The Mansfield Town Sentinel
Squad10 May 2027
Tempers go at Mansfield Town
Mark McGuinness 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Hugo Magallanes 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.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Richard Clarke joins the Mansfield Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Clarke 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
Mark Marshall steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Marshall 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
Mansfield Town promote Timothy Morgan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Morgan 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.
Market10 May 2027
Jonathan Murray steps up from the Mansfield Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Murray 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.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Reece Cole
“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.
The dugout10 May 2027
A promise honoured for Victor Adeboyejo
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Mansfield Town told Victor Adeboyejo something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
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
- Squad The penny has dropped for Omari Forson
- Squad Martín Aguirregabiria is settling
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Mansfield Town