The Mansfield Town Sentinel
The dugout31 May 2027
Stephen McLaughlin says Mansfield Town went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at Mansfield Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Léon Bell Bell 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.
Squad31 May 2027
Words exchanged at Mansfield Town
Ryan Sweeney and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market31 May 2027
Nicholas Collins steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Collins has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market31 May 2027
One of our own: Adam Reid joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 May 2027
Mansfield Town promote Matthew Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matthew Mitchell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market31 May 2027
Jacob Williams steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacob Williams has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout31 May 2027
Harry Lewis 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
Luis Mena knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Luis Mena trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Louis Reed
- Squad Word from the training ground: Harvey White
- Squad Louis Bonser back in training