1964–65 Mansfield Town F.C. season
# 1964–65 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1964–65 season was Mansfield Town's 28th season in the Football League and 4th in the Third Division, they finished in 3rd position with 59 points, missing out on promotion on goal average to Bristol City.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 39 | 2.282 | 61 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 61 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Chelsea | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 89 | 54 | 1.648 | 56 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 69 | 60 | 1.150 | 49 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 47 | |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 45 | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 44 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 43 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 82 | 71 | 1.155 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 83 | 79 | 1.051 | 42 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 | 42 | |
| 12 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 42 | |
| 13 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 41 | |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 70 | 65 | 1.077 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 64 | 74 | 0.865 | 37 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 57 | 82 | 0.695 | 37 | |
| 17 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 35 | |
| 18 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 85 | 0.812 | 35 | |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 35 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 78 | 0.769 | 34 | |
| 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 59 | 89 | 0.663 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Birmingham City (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 64 | 96 | 0.667 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |

* ↑ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.
* ↑ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the Cup Winners' Cup winners.

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Carlisle United | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 76 | 53 | 1.434 | 60 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Bristol City | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 92 | 55 | 1.673 | 59 | Promoted |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 95 | 61 | 1.557 | 59 | |
| 4 | Hull City | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 57 | 1.596 | 58 | |
| 5 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 55 | 1.509 | 57 | |

## Results

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 August 1964 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–4 | 10,701 | Morris |
| 2 | 24 August 1964 | Brentford | H | 4–1 | 11,426 | Chapman, Anderson, Scanlon, Wagstaff |
| 3 | 29 August 1964 | Oldham Athletic | H | 4–1 | 9,346 | Morris, Wagstaff, Hollett, Macready |
| 4 | 31 August 1964 | Brentford | A | 0–1 | 10,592 | |
| 5 | 5 September 1964 | Exeter City | A | 3–2 | 8,357 | B Hall, Cooper (2) |
| 6 | 7 September 1964 | Colchester United | H | 0–1 | 11,574 | |
| 7 | 12 September 1964 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | H | 0–0 | 7,621 | |
| 8 | 14 September 1964 | Colchester United | A | 1–0 | 3,544 | Scanlon |
| 9 | 19 September 1964 | Peterborough United | A | 5–4 | 10,526 | Scanlon, Chapman (2), Macready, Wagstaff |
| 10 | 26 September 1964 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–2 | 10,620 | Chapman, Macready |
| 11 | 28 September 1964 | Port Vale | H | 2–2 | 10,709 | Scanlon, Graham |
| 12 | 3 October 1964 | Scunthorpe United | H | 3–2 | 7,911 | Chapman (2), Wagstaff |
| 13 | 5 October 1964 | Port Vale | A | 2–2 | 4,247 | B Hall, Cooper |
| 14 | 10 October 1964 | Watford | A | 1–3 | 8,044 | Wagstaff |
| 15 | 12 October 1964 | Luton Town | H | 2–0 | 8,083 | Wagstaff, Bramwell (o.g.) |
| 16 | 17 October 1964 | Workington | H | 3–5 | 7,227 | Cooper, Scanlon, I Hall |
| 17 | 21 October 1964 | Luton Town | A | 1–1 | 2,874 | Anderson |
| 18 | 24 October 1964 | Hull City | A | 1–1 | 8,482 | Hollett |
| 19 | 26 October 1964 | Barnsley | H | 4–3 | 8,245 | Anderson, Wagstaff, Graham, Swallow (o.g.) |
| 20 | 31 October 1964 | Gillingham | H | 3–1 | 7,073 | I Hall, Wagstaff, Graham |
| 21 | 3 November 1964 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–1 | 5,463 | Wagstaff |
| 22 | 7 November 1964 | Bristol City | A | 1–1 | 9,653 | Scanlon |
| 23 | 28 November 1964 | Reading | H | 2–1 | 6,480 | Middleton, Kerr (o.g.) |
| 24 | 12 December 1964 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–0 | 4,783 | Gregson, Chapman, Morris |
| 25 | 19 December 1964 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | 6,310 | Chapman |
| 26 | 26 December 1964 | Walsall | A | 1–2 | 6,898 | Middleton |
| 27 | 28 December 1964 | Walsall | H | 2–0 | 5,201 | Middleton, Chapman |
| 28 | 2 January 1965 | Exeter City | H | 2–1 | 6,678 | Middleton (2) |
| 29 | 16 January 1965 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A | 0–2 | 5,284 | |
| 30 | 30 January 1965 | Southend United | A | 4–1 | 5,360 | Scanlon, Tyrer, I Hall, Middleton |
| 31 | 6 February 1965 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–1 | 6,564 | Macready |
| 32 | 12 February 1965 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1–0 | 6,115 | Curry |
| 33 | 20 February 1965 | Watford | H | 3–0 | 6,180 | Middleton, I Hall, Curry |
| 34 | 26 February 1965 | Workington | A | 5–1 | 4,414 | Curry (3), Middleton (2) |
| 35 | 13 March 1965 | Gillingham | A | 0–0 | 11,849 | |
| 36 | 15 March 1965 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 8–1 | 9,168 | Curry (3), Middleton (3), Morris, Gregson |
| 37 | 20 March 1965 | Bristol City | H | 3–0 | 9,434 | Middleton (2), Curry |
| 38 | 26 March 1965 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–2 | 5,400 | |
| 39 | 29 March 1965 | Peterborough United | H | 0–0 | 15,346 | |
| 40 | 3 April 1965 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–0 | 8,984 | Morris |
| 41 | 5 April 1965 | Southend United | H | 6–1 | 11,850 | Curry (4), Morris, Anderson |
| 42 | 10 April 1965 | Reading | A | 1–2 | 5,406 | Curry |
| 43 | 17 April 1965 | Hull City | H | 2–1 | 19,500 | Middleton (2) |
| 44 | 19 April 1965 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 | 13,832 | Curry, Macready |
| 45 | 20 April 1965 | Carlisle United | A | 0–3 | 18,764 | |
| 46 | 24 April 1965 | Barnsley | A | 3–2 | 6,860 | Macready (2), Morris |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 14 November 1964 | Oxford United | A | 1–0 | 9,765 | I Hall |
| R2 | 5 December 1964 | Newport County | A | 0–3 | 5,304 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 | 23 September 1964 | Manchester City | A | 5–3 | 8,789 | Chapman 23', 47', Wagstaff 24', Tyrer 44', Macready 53' |
| R3 | 14 October 1964 | Coventry City | A | 2–3 | 12,387 | Wagstaff, Scanlon |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1964–65 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Alan Humphreys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| GK | Colin Treharne | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Gill | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Hall | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| DF | Wilf Humble | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Nelson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Bill Poynton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Toon | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| MF | Gerry Graham | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| MF | Ian Hall | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| MF | Mick Jones | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| MF | Peter Morris | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
| MF | Alan Tyrer | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| FW | Geoff Anderson | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| FW | Roy Chapman | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 |
| FW | Jim Cooper | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| FW | Bill Curry | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 |
| FW | Charlie Govan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | John Gregson | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| FW | Ivan Hollett | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| FW | Brian Macready | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| FW | Harry Middleton | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16 |
| FW | Albert Scanlon | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 |
| FW | Ken Wagstaff | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 |
| – | Own goals | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 |
