The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Squad11 Sep 2028
The knee: Alexander Gugushvili out for 113 days
113 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Mansfield Town lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market11 Sep 2028
Tyler Roberts wants more than Mansfield Town are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad11 Sep 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.
Transfer targets11 Sep 2028
Mansfield Town rebuffed over Jacob Parsons
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Wigan Athletic have kept their man, and Mansfield Town go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Andrew Hall steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Hall 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Mansfield Town promote Thomas Harris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Harris 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Mansfield Town promote Jason Roberts from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Roberts 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Words exchanged at Mansfield Town
Jay Williams 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.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Mansfield Town are still learning each other
- The dugout Mansfield Town keep their word to Amos Nondi
- The dugout Luke Bolton knocks on the manager’s door