19 pictures of Mansfield Town's golden generation of the 1970's, including Rod Arnold, Kevin Bird, Ernie Moss and plenty more
Our latest Mansfield Town retro gallery takes us back to the late 1970’s and what was a golden time the club.
By Stephen Thirkill
Published 1st Jan 2022, 09:44 BST
Updated 19th Apr 2023, 07:36 BST
Stags won the Third Division title on their way to what is now the Championship as some of the club’s most iconic players wrote their names into Mansfield history.
We have 15 pictures of the men who carried the team to glory and a time that will never be forgotten.
Keeper Rod Arnold is led off the field at Wrexham in May 1977. The inspirational shot-stopper, who was named Chad Readers’ Player of the Year that year, was knocked out right on the half-time whistle and remembers nothing of the second half of that famous win. Photo: National World
The Stags players return to training in 1979. Pictured from Left to right are Kevin Bird, John McClelland, Terry Austin, Ian Wood, Steve Taylor, Martin New and Rod Arnold Photo: National World