The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Squad2 Nov 2026
Léon Bell Bell 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Mansfield Town
George Abbott 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Harvey White the difference as Mansfield Town beat Barnsley
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Harvey White. 2‑0 against Barnsley, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market2 Nov 2026
One of our own: Joseph Taylor joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Taylor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Nov 2026
Robert Young steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Young 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
One of our own: Jacob Murray joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Murray is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Nov 2026
Mansfield Town promote Mark Simmons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Simmons 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
200 appearances for Léon Bell Bell
200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Harvey White was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.02. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Squad Harry Lewis signs a new deal
- Player ratings Owen Dodgson beats them one at a time
- Player ratings Elliott Hewitt takes the honours