2016–17_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season

Mansfield Town
2016–17 season
Owner	John Radford
Chief Executive	Carolyn Radford
Manager	Adam Murray; (until 14 November); Steve Evans; (from 16 November)
Stadium	Field Mill
League Two	12th
FA Cup	First round; (vs. Plymouth Argyle)
League Cup	First round; (vs. Blackburn Rovers)
League Trophy	Quarter-final; (vs. Wycombe Wanderers)
Home colours	Away colours
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2016–17 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town 2016–17 football season

The 2016–17 season was Mansfield Town's 120th season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.^[3]

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[20] Following Anthony Dwyer being released, he later signed for Stafford Rangers.^[19]

[23] Following Liam Marsden being released, he later signed for Matlock Town.^[21]

[26] Following Craig Westcarr being released, he later signed for Alfreton Town.^[23]

[29] Following Oscar Gobern being released, he later signed for Ross County

[31] Following Darius Henderson being released, he later signed for Eastleigh

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"Stags add Blades midfielder on loan". Mansfield Town Official Site. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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"Stags finalise loan deal for Posh defender". Mansfield Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	2 July 2016	Rainworth Miners Welfare	A	2–0	Baxendale 6', Yussuf 62'	Report
2	9 July 2016	Clipstone	A	2–2	M. Rose 34', Yussuf 52'	Report
3	9 July 2016	Carlton Town	A	4–3	Benning 30', Green (2) 41', 68', Law 72'	Report
4	13 July 2016	Matlock Town	A	0–0		Report
5	16 July 2016	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	D. Rose 11', Pearce 23'	Report
6	19 July 2016	Hull City	H	0–1		Report
7	23 July 2016	Alfreton Town	A	1–1	Green 5'	Report
8	26 July 2016	Mickleover Sports	A	0–1		Report
9	30 July 2016	Worksop Town	A	3–1	Collins 47', Clements 62', Benning 87'	Report

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
1	6 August 2016	Newport County	A	3–2	2,790	Green 12', D. Rose 66', Hurst 90+3'	Report
2	13 August 2016	Cheltenham Town	H	1–1	2,884	M. Rose 49'	Report
3	16 August 2016	Yeovil Town	H	1–0	2,503	Green 64' (pen)	Report
4	20 August 2016	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	6,795		Report
5	27 August 2016	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	3,996	M. Rose 68', Green 89'	Report
6	3 September 2016	Cambridge United	H	0–0	2,981		Report
7	10 September 2016	Barnet	H	0–1	2,523		Report
8	17 September 2016	Hartlepool United	A	0–0	3,775		Report
9	24 September 2016	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	4,401		Report
10	27 September 2016	Accrington Stanley	A	1–1	1,134	Clements 31'	Report
11	1 October 2016	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	3,831	Hoban 51'	Report
12	8 October 2016	Notts County	H	3–1	5,763	Green (2) 54', 90+1' (pen), Henderson 90+4'	Report
13	15 October 2016	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	2,898	Green 81'	Report
14	22 October 2016	Luton Town	A	1–1	7,787	Green 9'	Report
15	29 October 2016	Stevenage	H	1–2	2,716	Hoban 54'	Report
16	12 November 2016	Portsmouth	A	0–4	16,393		Report
17	19 November 2016	Crawley Town	H	3–1	2,984	Clements (2) 50', 60', Hoban 54'	Report
18	22 November 2016	Blackpool	H	1–0	2,801	D. Rose 90+3'	Report
19	26 November 2016	Carlisle United	A	2–5	4,822	Hoban 6', D. Rose 85'	Report
20	10 December 2016	Colchester United	H	0–0	3,398		Report
21	17 December 2016	Exeter City	A	0–2	3,626		Report
22	26 December 2016	Morecambe	H	0–1	3,237		Report
23	31 December 2016	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–1	5,042	Green 59'	Report
24	2 January 2017	Blackpool	A	1–0	2,948	Green 29'	Report
25	7 January 2017	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	3,040	Arquin 5', Whiteman 48', Bennett 83'	Report
26	14 January 2017	Notts County	A	0–0	11,328		Report
27	21 January 2017	Cambridge United	A	3–1	4,211	Legge 43' (og), Pearce 58', Coulthirst 73'	Report
28	28 January 2017	Leyton Orient	H	2–0	3,925	Whiteman 48', Rose 56'	Report
29	4 February 2017	Barnet	A	2–0	1,859	Whiteman 37', Coulthirst 60' (pen.)	Report
30	11 February 2017	Hartlepool United	H	4–0	4,309	Whiteman (2) 19', 76', Rose 26', MacDonald 71'	Report
31	14 February 2017	Accrington Stanley	H	4–4	3,226	Bennett 33', White 45+2', Coulthirst 63' (pen.), Arquin 89'	Report
32	18 February 2017	Grimsby Town	A	0–3	5,550		Report
33	25 February 2017	Newport County	H	2–1	3,824	Pearce 17', Coulthirst 75' (pen.)	Report
34	28 February 2017	Yeovil Town	A	0–0	2,766		Report
35	4 March 2017	Cheltenham Town	A	0–0	2,941		Report
36	11 March 2017	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2	4,546		Report
37	14 March 2017	Colchester United	A	0–2	2,526		Report
38	18 March 2017	Carlisle United	H	2–0	4,463	Green 63', Coulthirst 76'	Report
39	25 March 2017	Morecambe	A	3–1	1,497	Rose (2) 4', 33', Whiteman 39'	Report
40	1 April 2017	Exeter City	H	1–2	3,878	Benning 38'	Report
41	8 April 2017	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1	9,903		Report
42	14 April 2017	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	4,218	Pearce 13'	Report
43	17 April 2017	Luton Town	H	1–1	4,632	Potter 23'	Report
44	22 April 2017	Stevenage	A	1–0	2,765	Rose 44'	Report
45	29 April 2017	Portsmouth	H	0–1	6,819		Report
46	6 May 2017	Crawley Town	A	2–2	2,635	Rose 12', Whiteman 23'	Report

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Stevenage	46	20	7	19	67	63	+4	67
11	Cambridge United	46	19	9	18	58	50	+8	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	1	1	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Port Vale	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
4	ACA	Derby County U21	3	0	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
R1	30 August 2016	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–2	1,461		Report
R1	4 October 2016	Port Vale	A	1–0	1,025	Green 66'	Report
R1	8 November 2016	Derby County U23	A	3–2	870	Hemmings 2', Henderson 5', Clements 90+3'	Report
R2	6 December 2016	Carlisle United	A	3–2	1,126	Pearce 15', Green 30', Rose 86'	Report
R3	10 January 2017	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	1,343	Hoban (2) 84', 90+2'	Report
QF	24 January 2017	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–2	2,047	Green 34'	Report

2016–17_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season

2016–17 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Results

Pre-season friendlies

League Two

League table

FA Cup

League Cup

EFL Trophy

Northern Group E

Squad statistics

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References

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No.	Pos.	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Scott Shearer	25	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	30	0	2	0
2	DF	Rhys Bennett	46	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	54	2	6	0
3	DF	Mal Benning	45	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	52	1	7	1
4	DF	Lee Collins	35(2)	0	1	0	1	0	4(1)	0	41(3)	0	3	0
5	DF	Krystian Pearce	41	3	1	0	0	0	6	1	48	4	10	0
6	DF	George Taft	9(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10(4)	0	0	0
7	MF	Adam Chapman	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
7	MF	Shaq Coulthirst	15(5)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15(5)	5	1	0
8	MF	Chris Clements	18(2)	3	1	0	1	0	4	1	24(2)	4	4	0
8	MF	Alfie Potter	5(7)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(7)	1	0	0
9	FW	Patrick Hoban	13(8)	4	0	0	0	0	1(2)	2	14(8)	6	2	0
10	FW	Matt Green	31(11)	10	1	0	0(1)	0	2(3)	3	34(15)	13	3	0
11	MF	James Baxendale	3(9)	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	10(9)	0	1	0
12	GK	Brian Jensen	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	MF	Kevan Hurst	12(2)	1	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	12(4)	1	2	0
15	MF	Kyle Howkins	13(3)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	17(3)	0	2	1
16	DF	Hayden White	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	1	0
17	FW	Yoann Arquin	3(9)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5(9)	2	1	0
18	MF	Alex MacDonald	13(5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13(5)	1	2	0
19	MF	Mitch Rose	17(1)	2	1	0	1	1	0(3)	0	19(4)	3	3	0
20	MF	Jack Thomas	0(6)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	2(9)	0	2	0
21	GK	Jake Kean	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	0	1	0
22	MF	CJ Hamilton	13(16)	0	0	0	1	0	5(1)	0	19(17)	0	2	0
23	MF	Ashley Hemmings	10(6)	0	1	1	1	0	4(1)	1	16(7)	2	2	0
24	MF	Jamie McGuire	13(4)	0	1	0	0	0	3(1)	0	17(5)	0	2	0
25	DF	Alex Iacovitti	4(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(4)	0	0	1
26	MF	Joel Byrom	21(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	4	0
27	MF	Oscar Gobern	6(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8(3)	0	3	0
28	MF	Benjamin Whiteman	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	7	2	0
32	FW	Danny Rose	25(12)	9	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	1	26(16)	10	4	1
34	FW	Darius Henderson	3(10)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	2	1	5(11)	2	2	0
36	FW	Jason Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Zayn Hakeem	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
39	FW	Tom Marriott	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Rhys Bennett	Rochdale	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	CM	CJ Hamilton	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	LM	Ashley Hemmings	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2016	CF	Patrick Hoban	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	RW	Kevan Hurst	Southend United	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	SS	Danny Rose	Bury	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	George Taft	Burton Albion	Free transfer	^[10]
3 August 2016	CF	Darius Henderson	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[11]
17 September 2016	CM	Oscar Gobern	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	^[12]
1 January 2017	CF	Yoann Arquin	Syrianska	Free transfer	^[13]
1 January 2017	CM	Joel Byrom	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[14]
31 January 2017	RW	Alex MacDonald	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[15]
31 January 2017	RW	Alfie Potter	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[16]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Chris Beardsley	Free agent	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CM	Matty Blair	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2016	CF	Anthony Dwyer	Stafford Rangers ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	RM	Reggie Lambe	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016	RB	Liam Marsden	Matlock Town ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CB	Ryan Tafazolli	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	CF	Craig Westcarr	Alfreton Town ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[17]
25 July 2016	MF	Joe Fitzpatrick	Worcester City	Free transfer	^[24]
21 October 2016	CB	Corbin Shires	Sheffield	Free transfer	^[25]
1 January 2017	CM	Oscar Gobern	Ross County ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[26]
1 January 2017	CF	Darius Henderson	Eastleigh ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[26]
1 January 2017	CF	Adi Yussuf	Grimsby Town	Released	^[26]
19 January 2017	CM	Chris Clements	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	^[27]
20 January 2017	RM	Mitch Rose	Newport County	Undisclosed	^[28]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2016	CB	Kyle Howkins	West Bromwich Albion	3 January 2017	^[29]
31 August 2016	CB	Alex Iacovitti	Nottingham Forest	End of Season	^[30]
1 January 2017	GK	Jake Kean	Sheffield Wednesday	End of Season	^[31]
1 January 2017	CM	Benjamin Whiteman	Sheffield United	End of Season	^[32]
12 January 2017	RB	Hayden White	Peterborough United	End of Season	^[33]
19 January 2017	CF	Shaq Coulthirst	Peterborough United	End of Season	^[34]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 August 2016	CF		Adi Yussuf	Crawley Town	22 January 2017	^[35]
1 September 2016	CB		Corbin Shires	Bradford Park Avenue	6 October 2016	^[36]