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.
Here we have plenty of pictures of the men who carried the team to glory and a time that will never be forgotten.
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5. Kevin Randall
Kevin Randall tries his luck against Reading in Nov 1976. Photo: National World
6. Out for the count
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
7. A return to training in 1979
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
8. Moss heads home
Ernie Moss rising above the Shrews’ defence to meet a cross with a powerful header in 1978. Photo: National World