1965–66 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was Mansfield Town's 29th season in the Football League and 5th in the Third Division, they finished in 19th position with 38 points, two above the relegation zone.^[1]

Mansfield Town

1965–66 season
Manager	Tommy Cummings
Third Division	19th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Final league table

Main article: 1965–66 Football League § Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Swansea Town	46	15	11	20	81	96	0.844	41	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 First round
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	13	12	21	38	56	0.679	38
19	Mansfield Town	46	15	8	23	59	89	0.663	38
20	Oldham Athletic	46	12	13	21	55	81	0.679	37
21	Southend United	46	16	4	26	54	83	0.651	36	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1965–66 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	21 August 1965	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–1	7,647	Morris, Curry (2)
2	25 August 1965	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	6,894	Curry
3	28 August 1965	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	6,405	Middleton, Anderson
4	4 September 1965	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	9,559	Curry
5	11 September 1965	Hull City	H	1–2	14,081	Anderson
6	14 September 1965	Watford	A	1–2	11,521	Morris
7	17 September 1965	Reading	A	1–2	7,450	Middleton
8	25 September 1965	Exeter City	H	0–0	7,511
9	2 October 1965	Peterborough United	A	2–3	8,213	Scanlon, Aldread
10	4 October 1965	Watford	H	2–2	8,509	Scanlon (2)
11	9 October 1965	Oxford United	A	1–4	9,789	Middleton
12	16 October 1965	Swansea Town	H	3–0	6,767	Middleton, Scanlon, Lee
13	23 October 1965	Walsall	A	1–2	9,334	Middleton
14	30 October 1965	Workington	A	0–1	5,679
15	6 November 1965	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–2	4,807	Curry, Macready
16	20 November 1965	Swindon Town	A	2–6	12,213	Curry (2)
17	11 December 1965	Brentford	H	2–0	3,617	Curry, Scanlon
18	1 January 1966	Oxford United	A	1–4	5,194	Middleton
19	8 January 1966	Southend United	A	0–1	7,155
20	15 January 1966	Walsall	H	0–3	4,027
21	29 January 1966	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	4–6	13,058	Macready, Anderson (2), Aldread
22	5 February 1966	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	4,166	Macready, Anderson
23	19 February 1966	Bristol Rovers	A	0–6	7,477
24	21 February 1966	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	5,789	Middleton
25	26 February 1966	Hull City	A	0–4	28,214
26	1 March 1966	Swansea Town	A	2–1	8,887	Anderson, Mitchinson
27	5 March 1966	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	10,239	Anderson
28	7 March 1966	Scunthorpe United	H	2–2	6,678	Middleton, Curry
29	12 March 1966	Reading	H	0–2	4,721
30	14 March 1966	Gillingham	H	0–0	5,251
31	19 March 1966	Exeter City	A	2–2	5,055	Hall, Morris
32	21 March 1966	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–3	5,662
33	26 March 1966	Peterborough United	H	1–7	3,551	Mallinson
34	8 April 1966	York City	A	1–2	3,398	Curry
35	9 April 1966	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	4,228	Macready
36	11 April 1966	York City	H	4–1	4,232	Anderson, Mitchinson (2), Aldread
37	16 April 1966	Swindon Town	H	1–5	3,763	Gregson
38	22 April 1966	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–2	3,585	Mitchinson
39	25 April 1966	Millwall	H	1–1	5,709	Scanlon
40	30 April 1966	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	4,961	Anderson, Curry
41	3 May 1966	Gillingham	A	0–2	6,127
42	7 May 1966	Brentford	A	3–0	7,970	Mitchinson, Gregson, Curry
43	9 May 1966	Southend United	H	2–0	6,544	Gregson, Morris
44	16 May 1966	Millwall	A	0–2	15,980
45	23 May 1966	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–0	6,385	Curry
46	27 May 1966	Workington	A	0–2	2,261

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	13 November 1965	Oldham Athletic	H	1–3	6,914	Macready

League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	22 September 1965	Birmingham City	H	2–1	9,354	Scanlon, Middleton
R3	13 October 1965	West Ham United	A	0–4	11,613

Squad statistics

• Squad list sourced from 1965–66 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Alan Humphreys	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
GK	Colin Treharne	29	0	1	0	2	0	32	0
DF	Johnny Gill	18(1)	0	1	0	2	0	21(1)	0
DF	Wilf Humble	22	0	1	0	2	0	25	0
DF	Mick Jones	19	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
DF	Dick Lee	3(1)	1	0	0	0	0	3(1)	1
DF	Colin Nelson	32	0	1	0	2	0	35	0
DF	Bill Poynton	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
DF	Bill Richardson	12(1)	0	0	0	0	0	12(1)	0
DF	Colin Toon	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Bill Williams	28	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
MF	Ian Hall	41	1	1	0	2	0	44	1
MF	David Mallinson	10(1)	1	0	0	0	0	10(1)	1
MF	Tommy Mitchinson	28	5	0	0	0	0	28	5
MF	Peter Morris	39(1)	4	1	0	2	0	42(1)	4
FW	Paul Aldread	10(1)	3	0	0	0	0	10(1)	3
FW	Geoff Anderson	29	9	0	0	0	0	29	9
FW	Neil Burns	5(2)	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0
FW	Albert Cheesebrough	20	0	1	0	2	0	23	0
FW	Bill Curry	36	14	1	0	1	0	38	14
FW	Doug Curtin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	John Gregson	30	3	0	0	2	0	32	3
FW	Brian Macready	18(1)	4	1	1	1	0	20(1)	5
FW	Harry Middleton	21(1)	8	1	0	2	1	24(1)	9
FW	Albert Scanlon	20	6	0	0	2	1	22	7