Lindon Meikle was a member of the Mansfield Town team that won the 2012–13 Conference Premier title. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Mansfield , Nottinghamshire . As of the 2016–17 season , they play in League Two , the fourth tier level of the English football league system . The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans. [ 2] In 1906, the club turned professional, after which the Methodist church disowned the club and forbade them to use the name "Wesleyans". The club reacted by changing its name to Mansfield Wesley, before adopting the current name Mansfield Town in 1910. [ 3]
The club began its existence playing in the Mansfield and District Amateur League. In 1911, Mansfield became a founding member of a new league, the Central Alliance. [ 4] In 1919, the club moved to Field Mill , which remains their ground to this date, and in 1921, the club joined the Midland League . [ 5] In 1924, the club applied to join the Football League , but was turned down. The club unsuccessfully applied several times to join the northern section of Football League's Third Division . However, in 1931, the club changed tactics and applied for membership in the southern section , and was finally elected to the league. [ 6] The following season, Mansfield was transferred to the northern section to replace Wigan Borough who had folded during the previous season. The club remained in the bottom two divisions of the league with the exception of a single season at the second tier in 1977–78 . [ 7] The club also won the Football League Trophy in 1987 , and defeated West Ham United to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1968–69 . In 2007–08 , Mansfield Town was relegated to the Football Conference . They won promotion back to the Football League in 2012–13 .
Goalkeeper Rod Arnold owns the club record for most games played for Mansfield Town. He made a total of 513 appearances for the club, 440 of those being in the league, between 1971 and 1984. Sandy Pate is second on Mansfield's all-time appearance list with 479 first-team games (413 in the league). Defenders Don Bradley , Kevin Bird and George Foster , the latter of whom also served as manager of the club, have also played more than 400 matches for Mansfield Town. Harry Johnson owns the club's all-time goalscoring record, with 114 goals. Incidentally, Johnson is also Sheffield United 's all-time top goalscorer, having scored more than 200 goals for the Blades. Ken Wagstaff is second on the list with 106 goals, while Steve Wilkinson is third with 91 goals. The record for most goals in a single season belongs to Ted Harston , who scored 55 goals for Mansfield in the 1936–37 season, and was subsequently sold to Liverpool .
Players with 50 or more appearances The list comprises players with at least 50 first-team appearances, or 25 first-team goals for Mansfield Town since the club was elected to The Football League in 1931. Appearances and goals are for matches in the Football League (including playoffs and the war-abandoned 1939–40 season), Conference National , FA Cup , League Cup , Football League Trophy , FA Trophy , Conference League Cup , as well as the now-defunct Football League Group Cup , Anglo-Scottish Cup , Watney Cup , Third Division North Cup and Third Division South Cup . Substitute appearances are included.
The career field in the table indicates the seasons in which the player was on Mansfield's books. For instance, if the field says 1982–1991 , it means this player played his first game for Mansfield in the 1982–83 season, and his last game for the club in the 1990–91 season, but not necessarily in every intervening season. However, if the player had two or more separate spells with the club, this is indicated with separate time periods in the table.
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season. Current Mansfield Town players listed in bold .
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper ; FB – Full-back ; CD – Central defender ; MF – Midfielder ; WI – Winger ; FW – Forward
Name Nationality Position Mansfield Town Apps. Goals Charlie Adam Scotland WI 1952– 1955 98 9 Lucas Akins Grenada FW 2022– Present 154 28 Russell Allen England FW 1978– 1981 134 21 George Antonio England MF 1949– 1951 75 3 Nathan Arnold England WI 2005– 2009 117 14 Rod Arnold England GK 1970– 1971– 1984 513 0 David Artell England CD 2003– 2005 55 5 Alistair Asher England FB 1999– 2002 85 0 Jack Ashley England FB 1933– 1936 78 0 Arthur Atkinson England WI 1934– 1937 130 34 Will Atkinson England MF 2008– 2019 83 3 Terry Austin England FW 1978– 1981 99 35 Billy Ayre England CD 1982– 1984 75 8 Danny Bacon England FW 1999– 2003 56 5 George Banks England FW 1947– 1949 69 21 Alex Baptiste England CD 2002– 2008 198 6 Ian Baraclough England FB 1994– 1996 62 5 Lloyd Barke England CD 1937– 1947 136 0 Richard Barker England FW 2004– 2007 106 48 Eddie Barks England MF 1948– 1955 225 7 Stewart Barrowclough England WI 1983– 1985 62 15 Chris Beardsley England FW 2002– 2004– 2007– 2016 58 4 Andy Beasley England GK 1984– 1993 109 0 Rhys Bennett England FB 2016– 2018 97 4 Mal Benning England FB 2015– 2021 251 10 Lee Beevers England FB 2012– 2015 110 3 Charlie Bell England MF 1981– 1983 96 14 Kevin Bird England CD 1972– 1983 452 64 Nathan Bishop England GK 2021– 2022 53 0 Neal Bishop England MF 2018– 2020 78 4 Daniel Black England GK 1935– 1939 54 0 Mark Blake England MF 1999– 2001 94 10 Stuart Boam England CD 1966– 1971– 1983 215 4 Hiram Boateng England MF 2022– Present 127 10 Aidy Boothroyd England FB 1993– 1996 121 3 Michael Boulding England FW 1999– 2001– 2008 168 43 George Bowater England FW 1931– 1933 61 28 Jordan Bowery England FW 2020– Present 242 26 Ian Bowling England GK 1995– 2001 196 0 Stuart Brace England WI 1966– 1968 65 30 Don Bradley England FB 1949– 1962 413 6 Louis Briscoe England WI 2008– 2014 201 42 Graham Brown England GK 1969– 1974– 1982 165 0 Simon Brown England FW 2004– 2008 126 23 Reg Bungay England MF 1936– 1939 98 6 Adrian Burrows England FB 1979– 1982 87 6 Jake Buxton England CD 2002– 2008 174 5 George Bytheway England WI 1933– 1936 94 23 Colin Calderwood Scotland CD 1981– 1985 118 2 David Caldwell Scotland FW 1979– 1985 188 64 Keith Cassells England FW 1985– 1989 195 61 Gary Castledine Scotland MF 1991– 1995 76 3 Neville Chamberlain England FW 1985– 1987 76 23 Steve Chambers England FB 1986– 1991 69 0 Adam Chapman Northern Ireland MF 2012– 2013– 2016 52 6 Roy Chapman England FW 1961– 1965 150 88 Sammy Chapman Northern Ireland MF 1956– 1958– 1964 169 42 Steve Charles England MF 1987– 1993 278 47 Harry Charsley England MF 2020– 2022 77 7 Sammy Chessell England FB 1946– 1954 281 7 Iyseden Christie England FW 1996– 1999– 2004 173 51 Trevor Christie England FW 1988– 1991 107 28 Martin Clark Scotland MF 1989– 1992 54 1 Darrell Clarke England MF 1995– 2001 177 27 Ollie Clarke England MF 2020– 2024 152 15 Ray Clarke England FW 1974– 1976 114 59 Chris Clements England MF 2012– 2016 153 11 David Coates England MF 1960– 1964 173 19 Giles Coke England MF 2004– 2007 82 7 John Coleman England FB 1966– 1968 50 1 Simon Coleman England CD 1986– 1990 118 8 Lee Collins England CB 2015– 2017 82 0 Paul Connor England FW 2010– 2012 65 19 Andy Cook England FW 2019– 2021 52 9 Billy Coole England WI 1947– 1954 193 38 Roy Cooling England FW 1947– 1950 68 16 Wayne Corden England WI 2000– 2005 218 38 Brian Cox England GK 1988– 1990 65 0 Harold Crawshaw England FW 1937– 1938 45 27 Charlie Croft England MF 1947– 1950 91 5 Bill Curry England FW 1965– 1968 113 57 Bob Curtis England FB 1977– 1980 87 9 Tom Curtis England MF 2002– 2005 103 2 Alan Daley England WI 1953– 1956 100 26 Colin Daniel England MF 2012– 2014– 2016 86 11 George Darwin England FW 1953– 1957 132 64 Derek Dawkins England FB 1978– 1981 88 0 Stephen Dawson Republic of Ireland MF 2005– 2008 131 4 Rhys Day Wales CD 2002– 2006– 2012 132 14 Lindy Delapenha Jamaica WI 1958– 1961 120 27 John Dempster Scotland CD 2011– 2015 97 7 Ray Devey England MF 1947– 1950 82 4 Luke Dimech Malta CD 2003– 2005 53 1 Craig Disley England MF 1999– 2004 158 16 Dlaryea, Jonathan Jonathan D'Laryea England MF 2005– 2009 153 3 Willie Donaldson Scotland WI 1950– 1952 57 12 John Doolan England MF 1994– 1998 151 14 Ted Dransfield England FB 1934– 1937 85 1 Rob Duffy Wales FW 2008– 2011 85 31 John Dungworth England FW 1982– 1984 65 21 Ross Dyer England FW 2011– 2014 65 13 Terry Eccles England FW 1973– 1977 147 57 Dick Edwards England CD 1966– 1968– 1974 82 2 Frank Elliott England GK 1956– 1958 69 0 Sam Ellis England CD 1971– 1973 67 7 Ernie England England FB 1931– 1935 137 4 Scott Eustace England CD 1995– 1998 110 7 John Fairbrother England FW 1971– 1973 92 43 Wayne Fairclough England MF 1989– 1994 161 13 Des Fawcett England GK 1934– 1936 78 0 Greg Fee England CD 1990– 1993 56 7 Phil Ferns England CD 1966– 1968 63 1 Arthur Fitzsimons Republic of Ireland FW 1959– 1961 68 25 Paul Fleming England FB 1991– 1995 79 0 Aden Flint England CB 2023– Present 93 3 Gary Ford England WI 1990– 1993 98 6 Tony Ford England WI 1996– 1999 116 9 Barry Foster England FB 1971– 1982 343 0 Colin Foster England CD 1971– 1979 241 19 George Foster England CD 1983– 1993 448 3 Oscar Fox England MF 1950– 1958 258 34 Walter Fox England FB 1946– 1950 64 0 Mick Galloway Scotland CD 1983– 1986 62 4 Paul Garner England FB 1984– 1989 139 8 Scott Garner England CD 2008– 2010 56 7 Johnny Gill England CD 1961– 1966 153 0 Jimmy Goodfellow Scotland MF 1967– 1971 117 16 Dave Goodwin England MF 1977– 1980 58 8 Kellan Gordon England FB 2019– 2023 88 2 Mike Graham England FB 1985– 1989 168 2 Kevin Gray England CD 1988– 1994 170 6 Matt Green England FW 2011– 2013– 2016 143 73 Chris Greenacre England FW 1999– 2002 134 58 John Gregson England WI 1964– 1967 82 5 Johnny Grogan Scotland CD 1947– 1952 217 0 Warren Hackett Saint Lucia CD 1995– 1999 130 5 Stewart Hadley England FW 1993– 1998 145 34 Brian Hall England WI 1958– 1965 81 24 Ian Hall England MF 1962– 1968 160 13 CJ Hamilton Republic of Ireland WI 2016– 2020 173 20 Neville Hamilton England MF 1978– 1981 103 5 Matt Hamshaw England WI 2006– 2008 96 7 Steve Harper England FB 1995– 1999 181 19 Ted Harston England FW 1935– 1937 75 85 Bobby Hassell England FB 1997– 2004 180 3 Ian Hathaway England WI 1988– 1991 50 3 Oliver Hawkins England FW 2021– 2023 72 13 Elliott Hewitt England FB 2021– Present 138 3 Kevin Hitchcock England GK 1983– 1988 224 0 Jon Olav Hjelde Norway CD 2005– 2007 66 2 David Hodges England MF 1986– 1991 98 8 Gordon Hodgson England MF 1974– 1979 224 24 Freddie Hogg England FW 1946– 1948 50 9 Paul Holland England MF 1990– 1995 176 29 Ivan Hollett England FW 1958– 1964 107 47 Dave Hollins Wales GK 1966– 1970 126 0 Mick Hopkinson England FB 1968– 1970 56 1 Lee Howarth England CD 1994– 1996 73 2 Anthony Howell England MF 2008– 2009– 2014 118 13 Jack Hughes Wales GK 1937– 1939 81 0 Wilf Humble England FB 1959– 1966 213 2 Alan Humphreys England GK 1964– 1968 64 0 Simon Ireland England WI 1993– 1997 106 12 Alan Jarvis Wales MF 1970– 1973 90 0 Brian Jayes England MF 1956– 1960 125 1 Gareth Jelleyman Wales FB 2004– 2008 144 3 Barry Jepson England FW 1953– 1957 58 38 Harry Johnson England FW 1931– 1936 172 114 Dai Jones Wales FB 1947– 1949 80 0 Dai Jones Wales FW 1967– 1972 140 34 Glyn Jones England FW 1959– 1961 51 19 Luke Jones England CD 2009– 2010– 2013 65 12 Mick Jones England FB 1962– 1966 98 0 Mark Kearney England WI 1982– 1991 303 37 Ray Keeley England WI 1968– 1970 65 11 Stan Keery England MF 1957– 1959 57 17 Davis Keillor-Dunn England MF 2022– 2024 75 29 Kevin Kent England WI 1985– 1991 276 47 Tony Kenworthy England CD 1985– 1989 124 0 David Kerr Scotland MF 1995– 2000 94 4 Otis Khan Pakistan MF 2018– 2020 53 4 Brian Kilcline England CD 1995– 1997 54 3 Reggie Lambe Bermuda MF 2014– 2016 74 10 George Lapslie England MF 2021– 2023 104 23 Colin Larkin Republic of Ireland FW 2002– 2005 106 26 John Lathan England MF 1973– 1976– 1980 117 16 Mick Laverick England MF 1972– 1976 107 18 Jason Law England FW 2015– 2023 52 1 Liam Lawrence Republic of Ireland WI 1999– 2004 153 39 Bob Ledger England WI 1967– 1970 65 18 Jack Lewis England MF 1948– 1953 176 12 Conrad Logan Republic of Ireland GK 2017– 2020 97 0 David Logan England FB 1984– 1987 82 1 Dennis Longhorn England MF 1971– 1974 106 6 Tony Lormor England FW 1998– 2000 84 24 Tony Lowery England MF 1982– 1991 317 27 Noel Luke England FB 1984– 1986 63 11 Jim Lumby England FW 1980– 1982 55 21 Maccaffrey, Jim Jim McCaffrey England WI 1972– 1977 211 27 Maccarter, Jimmy Jimmy McCarter Scotland WI 1948– 1950 72 10 Macclelland, John John McClelland Northern Ireland CD 1978– 1981 149 11 Macdonald, Ian Ian McDonald England MF 1975– 1978 75 11 Macgregor, Willie Willie McGregor Scotland FB 1953– 1956 124 0 Macguire, Jamie Jamie McGuire England FB 2013– 2016 84 3 Macjannet, Les Les McJannet Scotland FB 1979– 1982 83 0 Stephen McLaughlin Republic of Ireland FB 2020– Present 196 18 Alex MacDonald England MF 2016– 2020 123 6 Ian MacKenzie England CD 1975– 1978 92 1 Neil MacKenzie England MF 2002– 2004– 2009 94 7 Mackernon, Craig Craig McKernon England FB 1984– 1990 114 0 Mackinney, Bill Bill McKinney England FB 1966– 1968 59 2 Macloughlin, Paul Paul McLoughlin England FW 1991– 1994 68 10 Brian Macready England FW 1964– 1966 53 13 Arthur Mann Scotland MF 1979– 1982 132 3 Alan Marriott England GK 2008– 2014 220 1 George Maris England MF 2020– Present 210 24 Chris Marron England FW 1952– 1954 56 27 Dennis Martin Scotland MF 1977– 1979 55 3 John Matthews England MF 1982– 1984 84 6 Paul Matthews England MF 1972– 1978 147 8 Nicky Maynard England FW 2019– 2021 56 19 Lindon Meikle England WI 2011– 2014 129 12 Jacob Mellis England MF 2017– 2020 102 5 Ken Mellor England CD 1957– 1959 71 0 Junior Mendes Montserrat MF 2002– 2004 65 14 Harry Middleton England FW 1964– 1966 50 25 Johnny Miller England WI 1976– 1980 133 16 Bobby Mimms England GK 1999– 2001 50 0 Tommy Mitchinson England MF 1965– 1968 84 18 Charlie Mitten England WI 1955– 1958 106 27 Fred Morris England WI 1956– 1958 60 19 Peter Morris England MF 1960– 1968– 1978 365 53 Ernie Moss England FW 1976– 1979 61 21 Carl Muggleton England GK 1999– 2000– 2008 71 0 Johnny Mullins England FB 2006– 2008 97 5 Adam Murray England MF 2001– 2002– 2005– 2015 211 25 Ken Murray England FW 1953– 1957 145 61 Malcolm Murray Scotland FB 1989– 1992 67 0 Gary Nicholson England WI 1981– 1984 132 21 Kyle Nix Australia MF 2009– 2011 55 5 Kevin Noteman England WI 1991– 1995 111 16 Cliff Nugent England WI 1958– 1960 54 8 Rhys Oates England FW 2021– Present 96 22 Harry Oscroft England FW 1946– 1950 121 45 Sid Ottewell England FW 1949– 1952 74 22 Gordon Owen England WI 1987– 1989 62 8 John-Joe O'Toole Republic of Ireland CB 2021– 2024 58 3 Ollie Palmer England FW 2013– 2015 64 7 Steve Parkin England MF 1992– 1996 106 4 Noel Parkinson England MF 1980– 1982 79 17 Malcolm Partridge England FW 1967– 1971 79 25 Sandy Pate Scotland FB 1967– 1978 479 3 Bill Paterson Scotland CD 1937– 1939 72 0 Lee Peacock Scotland FW 1997– 2000 101 32 Krystian Pearce Barbados CB 2015– 2020 217 16 Jason Pearcey England GK 1988– 1995 91 0 Martin Pemberton England FB 2000– 2002 62 5 James Perch England CB 2020– 2023 102 4 Mark Peters Wales CD 1994– 1999 128 10 Brian Phillips England CD 1960– 1963 116 3 Kevin Pilkington England GK 2000– 2005– 2011 200 0 Norman Plummer England CD 1952– 1956 174 5 Brian Pollard England WI 1979– 1981 60 7 Gary Pollard England CD 1984– 1987 86 2 Matt Preston England CB 2018– 2020 72 4 Christy Pym England GK 2023– Present 138 0 Johnny Quigley Scotland MF 1968– 1971 122 2 Stephen Quinn Republic of Ireland MF 2021– Present 179 12 Kevin Randall England FW 1975– 1978 71 21 Farrend Rawson England CB 2020– 2022 81 1 Joe Readman England FW 1931– 1933 75 12 Stuart Reddington England CD 2000– 2003 57 1 Louis Reed England MF 2023– Present 99 2 Ken Reeve England FW 1949– 1954 145 62 Matt Rhead England FW 2011– 2015 135 16 Bill Richardson England FB 1965– 1968 70 0 Martin Riley England CD 2011– 2012– 2015 104 2 Bobby Roberts Scotland MF 1970– 1972 87 5 Dudley Roberts England FW 1967– 1974 230 73 Les Robinson England FB 1984– 1987– 2002 107 0 Sam Robinson England CD 1931– 1934 64 1 Danny Rose England FW 2016– 2021 165 44 Mitch Rose England FB 2015– 2017 60 5 John Rowland England FW 1966– 1968 53 16 Adam Rundle England WI 2004– 2006 57 9 John Ryan England FB 1987– 1989 77 2 Mark Sale England FW 1995– 1997 52 13 John Saunders England CD 1969– 1973 98 2 Keith Savin England FB 1957– 1959 72 0 Mick Saxby England CD 1975– 1979 90 5 Albert Scanlon England WI 1962– 1966 116 24 John Schofield England MF 1997– 1999 98 0 Ben Sedgemore England MF 1995– 1998 84 6 Nick Sharkey Scotland FW 1967– 1970 80 21 Scott Shearer Scotland GK 2015– 2017 53 0 Gary Silk England FB 2008– 2011 131 2 Bill Slack England MF 1932– 1936 131 1 Mark Smalley England CD 1989– 1991 52 2 Adam Smith England WI 2010– 2012 50 8 Matt Somner Wales MF 2008– 2010 70 2 Fred Speed England MF 1936– 1939 114 6 Jake Speight England FW 2009– 2010– 2014 72 27 Steve Spooner England MF 1990– 1993 66 3 Phil Stant England FW 1991– 1994 70 35 Freddie Steele England FW 1949– 1952 62 44 John Stenson England MF 1969– 1972 126 26 Lee Stevenson England MF 2011– 2014 59 17 George Stimpson England FB 1937– 1939 97 0 Ian Stringfellow England FW 1985– 1994 206 38 Mike Stringfellow England WI 1960– 1962 65 12 Ritchie Sutton England FB 2011– 2015 154 0 Will Swan England FW 2022– 2024 78 20 Ryan Sweeney Republic of Ireland CB 2018– 2021 127 7 Dave Syrett England FW 1977– 1979 79 24 Ryan Tafazolli England CD 2012– 2016 118 9 Gary Tallon Republic of Ireland MF 1997– 2000 85 2 Barrie Thomas England FW 1957– 1960 73 49 David Thompson England WI 1970– 1974 148 24 Brian Thomson Scotland WI 1979– 1982 74 2 Colin Toon England FB 1957– 1966 231 1 Colin Treharne Wales GK 1961– 1966 212 0 Jack Turner England WI 1937– 1939 65 9 Dennis Uphill England FW 1956– 1959 84 40 Mick Vinter England FW 1984– 1986 71 10 Ken Wagstaff England FW 1960– 1965 196 106 Clive Walker England FB 1969– 1975 260 10 Johnny Walker Scotland MF 1996– 1999 82 4 Tyler Walker England FW 2018– 2019 50 26 Phil Waller England CD 1968– 1972 187 3 Darren Ward Wales GK 1992– 1995 97 0 Sid Watson England MF 1951– 1961 307 11 Neil Whatmore England FW 1984– 1988 100 24 Andy White England FW 2000– 2004 76 10 Hayden White England FB 2017– 2020 86 2 Jason White England GK 2002– 2009 63 0 Steve Whitehall England FW 1997– 1998 49 26 Steve Whitworth England FB 1983– 1985 94 2 Frank Wignall England FW 1971– 1973 61 16 Steve Wilkinson England FW 1989– 1995 274 91 Bill Williams England CD 1965– 1968 56 1 George Williams England MF 1957– 1962 163 5 Lee Williams England MF 1996– 2002 196 9 Ryan Williams England WI 1995– 1997– 2011 84 6 Lee Williamson Jamaica MF 1999– 2005 166 3 Chris Withe England FB 1990– 1993 84 5 Ian Wood England FB 1975– 1982 173 11 Simon Woodhead England FB 1980– 1985 135 6 Dennis Wright England GK 1946– 1957 399 0 Bob Wyllie Scotland GK 1959– 1962 100 0
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