The 1983–84 season was Mansfield Town's 47th season in the Football League and 10th in the Fourth Division. They finished in 19th position with 52 points.
Final league table
Results Football League Fourth Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers127 August 1983Bristol CityA0–45,75923 September 1983Doncaster RoversH1–22,962Lister (o.g.)36 September 1983Stockport CountyH1–22,167Thorpe (o.g.)49 September 1983Halifax TownA0–01,725517 September 1983Tranmere RoversH1–02,002Nicholson624 September 1983Peterborough UnitedA0–33,490727 September 1983BlackpoolA0–23,46181 October 1983AldershotH5–21,774Caldwell (3), Lowery, Barrowclough98 October 1983BuryA2–22,468Caldwell, Barrowclough1015 October 1983Torquay UnitedA1–31,940Lowery1119 October 1983ReadingA0–43,7811222 October 1983Hartlepool UnitedH5–01,906Caldwell (4), Lowery1329 October 1983Hereford UnitedA0–03,422141 November 1983RochdaleH3–02,536Caldwell (2), Dungworth155 November 1983WrexhamA3–21,633Nicholson (2), Keegan1612 November 1983Colchester UnitedH0–03,0421726 November 1983Swindon TownH2–23,328Nicholson, Dungworth183 December 1983DarlingtonA0–31,6301918 December 1983Northampton TownA1–22,628Lowery2026 December 1983ChesterfieldH0–16,7342127 December 1983Chester CityA4–01,567Barrowclough, Lowery, Caldwell, Nicholson2231 December 1983Crewe AlexandraH3–32,625Woodhead, Kearney, Caldwell232 January 1984York CityA1–25,628Barrowclough247 January 1984Doncaster RoversA1–33,804Kearney2530 January 1984Tranmere RoversA0–11,483264 February 1984AldershotA1–71,629Barrowclough2711 February 1984Peterborough UnitedH0–02,1792814 February 1984RochdaleA0–01,0952918 February 1984Hereford UnitedH1–11,868Barrowclough3025 February 1984Hartlepool UnitedA1–41,730Ayre313 March 1984ReadingH2–01,950Barrowclough, Nicholson326 March 1984WrexhamH3–41,986Ayre (2), Caldwell3310 March 1984Colchester UnitedA0–12,0073417 March 1984BuryH1–11,673Ayre3524 March 1984Torquay UnitedA0–11,5593627 March 1984Bristol CityH0–11,8283731 March 1984BlackpoolH1–11,993Juryeff386 April 1984Stockport CountyA4–01,973Juryeff, Caldwell, Barrowclough, Matthews3910 April 1984Halifax TownH7–11,696Juryeff (3), Caldwell, Barrowclough, Matthews, Lowery4014 April 1984DarlingtonH1–02,075Caldwell4121 April 1984ChesterfieldA0–04,3644224 April 1984Chester CityH3–12,346Matthews, Barrowclough, Nicholson4329 April 1984Swindon TownA1–12,136Nicholson445 May 1984York CityH0–13,345457 May 1984Crewe AlexandraA3–11,810Caldwell (3)4612 May 1984Northampton TownH3–12,143Caldwell (2), Calderwood
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR119 November 1983Doncaster RoversH3–05,027Caldwell, Barrowclough, CalderwoodR210 December 1983Bolton WanderersA0–26,934
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg30 August 1983Huddersfield TownH1–23,743BarrowcloughR1 2nd leg13 September 1983Huddersfield TownA1–55,190Caldwell
League Trophy
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR121 February 1983DarlingtonH1–31,086Barrowclough
Squad statistics Squad list sourced from
Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Rod Arnold110002000130GK Barry Daines210200010240GK Kevin Hitchcock140000000140DF Billy Ayre254000010264DF Colin Calderwood27(3)111201031(3)2DF George Foster420202010470DF Mike Galloway12(5)010001014(5)0DF Paul Taylor3000000030DF Steve Whitworth410202010460DF Simon Woodhead41(2)120101045(2)1MF Bobby Hutchinson100002000120MF Mark Kearney1720(1)0200019(1)2MF Ged Keegan181200000201MF Tony Lowery456202010506MF John Matthews31(1)320101035(1)3MF Mark Sindall9(1)000100010(1)0FW Stewart Barrowclough36(2)1021111140(2)13FW David Caldwell37(1)2121210(1)041(2)23FW John Dungworth14(3)200100015(3)2FW Peter Frain1(1)00000001(1)0FW Ian Juryeff125000000125FW Paul Kee0(1)00000000(1)0FW Gary Nicholson38(3)820101042(3)8FW John Partridge1000000010FW Stuart Storer0(1)00000000(1)0–Own goals–2–0–0–0–2
References General Mansfield Town 1983–84 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)
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