The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Mansfield Town baulk at the price for Hannibal
Burnley wanted more than $11.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Mansfield Town — 7.71
1 for Archie Collins, marked 7.71, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mansfield Town
Archie Collins 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Mansfield Town
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
George Abbott 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Mansfield Town rebuffed over William Osula
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Newcastle United have kept their man, and Mansfield Town go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Steven Bell joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steven Bell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Charles Walker steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Walker 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Stewart steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Stewart 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Alexander Wright joins the Mansfield Town first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Tyler Roberts
- Squad The formation has left Archie Collins behind