The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
Pressure builds in the Mansfield Town boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market26 Jun 2028
Nathan Moriah-Welsh puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mansfield Town, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market26 Jun 2028
Mansfield Town turn down Maccabi Haifa for Nathan Moriah-Welsh
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market26 Jun 2028
Business is business: Joe Johnson goes
Melbourne City paid $5.8M and Mansfield Town took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
The terraces26 Jun 2028
A $5.8M sale, and a town that did not want it
Joe Johnson has gone, the accounts have $5.8M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2028
Mansfield Town agree $15.0K for Luke Leahy
The clubs have shaken hands with Wycombe Wanderers; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market26 Jun 2028
Eyes on Léon Bell Bell again
The phone has started ringing about Léon Bell Bell again, and this time the name on the line is Canon Yaounde. Mansfield Town are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2028
Door shut on Tennai Watson
Mansfield Town asked and Rotherham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad26 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Mansfield Town
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nathan Moriah-Welsh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Mansfield Town
- Squad Mansfield Town count the cost of losing George Smith
- Transfer targets Mansfield Town try to borrow Tommy Setford