Mansfield Town results for the 1979-1980 season

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English Division Three (old) 1979-1980
No	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Pos	Pt
1	18.08.1979	Chesterfield	home	W3-2	6	2
2	21.08.1979	Rotherham United	away	L1-2	11	2
3	25.08.1979	Exeter City	away	L1-2	16	2
4	01.09.1979	Hull City	home	D1-1	16	3
5	08.09.1979	Barnsley	away	L0-1	21	3
6	15.09.1979	Oxford United	home	W1-0	15	5
7	18.09.1979	Colchester United	away	L1-2	20	5
8	22.09.1979	Sheffield United	home	L3-4	22	5
9	29.09.1979	Reading	away	L0-1	24	5
10	01.10.1979	Colchester United	home	L0-1	24	5
11	06.10.1979	Sheffield Wednesday	away	D0-0	24	6
12	08.10.1979	Rotherham United	home	W5-1	21	8
13	13.10.1979	Bury	home	W1-0	21	10
14	20.10.1979	Millwall	away	D2-2	19	11
15	23.10.1979	Carlisle United	away	D1-1	18	12
16	27.10.1979	Gillingham	home	W2-0	15	14
17	03.11.1979	Chesterfield	away	L0-2	19	14
18	06.11.1979	Carlisle United	home	W2-1	16	16
19	10.11.1979	Swindon Town	home	D1-1	15	17
20	17.11.1979	Chester City	away	L0-1	18	17
21	01.12.1979	Blackpool	home	D1-1	18	18
22	08.12.1979	Grimsby Town	away	L1-2	20	18
23	21.12.1979	Plymouth Argyle	home	D0-0	19	19
24	26.12.1979	Blackburn Rovers	away	D0-0	19	20
25	29.12.1979	Exeter City	home	L0-1	20	20
26	12.01.1980	Hull City	away	L1-3	21	20
27	26.01.1980	Wimbledon	home	D1-1	21	21
28	02.02.1980	Oxford United	away	L1-3	22	21
29	09.02.1980	Sheffield United	away	L0-1	21	21
30	16.02.1980	Reading	home	D2-2	22	22
31	23.02.1980	Bury	away	W2-0	22	24
32	01.03.1980	Millwall	home	W1-0	22	26
33	08.03.1980	Gillingham	away	L0-2	22	26
34	10.03.1980	Brentford	home	D0-0	21	27
35	15.03.1980	Sheffield Wednesday	home	D1-1	22	28
36	17.03.1980	Southend United	away	D1-1	21	29
37	22.03.1980	Swindon Town	away	L1-2	21	29
38	29.03.1980	Chester City	home	W2-1	19	31
39	01.04.1980	Plymouth Argyle	away	D0-0	19	32
40	05.04.1980	Blackburn Rovers	home	L0-1	21	32
41	07.04.1980	Brentford	away	L0-2	22	32
42	12.04.1980	Southend United	home	W3-1	22	34
43	14.04.1980	Barnsley	home	L1-4	22	34
44	19.04.1980	Blackpool	away	D1-1	22	35
45	26.04.1980	Grimsby Town	home	D0-0	22	36
46	03.05.1980	Wimbledon	away	L2-3	23	36

English FA Cup 1979-1980
Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Info
24.11.1979	r1	Blyth Spartans	away	W2-0
15.12.1979	r2	Doncaster Rovers	away	W2-1
05.01.1980	r3	Brighton and Hove A	home	L0-2

English League Cup 1979-1980
Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Info
11.08.1979	r1-1	York City	home	W1-0
14.08.1979	r1-2	York City	away	L2-3	aet (3-3)
(Mansfield Town won on away goals)
29.08.1979	r2-1	Reading	away	L3-4
04.09.1979	r2-2	Reading	home	W4-2	aet (7-6)
25.09.1979	r3	Queens Park Rangers	home	L0-3