The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Squad10 May 2027
Words at Mansfield Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Édouard Dupuy 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.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Michael Smith
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Andrew Butler joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrew Butler is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 May 2027
Daniel Taylor steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Taylor 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.
Market10 May 2027
Alexander Cooper steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Cooper 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.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Michael Hamilton joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Hamilton is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 May 2027
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.
The dugout10 May 2027
Nathan Moriah-Welsh gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nathan Moriah-Welsh is on it.
The dugout10 May 2027
Ryan Sweeney knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Mansfield Town, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Luke Bolton
- Squad Lessons booked for Daniel Molina at Mansfield Town
- Squad Lamare Bogarde is starting to look at home