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{{Infobox football club season
|club=[[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]
|season= 1970–71
|manager=[[Jock Basford]]
|league=[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]
|league result=[[1970–71 Football League#Third Division|7th]] 
|cup1=[[FA Cup]]
|cup1 result=[[1970–71 FA Cup|Second Round]]
|cup2=[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
|cup2 result=[[1970–71 Football League Cup|Second Round]]
|prevseason= [[1969–70 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1969–70]]
|nextseason= [[1971–72 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1971–72]]
}}
The [[1970–71 Football League|1970–71 season]] was [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]'s 34th season in [[English Football League|the Football League]] and 10th in the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]], they finished in 7th position with 51 points.<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>

==Final league table==
{{main|1970–71 Football League#Third Division}}
{{:1970–71 Football League|transcludesection=Third Division|only_totals=y|showteam=MAN}}

==Results==
===Football League Third Division===
{{main|1970–71 Football League}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|1||15 August 1970||[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]||A||2–1||8,147||[[John Stenson|Stenson]], [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|2||22 August 1970||[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]||H||1–0||8,119||[[John Napier (footballer)|Napier]] (o.g.)
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|3||28 August 1970||[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]||A||2–5||5,836||[[Malcolm Partridge|Partridge]] (2)
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|4||31 August 1970||[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]||A||1–0||30,862||[[Malcolm Partridge|Partridge]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|5||4 September 1970||[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]||H||1–5||10,054||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|6||12 September 1970||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||A||4–2||7,408||[[John Stenson|Stenson]] (2), [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]], [[Alan Williams (footballer, born 1938)|Williams]] (o.g.)
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|7||19 September 1970||[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]||H||1–1||7,185||[[Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938)|Goodfellow]] 
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|8||26 September 1970||[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]||A||2–2||4,706||[[Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938)|Goodfellow]], [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|9||28 September 1970||[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]||H||2–0||8,121||[[Clive Walker (footballer, born 1945)|Walker]], [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|10||3 October 1970||[[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]||H||3–2||7,038||[[John Stenson|Stenson]] (2), [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|11||10 October 1970||[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]||A||1–2||12,452||[[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|12||14 October 1970||[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]||H||2–2||6,912||[[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]], [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|13||17 October 1970||[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]||H||2–1||6,912||[[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]], [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|14||20 October 1970||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||A||0–2||12,307||
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|15||24 October 1970||[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]||H||0–0||6,310||
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|16||30 October 1970||[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]||A||1–4||3,194||[[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|17||7 November 1970||[[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]||H||3–2||5,549||[[John Stenson|Stenson]], [[Stuart Boam|Boam]], [[Bobby Roberts (footballer)|B Roberts]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|18||9 November 1970||[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]||H||1–1||7,737||[[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|19||14 November 1970||[[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]||A||0–0||5,596||
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|20||28 November 1970||[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]||A||1–1||5,706||[[Bobby Roberts (footballer)|B Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|21||5 December 1970||[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]||H||1–0||8,501||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|22||19 December 1970||[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]||A||0–2||6,524||
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|23||26 December 1970||[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]||H||1–2||5,939||[[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|24||2 January 1971||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||A||2–2||16,474||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]] (2)
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|25||9 January 1971||[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]||A||0–2||4,412||
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|26||16 January 1971||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||H||4–1||6,355||[[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]] (2), [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[Lindsay Parsons|Parsons]] (o.g.)
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|27||23 January 1971||[[Bury F.C.|Bury]]||A||0–0||3,585||
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|28||30 January 1971||[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]||H||5–3||4,360||[[Clive Walker (footballer, born 1945)|Walker]], [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|29||6 February 1971||[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]||A||0–0||9,373||
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|30||13 February 1971||[[Bury F.C.|Bury]]||H||1–0||4,631||[[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|31||20 February 1971||[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]||A||1–2||7,650||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|32||27 February 1971||[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]||H||6–2||4,326||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]] (4), [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]], [[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|33||6 March 1971||[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]||A||0–1||4,508||
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|34||9 March 1971||[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]||A||1–0||3,364||[[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|35||13 March 1971||[[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]||H||0–0||5,710||
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|36||15 March 1971||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||H||2–2||13,181||[[John Stenson|Stenson]], [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|37||20 March 1971||[[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]||A||1–0||6,667||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|38||27 March 1971||[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]||A||0–0||8,925||
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|39||3 April 1971||[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]||H||1–1||4,289||[[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Jones]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|40||10 April 1971||[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]||A||0–1||5,292||
|-style="background: #FFFFCC;"
|41||12 April 1971||[[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]||A||1–1||3,898||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|42||13 April 1971||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||H||2–0||5,400||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]] (2)
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|43||17 April 1971||[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]||H||3–1||7,185||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]] (2), [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]]
|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"
|44||24 April 1971||[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]||A||0–4||5,271||
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|45||26 April 1971||[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]||H||2–0||9,655||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]]
|-style="background: #CCFFCC;"
|46||1 May 1971||[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]||H||2–0||4,251||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Thompson]]
|}

===FA Cup===
{{Main|1970–71 FA Cup}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers
|-style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"
|R1||21 November 1970||[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]||H||2–0||6,825||[[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[John Stenson|Stenson]]
|-style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"
|R2||12 December 1970||[[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]||A||0–3||7,656||
|}

===League Cup===
{{Main|1970–71 Football League Cup}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers
|-style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"
|R1||19 August 1970||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||H||6–2||11,092||[[John Stenson|Stenson]] (2), [[Dudley Roberts|D Roberts]], [[Malcolm Partridge|Partridge]] (3)
|-style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"
|R2||8 September 1970||[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]||H||0–0||12,559||
|-style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"
|R2 Replay||22 September 1970||[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]||A||2–3||31,087||[[John Stenson|Stenson]], [[Jimmy Sutton|Sutton]]
|}

==Squad statistics==
* Squad list sourced from {{ENFA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.
!rowspan="2"|Name
!colspan="2" width="85"|League
!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup
!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup
!colspan="2" width="85"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rod Arnold]]
|17||0||0||0||0||0||17||0
|-
|align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Brown (footballer, born 1944)|Graham Brown]]
|19||0||1||0||2||0||22||0
|-
|align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Des Finch]]
|2||0||1||0||0||0||3||0
|-
|align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim Herriot]]
|5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mick Rose]]
|3||0||0||0||1||0||4||0
|-
|align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Boam]]
|38||1||2||0||1||0||41||1
|-
|align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Pate]]
|46||0||2||0||3||0||51||0
|-
|align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Saunders (footballer)|John Saunders]]
|29||0||0||0||2||0||31||0
|-
|align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Clive Walker (footballer, born 1945)|Clive Walker]]
|46||2||2||0||3||0||51||2
|-
|align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Waller (footballer)|Phil Waller]]
|34(3)||0||2||0||3||0||39(3)||0
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938)|Jimmy Goodfellow]]
|15(4)||2||2||0||1||0||18(4)||2
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Alan Jarvis]]
|12||0||0||0||0||0||12||0
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Quigley]]
|16||0||0||0||3||0||19||0
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Roberts (footballer)|Bobby Roberts]]
|39||2||2||0||0||0||41||2
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Stenson]]
|45||12||2||1||3||3||50||16
|-
|align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Sutton]]
|11(2)||0||2||0||3||1||16(2)||1
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Bingham (English footballer)|John Bingham]]
|4(1)||0||0||0||0||0||4(1)||0
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jantzen Derrick]]
|2(1)||0||0||0||0||0||2(1)||0
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)|Dai Jones]]
|39(2)||9||0(1)||0||3||0||42(3)||9
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Malcolm Partridge]]
|5||3||0||0||2||3||7||6
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dudley Roberts]]
|45||22||2||1||3||1||50||24
|-
|align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)|Dave Thompson]]
|34||8||2||0||0||0||36||8
|-
|align="left"|–||align="left"|[[Own goal]]s
|–||3||–||0||–||0||–||3
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
;General
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1723&teamTabs=results Mansfield Town 1970–71] at soccerbase.com ''(use drop down list to select relevant season)''

;Specific
{{Reflist}}

{{Mansfield Town F.C. seasons}}
{{1970–71 in English football}}

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[[Category:Mansfield Town F.C. seasons]]
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