2011–12 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 2011-2012 Season of Mansfield Town F.C. is its fourth in the Conference National, following their relegation from the Football League at the end of the 2007–08 season. The club is also competing in the FA Cup and the FA Trophy. The club is playing its home games at Field Mill, after agreeing a new one-year lease with landlord Keith Haslam. It is manager Paul Cox's first season in charge, after replacing previous manager Duncan Russell, whose contract was not renewed in the summer. The Stags' youth team reformed for the 2011-12 season, and is competing in the Football Conference Youth Alliance under-19 league and cup, along with the Midland Youth Cup.

Transfers

Free transfer unless otherwise stated.

In

Date Announced

Player

Previous Club

Contract End

24 May 2011

Lee Stevenson
Lindon Meikle

Eastwood Town

June 2013
June 2012

1 June 2011

Paul Bolland

Macclesfield Town

June 2013

9 June 2011

Matt Bell
Antony Howell

Port Vale
Alfreton Town

June 2012
June 2012

10 June 2011

Ross Dyer †

Forest Green Rovers

June 2012

20 June 2011

Jon Worthington

Bradford City

June 2012

28 June 2011

Andy Todd
Ritchie Sutton

Free Agent
Port Vale

June 2012
June 2012

30 June 2011

Luke O'Neill

Leicester City

June 2012

1 July 2011

Shane Redmond

Chesterfield

June 2012

14 July 2011

Martin Riley

Cheltenham Town

June 2012

18 July 2011

John Thompson

Notts County

June 2013

22 July 2011

Joe Kendrick
Matt Green

Bray Wanderers
Oxford United

June 2012
31 December 2011 (loan)

11 August 2011

Nick Wood

Tranmere Rovers

11 September 2011

19 August 2011

Ben Futcher

Bury

19 November 2011 (loan)

28 October 2011

Louis Moult

Stoke City

28 November 2011 (loan)

4 November 2011

Nick Hegarty
Kieron Freeman

St Mirren
Nottingham Forest

26 December 2011
2 January 2011 (loan)

22 November 2011

John Dempster

Crawley Town

22 February 2012 (loan)

24 November 2011

Nialle Rodney

Bradford City

24 December 2012 (loan)

24 November 2011

Marcus Kelly
Aman Verma

Kettering Town

2 January 2012 (loan)

1 January 2012

Gary Roberts

Port Vale

June 2013

1 January 2012

Matt Green ‡

Oxford United

June 2013

2 January 2012

Ben Hutchinson

Kilmarnock

June 2012

26 January 2012

Paul Edwards

Fleetwood Town

26 February 2012 (loan)

31 January 2012

Sam Craven
Matt Rhead

F.C. New York
Corby Town

June 2012

24 February 2012

Exodus Geohaghon

Darlington

June 2012 (loan)

9 March 2012

Danny Andrew

Cheltenham

June 2012 (loan)

† £6,000 ‡ £20,000

Out

Date Announced

Player

Destination

12 May 2011

Paul Stonehouse
Mark Preece
Niall O'Rafferty
Tyrone Thompson
Kyle Nix

All released on a free transfer.

31 May 2011

Steve Foster
Kevin Sandwith
Dan Spence
Ben Turner
Ashley Cain
Steven Istead
Luke Medley

All released on a free transfer.

7 June 2011

Gary Silk
Paul Hall

Grimsby Town
Left player/assistant manager role.

11 July 2011

Conor Higginson

Sheffield

27 July 2011

Neil Collett

Nuneaton Borough

Danny Mitchley

Nuneaton Borough (on loan until end of season)

7 October 2011

Adam Smith

Aldershot Town (on loan until 7 January)

7 October 2011

Joel Holland
Adam Somes
(Youth Team)

Rainworth Miners Welfare (on loan until 7 November)

11 October 2011

Lee Stevenson

Alfreton Town (on loan until 11 November)

15 November 2011

Tom Naylor

Derby County (on loan until 2 January 2012)

1 December 2011

Paul Connor

Gainsborough Trinity

14 December 2011

Matt Bell

Stafford Rangers (on loan until 14 January 2012)

30 December 2011

Paul Bolland

Harrogate Town (on loan until 30 January 2012)

2 January 2012

Tom Naylor †

Derby County

4 February 2012

Joe Kendrick

Blyth Spartans (on loan until end of season)

16 March 2012

Matt Bell
Sam Craven

Leek Town (on loan until end of season)
Hednesford Town (dual registration)

† £100,000+

Pre-Season

Mansfield prepared for the season with 8 pre-season friendlies, 2 at home and 6 away. Another game with local team Worksop was arranged, but then cancelled. The first-team squad, along with manager Paul Cox and assistant Micky Moore also faced local cricket side Shirebrook CC in a friendly 20/20 game, which was lost.

† = Trialist

Date

Opponents

H / A

Result
F – A

Scorers

Attendance

Notes

12 July 2011

Nuneaton Town

A

1-2

Stevenson 6'

370

15 July 2011

Notts County

H

1-2

Connor 26'

2353 (662)

19 July 2011

Doncaster Rovers

H

0-1

1576 (195)

23 July 2011

Halifax Town

A

1-0

Briscoe 47'

743

26 July 2011

Hednesford Town

A

3-2

Green 51', Briscoe 64' (p), Naylor 71'

310

30 July 2011

Boston United

A

4-1

Murray 1', 81', Briscoe 70' (p), Howell 90'

637 (178)

3 August 2011

Ilkeston

A

4a2

O.G. 4', Green 15', Briscoe 25', 44' (p)

521

Match abandoned after 73 minutes.

6 August 2011

Chasetown

A

4-1

Smith 6', Dyer 21', 31', Flynn† 41'

321

Conference National

Fixtures As On Mansfield Town Website.

Date

Opponents

H / A

Result
F – A

Scorers

Attendance
(away fans)

Position

Notes

13 August 2011

Bath City

H

1-1

Connor 3'

3997 (80)

13

16 August 2011

Gateshead

A

0-3

825 (125)

21

20 August 2011

Braintree Town

A

1-1

Briscoe 47'

875 (212)

18

23 August 2011

Luton

H

1-1

Green 27'

2592 (437)

20

27 August 2011

Kettering Town

H

3-0

Briscoe 11', Green 51', Dyer 64'

2051 (112)

14

29 August 2011

Stockport County

A

1-0

O'Neill 67'

3571 (436)

8

1200 Kick-off

3 September 2011

Darlington

A

2-0

Green 5', 14'

2647 (296)

4

10 September 2011

Newport County

H

5-0

Green 11', Briscoe 33',72' Dyer 56', O'Neill 75'

2324 (121)

3

1715 Kick-off, TV

17 September 2011

Barrow

A

3-2

Green 4' Futcher 29' Meikle 81'

1244 (137)

4

20 September 2011

Telford United

H

1-1

Green 72'

2481 (110)

5

24 September 2011

Kidderminster Harriers

H

0-3

2522 (117)

8

27 September 2011

Wrexham

A

3-1

Wright (O.G.) 41', Green (p) 67', Connor 90+5'

3478 (130)

5

1 October 2011

Forest Green Rovers

A

1-1

Dyer 1'

893 (241)

8

8 October 2011

Grimsby Town

H

2-1

O'Neill 71', Connor 76'

2982 (589)

6

15 October 2011

Southport

H

1-3

Akrigg (O.G.) 76'

2416 (114)

9

18 October 2011

Lincoln City

A

1-1

Green 87'

2944 (981)

9

22 October 2011

Alfreton Town

H

3-2

Green (p) 74', Meikle 87', Todd 90+1'

2982 (320)

8

5 November 2011

Cambridge United

H

1-2

Green 55'

2046 (237)

10

19 November 2011

AFC Telford

A

0-0

2203 (474)

9

26 November 2011

Bath City

A

1-1

Meikle 24'

816 (146)

9

29 November 2011

Gateshead

H

1-1

Dyer 10'

1513 (34)

10

3 December 2011

Braintree Town

H

4-1

Dempster 24', Green 49', 67', Meikle 60'

1790 (32)

8

6 December 2011

Grimsby Town

A

0-0

2553 (140)

9

17 December 2011

Southport

A

1-3

Dempster 48'

1006 (98)

10

26 December 2011

York City

H

1-1

Green 10'

3551 (931)

9

1 January 2012

York City

A

2-2

Green 15', Verma 71'

4284 (498)

9

7 January 2012

Forest Green Rovers

H

1-0

Meikle 64'

2008 (32)

9

21 January 2012

Hayes & Yeading United

H

3-2

Dyer 38', Green 68', Hutchinson 90' (p)

1872 (26)

10

25 January 2012

Luton Town

A

0-0

5261 (111)

10

1930 Kick-off, TV

28 January 2011

Ebbsfleet United

A

3-0

Green 21', Roberts 38', 90+4'

1085 (200)

9

18 February 2012

Newport County

A

0-1

1285 (89)

9

21 February 2012

Darlington

H

5-2

Dempster 14', Green 43', 70', 75' (p), Briscoe 86'

1697 (80)

8

Re-arranged from 4 February.

25 February 2012

Tamworth

H

2-1

Smith 76', Green 87'

2221 (134)

7

3 March 2012

Lincoln City

H

2-1

Dyer 47', Roberts 58'

4830 (627)

6

6 March 2012

Cambridge United

A

2-1

Dyer 10', Briscoe 57'

1738 (165)

5

10 March 2012

Tamworth

A

1-0

Green 13'

1600 (909)

4

13 March 2012

Fleetwood Town

H

1-1

Geohaghon 90'+1'

3132 (104)

4

Re-arranged from 11 February.

17 March 2012

Barrow

H

7-0

Briscoe 9', 17', 67', Howell 28', Meikle 41', Green 54', Rhead 77'

2510 (70)

4

Biggest league win since 1965

20 March 2012

Alfreton Town

A

6-3

Howell 17', 43', Briscoe 31', Green 33', 90', Geohaghon 89'

3354 (1956)

3

Re-arranged from 13 March.

24 March 2012

Fleetwood Town

A

0-2

3106 (480)

3

31 March 2012

Ebbsfleet United

H

1-0

Green 83'

2630 (55)

3

7 April 2012

Kettering Town

A

3-0

Meikle 14', Green 63', Rhead 86'

1818 (877)

3

9 April 2012

Stockport County

H

2-1

Smith 47', Briscoe 53'

3,883 (506)

3

14 April 2012

Hayes & Yeading United

A

3-1

Howell 5', Dyer 67', Green 71'

487

3

No segregation - away support unknown

20 April 2012

Wrexham

H

2-0

Howell 13', Alan Marriott 61'

3,665 (184)

3

1930 Kick-off. TV

28 April 2012

Kidderminster Harriers

A

3-0

Stevenson 56', Briscoe 78', Green 87'

3,565

3

1300 Kick-off

Play-Offs

Date

Round

Opponents

Venue

Result
F - A

Scorers

Attendance

Notes

2 May 2012

Semi-Final 1st leg

York City

Bootham Crescent

1-1

Dyer

6057 (1352)

1930 Kick-off, TV

7 May 2012

Semi-Final 2nd leg

York City

One Call Stadium

0-1
a.e.t.

7295 (1490)

1400 Kick-off, TV
Lost 2-1 on aggregate

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Mansfield achieved their worst result in over 80 years, not progressing past the qualifying rounds for the first time since falling to the non-league.

Date

Round

Opponents

H / A

Result
F - A

Scorers

Attendance

29 October 2011

4th Round (Qualifying)

Fleetwood Town

H

1-1

Dyer 70'

1725 (134)

1 November 2011

4th Round (Qualifying) Replay

Fleetwood Town

A

0-5

1159 (78)

FA Trophy

Mansfield hoped to go one step further than the previous season's disappointment, however the team fell at the first step, an upset away to lower-league opposition.

Date

Round

Opponents

H / A

Result
F - A

Scorers

Attendance

10 December 2011

1st Round

Droylsden

A

1-2

Green 84'

335

Squad statistics

Records as of 28 April 2012. Most Appearances column includes starts and substitute appearances. League fixtures only.

Most Starts

Most Appearances

Most Goals

Alan Marriott

45

3 Players †

45

Matt Green

29

Matt Green

44

Luke O'Neill

43

Louis Briscoe

11

† Ross Dyer, Alan Marriott, Matt Green

¶ Louis Briscoe, Anthony Howell, Ritchie Sutton

Reserve Team

Although Mansfield does not have an official reserve team playing in a league, squads made up of fringe and youth players along with trialists are competing in various non-competitive matches throughout the season. It was later announced that a reserve team would be created with immediate effect, participating in friendlies for the remainder of the 11-12 season.

† = Trialist, ‡ = Youth Team Player

Date

Opponents

H / A

Result
F – A

Scorers

Attendance

Notes

9 July 2011

Rainworth Miners Welfare

A

1-1

Samba† 79'

1005

28 July 2011

Mansfield Town Youth XI

7-0

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

10 October 2011

Solihull Moors

A

1-1

Connor 30'

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

19 October 2011

Doncaster Rovers

A

1-0

Todd 25'

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

25 October 2011

Tamworth

A

1-0

Harris‡ 60'

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

8 November 2011

Northampton Town

A

0-3

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

10 November 2011

Nottingham Forest

A

2-3

Dyer, Day

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

15 November 2011

Eastwood Town

A

2-1

Howell 65', Stevenson 80'

7 December 2011

Eastwood Town

A

4-0

Hutchinson† 14', 23', Flood† 36', O.G. 37'

50

22 December 2011

Solihull Moors

A

1-1

Hutchinson†

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

10 January 2012

Eastwood Town

H

3-0

Hutchinson, Mitchley, Worthington

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

16 January 2012

Northampton Town

A

1a1

Green

N/A

Behind Closed Doors
Abandoned after 75 minutes due to frozen pitch

17 January 2012

Notts County

H

P-P

N/A

Behind Closed Doors
Abandoned due to frozen pitch

28 January 2012

Rainworth Miners Welfare

A

1-1

Harris‡ 13'

102

11 February 2012

Sutton Coldfield Town

A

2-0

Rhead, Stevenson

N/A

Behind Closed Doors

14 February 2012

AFC Telford

A

0-5

263

3 April 2012

Quorn

A

7-2

Rhead 1', 32', Hutchinson 13', Thompson 70', Stevenson 75', 83', Somes 80'

Youth Team

After several years of absence, Mansfield Town's youth team reformed for the 2011–12 season. The under-19 squad is competing in the Northern Section of the Football Conference Youth Alliance, as well as the Midland Youth Cup and the Youth Alliance League Cup. The team is playing its home league matches at Field Mill, while some friendlies were played at the nearby Welfare Ground.

League

  • 10 Teams

Top Scorers

Ranked by league goals.

Rank

Division

Name

League Goals

Cup Goals

Total Goals

1

1

Adam Somes

21

2

23

2

6

Matthew Harris

7

0

7

3

Clayton Brown
Joe Flint

4

1
0

5
4

4

Joel Holland

3

2

5

5

Jobe Shaw

2

0

2

6

Scott Rogers
Jack Hawkins
Blake Vincent

1

1
0
0

2
1
1

Fixtures

  • Home Games in BOLD

Date

Fixture Type

Opponents

Result

Scorers

League Position

16 July 2011

Friendly

Matlock Town

5-0

20 July 2011

Friendly

Retford United

11-0

Brown, Chambers, Flint (2), Harris (2), Holland, Munn (2), Somes (2)

28 July 2011

Friendly

Mansfield Town Reserve XI

0-7

2 August 2011

Friendly

Rainworth MW

5-0

Brown, Somes, Williams (2), Villums

6 August 2011

Friendly

Chasetown

5-3

Flint, Hawkins, Somes (3)

10 August 2011

Friendly

Pinxton

0-1

15 August 2011

Friendly

Notts Representative XI

4-0

Flint, Somes (3)

17 August 2011

Friendly

Oadby Town

4-1

19 August 2011

Friendly

Boston United

3-1

21 August 2011

Friendly

Newark Town

5-0

Chambers, Coupe, Harris (2), Munn

24 August 2011

Friendly

Blidworth

10-1

Barke, Chambers, Flint, Hawkins, Rogers, Somes (5)

14 September 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

MMU Newcastle

5-1

Flint, Holland, Somes (3)

1

28 September 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Ilkeston

2-2

Somes (2)

2

4 October 2011

Midland Youth Cup
1st Round

Lincoln City

0-4

12 October 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Birmingham City Blues

1-1

Somes

5

26 October 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

FC Halifax Town

4-1

Holland, Somes (3)

4

2 November 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Gateshead

3-1

Brown, Holland, Somes

3

9 November 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Stalybridge Celtic

5-1

Brown, Flint (2), Hawkins, Somes

2

16 November 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Newcastle Town

7-0

Brown (2), Rogers, Somes (4)

1

23 November 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Boston United

1-1

Vincent

2

30 November 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Fleetwood Town

1-0

Flint

2

7 December 2011

Youth Alliance (North)

Fleetwood Town

P-P

2

14 December 2011

Youth Alliance Cup
1st Round

Boston United

3-2

Brown, Rogers, Somes

11 January 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

MMU Newcastle

2-1

Harris, Shaw

1

18 January 2012

Youth Alliance Cup
2nd Round

MMU Newcastle

1-1

Holland
Won 4-3 on Penalties

25 January 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Ilkeston

4-4

Harris, Shaw, Somes (2)

1

1 February 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Birmingham City Blues

3-1

Harris (3)

1

8 February 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

FC Halifax Town

P-P

1

22 February 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Gateshead

1-1

Somes

1

27 February 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Fleetwood Town

P-P

1

29 February 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Stalybridge Celtic

3-1

Harris (2), Somes

1

7 March 2012

Youth Alliance Cup
3rd Round

Birmingham City Whites

2-4

Holland, Somes

14 March 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Newcastle Town

0-2

1

21 March 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Boston United

1-1

Somes

3

26 March 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

Fleetwood Town

1-4

Somes

3

4 April 2012

Youth Alliance (North)

FC Halifax Town

P-P

3

TBA

Youth Alliance (North)

FC Halifax Town