STAGS RETRO: Looking back at images from 1966

The year 1966, when related to football, tends to by synonymous with England winning the World Cup.

But there was of course lots going on at the lower levels of the game too.

Stags in action against Walsall on a snowy day in January 1966.placeholder image
Stags in action against Walsall on a snowy day in January 1966.

For Mansfield Town, it was a year where they finished the 1965/66 season in 19th place in Division Three of the Football League, avoiding relegation by just two points.

They then began the 1966/67 more positively and would ultimately finish that campaign in ninth place.

Click on our gallery of images from that year to see if any jog your memory.

Do you have a year from which you’d like to see photos of Stags in action? If you do and if you have any images you’d like to send us, get in touch by e-mail at [email protected].

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