The 1964–65 season was Mansfield Town's 28th season in the Football League and 4th in the Third Division, they finished in 3rd position with 59 points, missing out on promotion on goal average to Bristol City.

Final league table

Results Football League Third Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers122 August 1964Bristol RoversA1–410,701Morris224 August 1964BrentfordH4–111,426Chapman, Anderson, Scanlon, Wagstaff329 August 1964Oldham AthleticH4–19,346Morris, Wagstaff, Hollett, Macready431 August 1964BrentfordA0–110,59255 September 1964Exeter CityA3–28,357B Hall, Cooper (2)67 September 1964Colchester UnitedH0–111,574712 September 1964Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticH0–07,621814 September 1964Colchester UnitedA1–03,544Scanlon919 September 1964Peterborough UnitedA5–410,526Scanlon, Chapman (2), Macready, Wagstaff1026 September 1964Grimsby TownH2–210,620Chapman, Macready1128 September 1964Port ValeH2–210,709Scanlon, Graham123 October 1964Scunthorpe UnitedH3–27,911Chapman (2), Wagstaff135 October 1964Port ValeA2–24,247B Hall, Cooper1410 October 1964WatfordA1–38,044Wagstaff1512 October 1964Luton TownH2–08,083Wagstaff, Bramwell (o.g.)1617 October 1964WorkingtonH3–57,227Cooper, Scanlon, I Hall1721 October 1964Luton TownA1–12,874Anderson1824 October 1964Hull CityA1–18,482Hollett1926 October 1964BarnsleyH4–38,245Anderson, Wagstaff, Graham, Swallow (o.g.)2031 October 1964GillinghamH3–17,073I Hall, Wagstaff, Graham213 November 1964Shrewsbury TownA1–15,463Wagstaff227 November 1964Bristol CityA1–19,653Scanlon2328 November 1964ReadingH2–16,480Middleton, Kerr (o.g.)2412 December 1964Bristol RoversH3–04,783Gregson, Chapman, Morris2519 December 1964Oldham AthleticA1–26,310Chapman2626 December 1964WalsallA1–26,898Middleton2728 December 1964WalsallH2–05,201Middleton, Chapman282 January 1965Exeter CityH2–16,678Middleton (2)2916 January 1965Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticA0–25,2843030 January 1965Southend UnitedA4–15,360Scanlon, Tyrer, I Hall, Middleton316 February 1965Grimsby TownA1–16,564Macready3212 February 1965Scunthorpe UnitedA1–06,115Curry3320 February 1965WatfordH3–06,180Middleton, I Hall, Curry3426 February 1965WorkingtonA5–14,414Curry (3), Middleton (2)3513 March 1965GillinghamA0–011,8493615 March 1965Queens Park RangersH8–19,168Curry (3), Middleton (3), Morris, Gregson3720 March 1965Bristol CityH3–09,434Middleton (2), Curry3826 March 1965Queens Park RangersA0–25,4003929 March 1965Peterborough UnitedH0–015,346403 April 1965Shrewsbury TownH1–08,984Morris415 April 1965Southend UnitedH6–111,850Curry (4), Morris, Anderson4210 April 1965ReadingA1–25,406Curry4317 April 1965Hull CityH2–119,500Middleton (2)4419 April 1965Carlisle UnitedH2–013,832Curry, Macready4520 April 1965Carlisle UnitedA0–318,7644624 April 1965BarnsleyA3–26,860Macready (2), Morris

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR114 November 1964Oxford UnitedA1–09,765I HallR25 December 1964Newport CountyA0–35,304

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR223 September 1964Manchester CityA5–38,789Chapman 23', 47', Wagstaff 24', Tyrer 44', Macready 53'R314 October 1964Coventry CityA2–312,387Wagstaff, Scanlon

Squad statistics Squad list sourced from

Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Alan Humphreys80000080GK Colin Treharne3802020420DF Johnny Gill4602020500DF Brian Hall1020020122DF Wilf Humble1700000170DF Colin Nelson60000060DF Bill Poynton1300020150DF Colin Toon1702000190MF Gerry Graham1832010213MF Ian Hall3442110375MF Mick Jones3502010380MF Peter Morris4672020507MF Alan Tyrer1810021202FW Geoff Anderson1441000154FW Roy Chapman19920122211FW Jim Cooper74101094FW Bill Curry161500001615FW Charlie Govan10001020FW John Gregson2421000252FW Ivan Hollett52000052FW Brian Macready3170011328FW Harry Middleton241610002516FW Albert Scanlon3772011408FW Ken Wagstaff22900222411–Own goals–3–0–0–3

References General Mansfield Town 1964–65 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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