The Imps, managed by the Cowly brothers, if you remember their famous cup run in 2017, equalised with a penalty in 75 minutes. Lincoln top the table and Mansfield are 3rd, 10 points behind! The famed cup run by the Imps was the first time that a non-league side had reached the quarter-final round since 1914 when QPR managed the feat. I saw Lincoln beat Burnley 1-0 at home that day.
Here's one I did earlier about MTFC.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/field-mill-mansfield.html
The first match Mansfield played was against the Sherwood Foresters on September 4th 1897, very much a friendly.
The photo above shows the Mansfield Weslyans part of the early days of the club in 1903 (pictured). Their shirts were light blue and chocolate stripes. At this time they played in the Mansfield and District Amateur losing their first ever official game 0-1 to Mansfield Corinthians. Their next game was a 0-13 drubbing by Shirebrook Swifts. The Stags have not lost so heavily since.
In 1906 the word "Amateur" was lost from the League title and as The Stags continued to play in the league they had to drop the "Weslyans" name who did not want to be associated with a professional outfit. The Notts FA also got grumpy about the move from amateur to pro and insisted that the club played in their Senior County Cup.
That season two club officials were forced to resign from the club for signing a new player on the Sabbath, a heinous crime on the day of rest!
In 1910 they changed their name to Mansfield Town. They also changed their colours to red and white and then the First World War started. They had very few successes from then.
They won the 3rd Division in 1976-7 and the 4th Division in 1974-5. They were runners-up in the FA Trophy 2010-1 and won the Football League Trophy in 1986-7. More recently Mansfield Town was relegated out of the Football League in 2007-8 after 77 years, joining the Conference, eventually getting promotion back in 2012-3 with the Conference League Title.
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