OLDHAM ATHLETIC. MANSFIELD TOWN: WESLYANS AND STAGS

Here we are, a plethora of goals.....on this day, January 19th in 1952 (70 years ago), Oldham Athletic beat Chester 11-2 at Boundary Park in a Football League Division 3 (North) match. Amazingly Oldham weren't good enough to win promotion that season and Chester weren't bad enough to have to seek re-election. Just two run-of-the-mill teams sharing 13 goals, and having fun - those were the days!

In their second only Football League season, Mansfield Town suffered what is still their record Football League defeat on Thursday 19th January 1933, by losing 1-8 at Walsall in a Third Division (North) encounter. Amazingly just a few matches earlier - on Tuesday 27th December 1932 - they beat Rotherham 2-9 at Field Mill, to record what is still their record League victory. There have been two 7-1 victories since. Present manager? Nigel Clough. Town founded in 1897 as Mansfield Weslyans. They joined the Football League system in 1931, and presently play in EFL 2.

A month between a club recording their long-standing record League win and record League defeat is very much unique! Here are Mansfield's amazing results in season 1932/33, with the sequence of League results around those two matches being very strange; 3-6, 0-3, 9-2, 2-5, 0-6, 2-1, 1-8, 1-3, 2-0, 0-7, 2-5. Crowds were never going to get bored watching them and indeed opposition teams; The Stags were highly entertaining one way or the other. 

Note that the League Division at the time was Third Division North and of course there was another Third Division, in the South.

Tidy stadium. Where is Mansfield?

MANSFIELD TOWN  1932/33  results
Home  Away Season Div P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Pos 1932/33 Div 3N 42 13 4 4 57 22 1 3 17 27 78 35 16th Table
Sat	Aug	27			Div 3 (North)	Chester	Home	Won	1-0
Wed	Aug	31			Div 3 (North)	New Brighton	Away	Lost	0-1
Sat	Sep	3			Div 3 (North)	Barrow	Away	Lost	0-1
Mon	Sep	5			Div 3 (North)	New Brighton	Home	Won	5-0
Sat	Sep	10			Div 3 (North)	Carlisle United	Home	Won	3-1
Sat	Sep	17			Div 3 (North)	York City	Away	Lost	3-4
Sat	Sep	24			Div 3 (North)	Crewe Alexandra	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Oct	1			Div 3 (North)	Rochdale	Away	Lost	1-2
Sat	Oct	8			Div 3 (North)	Southport	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Oct	15			Div 3 (North)	Barnsley	Away	Lost	2-6
Sat	Oct	22			Div 3 (North)	Hull City	Home	Won	2-1
Sat	Oct	29			Div 3 (North)	Doncaster Rovers	Away	Drew	2-2
Sat	Nov	5			Div 3 (North)	Darlington	Home	Drew	3-3
Sat	Nov	12			Div 3 (North)	Stockport County	Away	Drew	2-2
Sat	Nov	19			Div 3 (North)	Gateshead	Home	Lost	1-2
Sat	Nov	26			FAC 1	Walsall	Away	Lost	1-4
Sat	Dec	3			Div 3 (North)	Wrexham	Home	Drew	0-0
Sat	Dec	10			Div 3 (North)	Rochdale	Home	Won	4-1
Sat	Dec	17			Div 3 (North)	Halifax Town	Home	Drew	2-2
Sat	Dec	24			Div 3 (North)	Hartlepools United	Away	Lost	3-6
Mon	Dec	26			Div 3 (North)	Rotherham United	Away	Lost	0-3
Tue	Dec	27			Div 3 (North)	Rotherham United	Home	Won	9-2
Sat	Dec	31			Div 3 (North)	Chester	Away	Lost	2-5
Mon	Jan	2			Div 3 (North)	Accrington Stanley	Away	Lost	0-6
Sat	Jan	7			Div 3 (North)	Barrow	Home	Won	2-1
Thu	Jan	19			Div 3 (North)	Walsall	Away	Lost	1-8
Sat	Jan	21			Div 3 (North)	Carlisle United	Away	Lost	1-3
Sat	Jan	28			Div 3 (North)	York City	Home	Won	2-0
Sat	Feb	4			Div 3 (North)	Crewe Alexandra	Away	Lost	0-7
Sat	Feb	18			Div 3 (North)	Southport	Away	Lost	2-5
Sat	Mar	4			Div 3 (North)	Hull City	Away	Lost	1-4
Sat	Mar	11			Div 3 (North)	Doncaster Rovers	Home	Drew	2-2
Sat	Mar	18			Div 3 (North)	Darlington	Away	Won	3-1
Sat	Mar	25			Div 3 (North)	Stockport County	Home	Lost	1-2
Sat	Apr	1			Div 3 (North)	Gateshead	Away	Lost	2-3
Sat	Apr	8			Div 3 (North)	Walsall	Home	Won	2-0
Mon	Apr	10			Div 3 (North)	Tranmere Rovers	Away	Lost	0-3
Fri	Apr	14			Div 3 (North)	Barnsley	Home	Lost	0-1
Sat	Apr	15			Div 3 (North)	Wrexham	Away	Drew	1-1
Mon	Apr	17			Div 3 (North)	Accrington Stanley	Home	Lost	1-3
Sat	Apr	22			Div 3 (North)	Tranmere Rovers	Home	Won	2-0
Sat	Apr	29			Div 3 (North)	Halifax Town	Away	Lost	1-5
Sat	May	6			Div 3 (North)	Hartlepools United	Home	Won	7-1