Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town was formed under the name of Mansfield Wesleyans in 1897, the name of the club coming from the local Wesleyan church. The club played friendlies up until the 1902–03 season, when it joined the Mansfield and District Amateur League. When the league dropped its amateur tag in 1906, the church abandoned the club, which changed its name to Mansfield Wesley and moved into the Notts and District League.
History of Mansfield Town F.C.
Tow Law Town, who had surprised Mansfield 5–1 the previous year, were dispatched in Round 1. Rotherham were beaten after a replay, and Sheffield United were defeated 2–1. Mansfield came from behind to beat Southend in the Fourth Round, leading to a match with West Ham United. Incredibly, Mansfield won 3–0. West Ham were standing sixth in the First Division and their side featured England's World Cup winners Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst along with youngsters Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking. The game was postponed five times before it finally went ahead on Wednesday 26 February 1969 in front of 21,117 at Field Mill. Mansfield became only the fourth team in club history to knock out clubs from five different leagues in the same competition. They progressed to the quarter final stage where they were unlucky to lose to Leicester City, being stopped from scoring by young keeper Peter Shilton.