38 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 31 |
| FW | Jacob Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jack Prior | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| FW | George Raynor | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| FW | Joe Readman | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 |
| FW | Ben Wonnacott | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |