Mansfield Town were formed in 1897 they were called Mansfield Wesleyans and were associated with the Wesleyan church on Bridge Street, the team played in light blue and chocolate stripes and played at a ground on Westfield lane.The first match was played at this ground on 4 September 1897 against Sherwood Foresters and ended in a 2-2 draw. After the formation, in those early days no league was entered, the team played only friendly matches plus the odd local cup tie. By the start of the 1902/3 season the club had decided to enter the Mansfield and District Amateur League and on 6 September 1902 the Club played its first ever league game, a 0-1 defeat at the home of Mansfield Corinthians. Changes were afoot in the summer of 1906, when the M & D A League dropped the 'Amateur' from their title and the hierarchy of the methodists immediately disowned the football club and forbade them from being called Wesleyans. The Club reacted by changing their name to Mansfield Wesley and ceased to have anything to do with the church. Now with a new name and now openly professional Wesley moved into a higher sphere of football and joined the Notts & District League. A creditable 6th position in their first season in the new league against superior opposition than in the previous years showed that the club has indeed progressed. Further evidence of this came from the Notts FA who now transferred them into the Senior Cup competition from the Junior competition of previous years. This season also the Club played in its first ever cup final when they unfortunately lost to great rivals Mansfield Mechanics by a 1-4 scoreline in the Mansfield Hospitals Charity Cup. In the 1909/1910 season the Club entered the FA Cup for the first time. They played in six matches too before being eliminated by local rivals Mansfield Mechanics in the second qualifying round replay. The summer of 1910 saw another important change, when at the AGM it was proposed that the Club change name to either Mansfield Town or Mansfield United. It was thought this benefit the image they were trying to project as the major club in the town. It was put to the vote and MANSFIELD TOWN was accepted as the new name. Mansfield Mechanics, Town's most bitter local rivals objected to this as they thought (probably correctly) that they were the premier team, however, their protest to the FA fell on deaf ears. To further project the new image a change of strip was also accepted and so the following season red shirts and white shorts were worn. We now play in Leauge 2. Our home kit is amber shirts and blue shorts, our away kit this season is light blue shirts and shorts both are made by carlotti. we play our home games at Field Mill which has been our home since the 1st of May 1919. We were accepted into the football Leauge at the start of the 1931/1932 season, our first ever leauge game was at home against Swindon Town, the Stags ran out 3-2 winners. Our greatest achievements were being champions of Division 4 Now Leauge 2 in the 1974/1975 season, being champions of Division 3 now Leauge 1 in the 1976/1977 season. The highest we have been in the football leauge was our 1 and only season in Division 2 now the Championship in the 1977/1978 season. Our current manager is Billy Dearden and under his management we hope to progress as a club and move forward. Our current players are- Jason White: Goalkeeper. Johnny Mullins: Defender. Gareth Jelleyman: Defender. Jonathan D'Laryea: Midfielder. Martin Mcintosh: Defender. Lee Bell: Midfielder. Matthew Hamshaw: Midfielder. Stephen Dawson: Midfielder. John Mcaliskey: Striker. Simon Brown: Striker. Michael Boulding: Striker. Jake Buxton: Defender an captain. Alex John-Baptiste: Defender. Dan Martin: Defender. Nathan Arnold: Midfielder. Ashley Kitchen: Defender. Ian Holmes: Striker. Carl Muggleton: Goalkeeper. Danny Sleath: Midfielder. Rory Boulding: Striker. Danny Reet: Striker. Chris Wood: Midfielder Our main rivals are Chesterfield, our other rivals are Notts County, Lincoln city and Nottingham Forest.
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