1947–48 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was Mansfield Town's tenth season in the Football League and sixth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 8th position with 45 points.

Final league table

Results Football League Third Division North

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers123 August 1947York CityH1–29,695Croft227 August 1947Crewe AlexandraA0–07,810330 August 1947Oldham AthleticA1–114,336Hogg41 September 1947Crewe AlexandraH3–110,043Croft (2), Oscroft56 September 1947Tranmere RoversH1–310,187Oscroft68 September 1947Carlisle UnitedH3–28,272Hogg, Chadbourne713 September 1947DarlingtonA2–16,936Bryant, Chessell820 September 1947GatesheadH1–29,879Cooling927 September 1947Hartlepools UnitedA0–17,497104 October 1947Rotherham UnitedH2–113,886Bryant, Oscroft1111 October 1947Halifax TownA1–16,713Shell1218 October 1947RochdaleH1–112,268Oscroft1325 October 1947New BrightonA2–25,540Oscroft, Croft141 November 1947SouthportH2–011,260Cooling, Brown158 November 1947Lincoln CityA0–015,1271615 November 1947Accrington StanleyH1–012,527Oscroft1722 November 1947Hull CityA1–120,677Brown186 December 1947Bradford CityA1–09,322Banks1920 December 1947York CityA2–15,863Banks, Butt2026 December 1947WrexhamA1–217,633Banks2127 December 1947WrexhamH1–013,128Banks221 January 1948Carlisle UnitedA1–39,997Edwards233 January 1948Oldham AthleticH1–112,824Banks2417 January 1948Tranmere RoversA1–04,390Devey2524 January 1948BarrowH1–010,701Oscroft2631 January 1948DarlingtonH4–011,605Oscroft, Banks (2), Edwards277 February 1948GatesheadA1–29,718Cooling2814 February 1948Hartlepools UnitedH3–213,326Edwards, Oscroft, Banks2928 February 1948Halifax TownH3–110,664Banks (3)306 March 1948RochdaleA2–110,664Butt, Cooling3113 March 1948New BrightonH5–010,886Butt (2), Cooling, Banks, Oscroft3220 March 1948SouthportA1–17,032Croft3326 March 1948ChesterA2–111,209Croft, Banks3427 March 1948Lincoln CityH0–218,8633529 March 1948ChesterH2–112,770Banks, Edwards363 April 1948Accrington StanleyA0–14,622375 April 1948Stockport CountyH1–212,760Coole3810 April 1948Hull CityH1–111,098Oscroft3912 April 1948Rotherham UnitedA1–220,522Cooling4017 April 1948Stockport CountyA0–511,0394124 April 1948Bradford CityH1–16,799Cooling421 May 1948BarrowA0–15,431

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR129 November 1947WimbledonA1–09,823CoolingR213 December 1947Oldham AthleticA1–022,067CoolingR210 January 1948Stoke CityH2–410,529Oscroft, Butt

Squad statistics Squad list sourced from

Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Harry Searson27030300GK Dennis Wright15000150DF Ernest Bramley400040DF Sammy Chessell22120241DF Bill Dallman100010DF Walter Fox27010280DF Johnny Grogan34030370DF David Jones33030360MF Gordon Baird100010MF Charlie Croft40530435MF Ray Devey41130441MF Les Smith10000100FW Ken Allcock100010FW George Banks2714303014FW Roy Brown17210182FW Eric Bryant720072FW Len Butt15421175FW William Chadbourne310031FW Colin Cochrane100010FW Billy Coole810081FW Roy Cooling33732369FW Walter Edwards20410214FW William Hill200020FW Freddie Hogg10200102FW Ken Kay100010FW Harry Oscroft4012314313FW Frank Shell22120241

References General Mansfield Town 1947–48 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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