Max Dickov

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Mansfield Town
29 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Max Dickov

8 Edition

The Mansfield Town Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Mansfield Town out

Out, 0‑1 to Stevenage, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

A fracture rules Baily Cargill out for 98 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mansfield Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Mansfield Town leave it late against Bolton Wanderers

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 86th, and Bolton Wanderers spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Max Dickov

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

George Abbott, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.97

A mark of 7.97 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad

Nathan Moriah-Welsh in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mansfield Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

George Abbott the difference as Mansfield Town beat Bolton Wanderers

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: George Abbott. 2‑1 against Bolton Wanderers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

Mansfield Town supporters have found a favourite in Joe Gardner

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Joe Gardner has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

Kyle Knoyle gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Mansfield Town Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Baily Cargill breaks a bone — 106 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 106 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words at Mansfield Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nathan Moriah-Welsh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

A bad afternoon for Mansfield Town against Cardiff City

0‑1 to Cardiff City, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Ryan Sweeney

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ryan Sweeney, and the manager let it.

Squad

Carey Bloedorn in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mansfield Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Max Dickov placed on the list

Mansfield Town have made Max Dickov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

3 Edition

The Mansfield Town Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A fracture rules Baily Cargill out for 135 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mansfield Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings

Nathan Moriah-Welsh runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Mansfield Town say no — this time

The offer from Barrow AFC for Deji Oshilaja was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

George Abbott in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mansfield Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Mansfield Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nathan Moriah-Welsh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Rhys Oates the difference as Mansfield Town beat Northampton Town

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rhys Oates. 1‑0 against Northampton Town, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Rhys Oates stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.92 on the card, and the Mansfield Town support went home talking about one name.

Boardroom

No investment in the facilities at Mansfield Town

Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.

Market

No place for Baily Cargill in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Baily Cargill has his answer from Mansfield Town; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

1 Edition

The Mansfield Town Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nathan Moriah-Welsh signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nathan Moriah-Welsh and Mansfield Town agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Nathan Moriah-Welsh falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

49 months and counting on Nathan Moriah-Welsh

Still no offer on the table, and Nathan Moriah-Welsh’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market

Max Dickov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Mansfield Town has been clear about where Max Dickov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Still no ink between Mansfield Town and Dom Dwyer

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Mansfield Town, another week without a signature from Dom Dwyer.

In brief