Mansfield Town F.C.

Early years

Mansfield Town was formed under the name of Mansfield Wesleyans in 1897, the name of the club coming from the local Wesleyan church. The club played friendlies up until the 1902–03 season, when it joined the Mansfield and District Amateur League. When the league dropped its amateur tag in 1906, the church abandoned the club, which changed its name to Mansfield Wesley and moved into the Notts and District League. In the summer of 1910, despite having lost the previous season to Mansfield Mechanics in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, the team changed its name to Mansfield Town (much to the disgust of the Mechanics). In the following years, Mansfield Town swapped between the Notts and District League, Central Alliance League and Notts and Derbyshire League, before World War I brought a halt to proceedings. After the war, Mansfield became occupants of the Field Mill ground, after Mansfield Mechanics failed to pay their rent. In 1921, the club was admitted into the Midland Counties League, and celebrated by reaching the sixth qualifying round of the FA Cup twice in a row. The club won the league in 1923–24 and was the runner-up the following season, but on both occasions failed to win election to the Football League. In 1928–29, Mansfield won the Midland League again, but more famously reached the fourth round proper of the FA Cup, losing 2–0 to First Division club Arsenal, after a cup run which saw them beat Second Division side Wolverhampton…

Sources: League

Third Division (level 3) Champions: 1976–77 Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4) Champions: 1974–75 3rd place promotion: 1985–86, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2023–24 4th place promotion: 1962–63 Conference (level 5) Champions: 2012–13 Midland League Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29 Central Alliance Champions: 1919–20 Cup

Associate Members' Cup Winners: 1986–87 FA Trophy Runners-up: 2010–11