Mansfield Town FC · History

Mansfield Town Football Club is an English soccer club from the city of Mansfield. It was founded in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans but it was not until 1910 that it adopted the name Mansfield Town.
They were promoted from the fourth division under Ian Greaves in 1985-86, and won the Football League trophy in 1986-87. However, Mansfield were relegated in 1991 and were promoted again in 1991-92, only to suffer immediate relegation the following season. They were promoted again in 2001-02, but were relegated to League Two in 2003 and lost their Football League status with a further relegation in 2008. They spent five seasons in the Conference until they were promoted back to the Football League after winning the Conference in 2012-13 following investment by the club's new owner, John Radford.