The 2023–24 season was the 127th season in the history of Mansfield Town and their eleventh consecutive season in League Two. The club participated in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.
Current squad
No. Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Christy Pym GK Exeter Peterborough United 11 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 13 Scott Flinders GK Rotherham Cheltenham Town 1 July 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 23 Owen Mason GK Academy 1 July 2022 30 June 2024 33 Louie Turner GK Academy 29 August 2023 30 June 2024 Defenders 2 Callum Johnson RB Yarm Ross County 13 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 3 Stephen McLaughlin LB Donegal Southend United 11 September 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2024 4 Elliott Hewitt RB Rhyl Grimsby Town 1 July 2021 Free transfer 30 June 2025 5 Alfie Kilgour CB Bath Bristol Rovers 12 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 6 Baily Cargill CB Winchester Forest Green Rovers 1 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2025 11 Calum Macdonald LB Nottingham Bristol Rovers 1 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2025 14 Aden Flint CB Pinxton Stoke City 3 August 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2025 15 Aaron Lewis LB Swansea Newport County 11 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2025 19 George Cooper CB Academy 1 July 2021 30 June 2024 22 George Williams RB Hillingdon Cambridge United 17 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2024 27 Taylor Anderson RB Academy 1 July 2023 30 June 2024 31 Darien Wauchope LB Academy 26 August 2023 30 June 2024 Midfielders 8 Ollie Clarke CM Sea Mills Bristol Rovers 1 July 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2024 10 George Maris CM Sheffield Cambridge United 28 July 2020 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 16 Stephen Quinn CM Dublin Burton Albion 1 July 2021 Free transfer 30 June 2024 24 Lewis Brunt DM Birmingham Leicester City 25 August 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 25 Louis Reed CM Barnsley Swindon Town 15 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 29 Charlie Carter DM Academy 29 August 2023 30 June 2024 32 Jakub Kruszynski AM Academy 29 August 2023 30 June 2024 34 Finn Flanagan CM Academy 12 May 2023 30 June 2024 40 Davis Keillor-Dunn AM Sunderland Burton Albion 31 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 44 Hiram Boateng CM Wandsworth Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 Forwards 7 Lucas Akins RW Huddersfield Burton Albion 20 January 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 9 Jordan Bowery CF Nottingham Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2024 12 James Gale CF Long Eaton United 1 September 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 18 Rhys Oates LW Pontefract Hartlepool United 8 July 2021 Free transfer 30 June 2024 20 Tom Nichols CF Wellington Gillingham 1 February 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 26 Will Swan CF Mansfield Nottingham Forest 1 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 28 McKeal Abdullah CF Academy 1 July 2021 30 June 2024 Out on Loan 17 Anthony Hartigan CM Kingston upon Thames AFC Wimbledon 4 August 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 35 John-Joe O'Toole CB Harrow Free agent 23 October 2021 30 June 2024
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 CB Free transfer 1 July 2023 LB Free transfer 1 July 2023 CF Undisclosed 11 July 2023 RB Free transfer 11 July 2023 GK Undisclosed 17 July 2023 RB Free transfer 3 August 2023 CB Free transfer 1 February 2024 CF Undisclosed
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 CF Released 30 June 2023 CF Released 30 June 2023 LB Free transfer
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef 25 August 2023 DM End of season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef 15 August 2023 CM End of season 1 February 2024 CB End of season
Pre-season and friendlies On 17 May, Mansfield Town announced their 2023 pre-season schedule, with matches against Retford United, Alfreton Town, Rotherham United, Oldham Athletic and Matlock Town along with a training camp in Scotland between 17 and 21 July. In June, a further fixture was added to the schedule, against Barnsley. A seventh friendly against Long Eaton United was later added. On 24 July, a behind closed doors friendly against Heart of Midlothain was confirmed.
Competitions Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Mansfield were drawn at home to Wrexham in the first round.
EFL Cup
Mansfield were drawn at home to Grimsby Town in the first round, away to Sheffield Wednesday in the second round, then back at home against Peterborough United in the third round and Port Vale in the fourth round.
EFL Trophy
The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.
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