Amidst the news of a call-up for the upcoming Nations League matches, to the Northern Ireland squad, for Mansfield Town goalkeeper Christy Pym, we take a look at the career of a former Stag who, during the 1980s, not only appeared for them, but created a unique piece of footballing history – Belfast-born defender, John…
There has been a shock, international call-up this week, involving a fan favourite at Mansfield Town, 29-year-old shot-stopper, Christy Pym, having received the call from Northern Ireland boss, Michael O’Neill. It’ll be the first taste of senior, international football, for the Exeter-born goalkeeper, who qualifies for Northern Ireland due to his grandmother having been born…
Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side are currently giving the fans something to remember, not since the mid-seventies have they done what the current side is at this level, win five-in-a-row. The last time the Stags put together that sequence, in English football’s third tier, was in the latter stages of the 1975-76 season, when closing…
As autumn and winter collide, and the cold snap certainly beckons, so the football season is seen to be in full swing, and with it, Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town on a Sky Bet League One campaign. It’s a campaign that’s started reasonably well thus far for the Stags, sitting fifth place in the league as…
Mansfield Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley (16.04.2024) EFL League Two At the fourth attempt in recent years, the Stags have been promoted, yes promoted, to the third tier of English football, for the first time since appearing in the old Second Division, in 2002-03. A lot has changed in Mansfield in the past two decades, back…
MK Dons 1-4 Mansfield Town (13.04.24) EFL League Two The title may be gone, congratulations to Stockport County or Wrexham, but automatic promotion for EFL League Two Nigel Clough’s often-free-scoring Stags is still, very much on the cards, and that was helped in their huge, come-from-behind win, away to fellow promotion hopefuls, MK Dons, at…
The title race in EFL League Two is certainly a rollercoaster ride this season, and Mansfield Town, despite a recent dip in form, are still in the thick of it all. Not that long ago Stags boss Nigel Clough and his charges hit top spot ahead of the run-in and all was looking rosy at…
Eight games remaining, four points clear at the top of the EFL League Two and Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side are aiming to not only gain promotion, but maybe even lift that league title (their first since winning the Conference/National League, in 2013) on the way to doing so. Seven wins in their last ten…
Newport County 0-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 02.03.24 Nigel Clough’s charges continued their march in the upper echelons of Sky Bet League Two after Mansfield Town ground out another win, away to fellow promotion-chasers Newport County, on Saturday afternoon. The only goal of the game at Rodney Parade came five minutes into the second…
Mansfield Town 5-1 Salford City (EFL League Two) 24.02.24 Albeit on goal-difference, the Sky Bet EFL League Two has new leaders in the shape of Mansfield Town following another, goal-scoring masterclass, at the One Call Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Hosting sixth-bottom Salford City, who themselves came into the game unbeaten in their previous eight outings,…
Despite defeat at Walsall this past Saturday (17 February 2024), Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side have had cause for cheer of late, none-more-so than when, on Tuesday (13 February) night, the Stage put visiting play-off hopefuls, Harrogate Town, to the sword. Victory was even more so in that it tied the clubs’ record score, a…
Forest Green Rovers 0-4 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 10.02.2024 Following a four-match winless streak at the turn of the year, Nigel Clough’s promotion-chasing Stags have won two-from-two after Saturday’s win away to Forest Green Rovers, a win which sees them sitting handsomely in second place, just four behind leaders Stockport County. A brace from…
The Nottinghamshire Derby gets its second outing this weekend, Saturday 3 February (KO 15:00), when Mansfield Town welcome local rivals Notts County, to the One Call Stadium. It’s been a little bit of a mixed campaign for both the Nottinghamshire clubs, Mansfield enjoying highs of an incredible, unbeaten start to the season, whilst County’s return…
Stockport County 0-2 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 01.01.24 A goal at the beginning and end of the second half, from George Maris and Davis-Keillor-Dunn respectively, gave EFL League Two high-fliers, Mansfield Town, victory at Stockport County. It was a battle of the division’s current, front two sides, Stockport’s advantage having been eaten away at…
Mansfield Town 1-1 Doncaster Rovers (EFL League Two) 29.12.23 Nigel Clough’s high-flying Stags stretched their current unbeaten run to five matches as they finished 2023 with a hard-fought draw, at the One Call Stadium, against League Two struggles Doncaster Rovers, this past Friday night. Again, Mansfield wasted a plethora of chances in which they could…
Mansfield Town 2-0 Grimsby Town (EFL League Two) 26.12.23 Another win, and another clean sheet, as back-to-back 2-0 wins for Nigel Clough and his Mansfield Town side keeps them in the hunt, in third place, in Sky Bet EFL League Two, affording the Stags faithful continued, festive cheer. It’s also four successive games in which…
Sutton United 0-2 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 23.12.23 Mansfield Town, with a game in hand and sitting a point behind that of joint-second pairing Barrow, and Wrexham, afforded their ever-loyal support three points for Christmas, when on the road at lowly Sutton United, thus stretching their current run to three unbeaten. A goal in…
Crawley Town 1-3 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 16.12.2023 Davis Keillor-Dunn’s twelfth goal of a productive, first half of the season, alongside goals from Baily Cargill and George Maris, ensured Nigel Clough’s Stags returned from their League Two trip to West Sussex with all three points on Saturday afternoon. Hosts Crawley Town, sitting in mid-table,…
Swindon Town 2-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 25.11.2023 Mansfield Town’s unbeaten start to the EFL League Two campaign game to a dramatic end in Wiltshire on Saturday afternoon thanks to Jake Young’s brace, his second, coming deep in stoppage time and giving the hosts all three points. It would be Young who opened the…
Mansfield Town 2-0 Newport County (EFL League Two) 18.11.23 Another three points in the bag as Mansfield Town moved into second place in EFL League Two this past Saturday afternoon after Davis Keillor-Dunn’s brace gave the Stags three points at home to Newport County. Unbeaten in the league, it now stands at seventeen games this…
