1979–80 Mansfield Town F.C. season

April 2022 Mansfield Town 1979–80 Mick Jones Field Mill Third Division 23rd FA Cup Third Round League Cup Third Round Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 season was Mansfield Town's 43rd season in the Football League and 15th in the Third Division they finished in 23rd position with 36 points suffering relegation to the Fourth Division. Final league table 1979–80 Football League#Third Division Third Division y MAN Results Football League Third Division 1979–80 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers118 August 1979ChesterfieldH3–25,662Allen, Bird, Curtis221 August 1979Rotherham UnitedA1–24,492Austin325 August 1979Exeter CityA1–23,475Austin41 September 1979Hull CityH1–14,320Austin58 September 1979BarnsleyA0–110,588615 September 1979Oxford UnitedH1–04,217Austin718 September 1979Colchester UnitedA1–22,346Bird822 September 1979Sheffield UnitedH3–411,272Austin, Allen, Taylor929 September 1979ReadingA0–16,123101 October 1979Colchester UnitedH0–13,754116 October 1979Sheffield WednesdayA0–013,263128 October 1979Rotherham UnitedH5–16,308Austin (3), Taylor (2)1313 October 1979BuryH1–04,486Hamilton1420 October 1979MillwallA2–26,039Austin, Lathan1523 October 1979Carlisle UnitedA1–14,898Austin1627 October 1979GillinghamH2–04,598Taylor, Bird173 November 1979ChesterfieldA0–27,601186 November 1979Carlisle UnitedH2–14,195Taylor, Bird1910 November 1979Swindon TownH1–14,425Taylor2017 November 1979ChesterA0–13,118211 December 1979BlackpoolH1–14,324Austin228 December 1979Grimsby TownA1–27,910Austin2321 December 1979Plymouth ArgyleH0–02,9732426 December 1979Blackburn RoversA0–08,4912529 December 1979Exeter CityH0–13,7112612 January 1980Hull CityA1–34,243Allen2726 January 1980WimbledonH1–13,897Bird282 February 1980Oxford UnitedA1–33,060Pollard299 February 1980Sheffield UnitedA0–114,9213016 February 1980ReadingH2–23,114Pollard, Austin3123 February 1980BuryA2–03,606Pollard, Austin321 March 1980MillwallH1–04,162Austin338 March 1980GillinghamA0–24,5723410 March 1980BrentfordH0–03,4613515 March 1980Sheffield WednesdayH1–116,019Mellor (o.g.)3617 March 1980Southend UnitedA1–12,983Allen3722 March 1980Swindon TownA1–28,195Stroud (o.g.)3829 March 1980ChesterH2–13,097Austin (2)391 April 1980Plymouth ArgyleA0–04,669405 April 1980Blackburn RoversH0–17,385417 April 1980BrentfordA0–26,0574212 April 1980Southend UnitedH3–13,514Austin (2), McClelland4314 April 1980BarnsleyH1–46,789Bird4419 April 1980BlackpoolA1–15,677Bird4526 April 1980Grimsby TownH0–010,095463 May 1980WimbledonA2–31,759Taylor, Pollard FA Cup 1979–80 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR124 November 1979Blyth SpartansA2–04,443McClelland, AllenR215 December 1979Doncaster RoversA2–17,952Austin, CurtisR35 January 1980Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–28,204 League Cup 1979–80 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg11 August 1979York CityH1–03,117TaylorR1 2nd leg14 August 1979York CityA2–32,590Wood, HamiltonR2 1st leg29 August 1979ReadingA3–45,779Taylor, Bird, AustinR2 2nd leg4 September 1979ReadingH4–24,326Taylor, Austin (2), McClellandR325 September 1979Queens Park RangersH0–39,485 Anglo-Scottish Cup 1979–80 Anglo-Scottish Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersPR31 July 1979Sheffield UnitedA0–14,875PR4 August 1979Notts CountyH0–13,527PR8 August 1979Cambridge UnitedA1–14,620Curtis Squad statistics Squad list sourced from Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupAnglo-Scottish CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Rod Arnold430305030540GKENG Martin New3000000030DFENG Kevin Bird387305030497DFENG Adrian Burrows1700(1)0000017(1)0DFENG Bob Curtis31(3)12(1)1503141(5)3DFENG Derek Dawkins350305030460DFENG Barry Foster150104030230DFNIR John McClelland431312(1)10048(1)3DFSCO Les McJannet2000000020DFENG Ian Wood210204130301DFENG Brian Thompson9000000(1)09(1)0MFENG Neville Hamilton32(1)110513041(1)2MFENG John Lathan291203000341MFSCO Arthur Mann350300000380MFENG Gary Saxby0000203050FWENG Russell Allen38(6)421513048(6)6FWENG Terry Austin46193152305722FWSCO David Caldwell1(2)00000001(2)0FWENG Dave Goodwin40000(2)00(2)04(4)0FWENG Johnny Miller9(1)00000009(1)0FWENG Brian Pollard204000000204FWENG Steve Taylor30(7)730533041(7)10FWSCO Brian Thomson5(3)02000007(3)0–Own goals–2–0–0–0–2 References General Mansfield Town 1979–80 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season) Specific Category:Mansfield Town F.C. seasons Mansfield Town