1984–85 Mansfield Town F.C. season explained

The 1984–85 season was Mansfield Town's 48th season in the Football League and 11th in the Fourth Division they finished in 14th position with 57 points.

Results

Football League Fourth Division

See main article: 1984–85 Football League.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	25 August 1984	Port Vale	H	1–0	3,552	Caldwell
2	1 September 1984	Rochdale	H	5–1	2,627	Vinter, Caldwell (2), Kearney, Lowery
3	8 September 1984	Peterborough United	A	0–1	3,502
4	15 September 1984	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–2	2,681
5	19 September 1984	Colchester United	H	0–1	2,114
6	22 September 1984	Stockport County	A	1–1	1,635	Caldwell
7	29 September 1984	Swindon Town	H	0–0	2,225
8	3 October 1984	Exeter City	A	0–0	2,097
9	6 October 1984	Hereford United	A	0–3	3,537
10	13 October 1984	Torquay United	H	1–0	1,927	Garner
11	20 October 1984	Wrexham	H	1–0	1,779	Kearney
12	23 October 1984	Aldershot	A	0–0	1,765
13	27 October 1984	Hartlepool United	A	0–0	4,349
14	3 November 1984	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	1,996
15	7 November 1984	Chester City	H	2–0	1,789	Caldwell (2)
16	10 November 1984	Halifax Town	A	0–1	1,237
17	24 November 1984	Bury	H	0–2	2,587
18	1 December 1984	Blackpool	A	0–1	2,796
19	22 December 1984	Northampton Town	H	2–0	1,783	Caldwell (2)
20	26 December 1984	Chesterfield	A	0–0	6,960
21	29 December 1984	Southend United	A	3–1	2,493	Woodhead, Vinter, Galloway
22	1 January 1985	Darlington	H	2–0	3,116	Whatmore, Galloway
23	26 January 1985	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	1,764	Galloway
24	2 February 1985	Swindon Town	A	0–1	2,852
25	22 February 1985	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0	1,273
26	26 February 1985	Colchester United	A	1–2	2,267	Vinter
27	2 March 1985	Hartlepool United	H	2–0	1,940	Luke (2)
28	6 March 1985	Aldershot	H	1–2	2,097	Luke
29	9 March 1985	Wrexham	A	2–2	1,426	Luke (2)
30	13 March 1985	Port Vale	H	1–1	2,161	Whatmore
31	19 March 1985	Torquay United	A	0–1	1,017
32	23 March 1985	Hereford United	H	1–1	2,180	Whitworth
33	27 March 1985	Peterborough United	H	0–0	1,845
34	30 March 1985	Chester City	A	3–0	1,567	Woodhead, Whatmore, Lowery
35	3 April 1985	Exeter City	H	2–2	1,703	Kearney, Whitworth
36	6 April 1985	Chesterfield	H	0–0	6,030
37	8 April 1985	Darlington	A	1–3	4,334	Whatmore
38	13 April 1985	Halifax Town	H	2–1	1,928	Whatmore, Luke
39	17 April 1985	Stockport County	H	1–0	1,903	Whatmore
40	20 April 1985	Bury	A	0–0	3,298
41	24 April 1985	Scunthorpe United	H	0–1	1,964
42	27 April 1985	Blackpool	H	1–1	3,031	Lowery
43	30 April 1985	Northampton Town	A	0–1	2,350
44	4 May 1985	Scunthorpe United	A	2–2	1,705	Garner, Caldwell
45	6 May 1985	Southend United	H	1–0	1,819	Kearney
46	14 May 1985	Rochdale	A	1–2	1,098	Whatmore

FA Cup

See main article: 1984–85 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	17 November 1984	Rotherham United	H	2–1	4,161	Caldwell, Lowery
R2	8 December 1984	Bradford City	A	1–2	5,729	Barrowclough

League Cup

See main article: 1984–85 Football League Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	28 August 1984	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	2,106	Vinter
R1 2nd leg	5 September 1984	Scunthorpe United	A	1–2	3,107	Barrowclough

League Trophy

See main article: 1984–85 Football League Trophy.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	22 January 1985	Hull City	A	2–2	2,310	Whatmore, Lowery
R1 2nd leg	6 February 1985	Hull City	H	2–1	2,116	Luke, Lowery
R2	19 February 1985	Bradford City	A	2–1	2,160	Whatmore, Galloway
QF	10 April 1985	Burnley	H	1–1 (5–3 pens)	2,540	Whatmore
SF	8 May 1985	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	6,706	Kearney, Caldwell
Northern Final	20 May 1985	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1 (1–3 pens)	5,214	Foster

Squad statistics

• Squad list sourced from

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Andy Beasley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Kevin Hitchcock	43	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	53	0
DF	Colin Calderwood	41	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	51	0
DF	George Foster	44	0	2	0	2	0	6	1	54	1
DF	Nigel Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Mike Galloway	23(8)	3	1	0	0(1)	0	3(1)	1	27(10)	4
DF	Paul Garner	38(1)	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	45(1)	2
DF	David Logan	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20	0
DF	Craig McKernon	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
DF	Gary Pollard	17(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1(3)	0	21(4)	0
DF	Les Robinson	4(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(2)	0
DF	Steve Whitworth	39	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	48	2
DF	Simon Woodhead	21(3)	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	26(3)	2
MF	John Allen	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
MF	John Cunningham	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0
MF	Mark Kearney	37(1)	4	2	0	2	0	6	1	47(1)	5
MF	Tony Lowery	45	3	2	1	1	0	6	2	54	6
FW	Stewart Barrowclough	14(2)	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	18(2)	0
FW	David Caldwell	19(1)	9	2	1	2	0	2	1	25(1)	11
FW	Lee Howard	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
FW	Colin Jones	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
FW	Noel Luke	33(3)	6	2	0	2	0	2(4)	1	39(7)	7
FW	Mick Vinter	31(2)	3	0	0	2	0	5	0	38(2)	3
FW	Neil Whatmore	26	7	1	0	0	0	6	3	33	10

References

General

• Mansfield Town 1984–85 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

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