Mansfield Matters Podcast

After nearly Nine ish Years of service as a promotion winning player, football league captain and phenomenal manager of the Academy – John Dempster has left the building, vacating the managers chair after just twenty-one games in the driving seatA 1-1 draw at Crewe Alexandra on Saturday proved the final nail in the coffin as promotion-fancied Mansfield, dropped to 18th just seven points from the o...

After weeks of endless campaigning and comparing, the votes have been counted and verified and we can confirm that here in the constituency of Mansfield… absolutely nothing has changed! Yes John Dempster IS still Mansfield Town manager and the Stags are still stuck in a rut of poor form, a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Cheltenham the latest result to digest and mull-over. This week a Sunday sermon to...

PODCAST LIVE | The cup runs are over, as Mansfield Town’s season of misfortune and woe stumbles on into the festive season. Previous pantomime heroes have turned into the stereotypical villan, as the Stags somehow lose 2-0 with a man advantage to crash out of the FA Cup, and despite a dramatic late equaliser from the wrongly forgotten from man – STILL can’t take a penalty for love nor money. A run...

You know, if someone like Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King or any other inspirational person were to do a quote about modern life, it’d probably be a little bit like this… “social media is both beautiful and ugly in equal measure” – that’s certainly apt for following the Stags this week. Boss John Dempster doesn’t use social media, but if his midweek comments are anything to go by, he certain...

The surroundings are getting dark, misty and cold – and I’m not talking about the weather. A nil-Nil draw against a near-striking Macclesfield has left a bitter taste in the hearts and minds of many – with a trip to the attacking League Leaders tomorrow, the big questions is can the Stags shake of the shackles of negativity to go and put up a fight? With questions raised over defensive set-ups and...

Bonfire night is over, the countdown to Christmas is on and with that – the Stags have started the season of good cheer with cup progress – seeing off non-league Chorley in the FA Cup, and leapfrogging a strong League One Burton Albion in midweek, to progress to the next stage of the leasing.com TrophyBut now it’s back to League Action tomorrow with a trip to struggling Macclesfield who according...

Remember, Remember the 5th of November – I doubt this cold, dark and wet November night will go down in the record books a Mansfield Town promise rockets and cartwheels to light up league two, but on Saturday delivered a dodgy sparkler from the back of Del-Boys van. After a cushty month which has seen boss John Dempster and Otis Khan recognised for their efforts, a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Colch...

T’was a dark and dismal day in Walsall, with the cold and rain so uninviting A 1 nil lead was thrown again with ghosts of Mansfield’s past alieningYet the noise & hope wouldn’t die from within the stand, as the mighty Stags kept fightingThen Alex MacDonald grabbed a poachers goal, to give us the silver liningThis podcast consists of bad puns, woeful jokes and lots of football chat about the Stags...

Autumn weather is setting in with a chill in the air and leaves falling slowly from the trees – Mansfield’s form has certainly changed with the season, as chilling spells of poor performance and error has seen the Stags’ brief unbeaten run, come to a slow fall to the ground… with a point from two goals down at Forest Green backed up with defeat at home to Salford this week. Mansfield round off Ave...

The say the real beauty in success comes from the planning – but let’s be honest, this week, there’s a lot to be said about the execution of the plan! Mansfield Town had a simple goal – back to back victories, what followed - A 6-1 thrashing of Oldham was something special indeed. This week on the Mansfield Matters Podcast we reflect on the Stags’ history making, record breaking week as we hear fr...

A victory in the dying embers of the game with a man less has certainly raised the spirits as we head into the season’s third month, it’s just a shame our fifth consecutive penalty shootout defeat lowered the tone slightly in midweek. But with only 800 in the Crowd as youngster Jimmy Knowles got on the scoresheet it seems very few care about the cup exploits, as focus moves back to the task in han...

The performance may have improved again, but once more it was the same old story as Mansfield’s sorry start to the season continued, with a 1-0 defeat at home to Plymouth leaving the Stags in 19th with a quarter of the season now played. As Mansfield prepare for a trip to the seaside to face Grimsby, hopes of getting minutes into returning key players were dashed by the rain and postponement of th...

Ten games in to the 2019/2020 campaign and whilst the results aren’t quite up to standard – there’s a sense starting to form that they’ll soon follow – after a solid display at Port Vale was marred ever so slightly by conceding late on as the valiant hosts, stole a point from the jaws of defeat. More reshuffling in the back room coupled with news of returning key bodies has again given John Dempst...

The sun has been shining brightly over Mansfield today, but sadly there’s been an underlying chill in the air when it comes to the results on the pitch – as hopes of back to back victories, have been dashed by the reality of back to back defeats. Stags boss John Dempster has had a testing time following needless and petulant comments made to him by fans on Tuesday, but knows deep down it’s time fo...

It’s been a funny old week for the Stags as September sets in – Mansfield Town are back to winning ways and the injury crisis is clearing – has John Dempster’s men outlasted the storm, or is it down to divine intervention, following the archbishop of York’s visit to the One Call Stadium today? To find out the answer, just like 00’s pop sensation McFly we’ve got the band back together – why? Well i...

Bubble-wrap sales in Mansfield have soared over the past week as John Dempster’s men have had a real battle on their hands to prevent any more injuries – so much so the hunger of youth has been called upon over the last week, as the Stags drew 0-0 with fellow injury hit side Stevenage, before losing on penalties – AGAIN – to Everton U21s in the EFL Trophy. But within the last two hours John Dempst...

There’s an old saying that pride comes before a fall – and that’s certainly true where Mansfield Town are concerned this week. A proud victory on the road to Carlisle backed up by an immense 45 minutes against Leyton Orient – but perfection doesn’t quite happen for the Stags, who went on to surrender a cast-iron 2-0 lead, to lose 3-2 and send the pendulum swinging back into negativity avenue. And...

Right lads, here’s the game plan – we’ll gift them too easy goals and then stage a comeback. Oh & if one of you can get sent off late on for something stupid, that’d be grand! We imagine that isn’t John Dempster’s actual team talk, but the way this last week’s gone… who knows! After three games, two in the league and one in the cup, the Stags are stuck in a seemingly endless loop of having to claw...

The 2019/20 train has pulled out of the station and upon its first scheduled stop has set the bar high! Defensive errors, penalties, missed-penalties, red cards and unthinkable comebacks were on show, as John Dempster’s men came from two goals down to draw two-all at Newport on the Season’s opening day. In this weeks Mansfield Matters podcast we’ll reflect on the season’s curtain raiser, and ask a...

It only seems like yesterday when our hearts were broken, and our promotion dreams in tatters. What’s sad too, is that that statement is true for more than just the Newport game in the play-offs. Alas the clock has ticked forward and Mansfield Town with a new manager, new players and new ideas are ready to do battle again, as the curtain raises on the Sky Bet League Two 2019-2020 campaign. This we...

The minutes are clocking up. The pre-season fixtures are being ticked off one by one and the heat, in more than one way, is constantly rising – the new season, is just around the cornerThis is the Mansfield Matters podcast, back with a brand new set for series three, following the journey as John Dempster’s men try and go one better and reach their league one intended destination. This week as we...

Next up in our series of former players recalling their time with the Stags, is a man who, without the help of the fans in the first place, would never have donned the amber and blue. Signed in 2010 with the help of supporters group “The 12th Stag” – Paul enjoyed a season and a half on the good ship Mansfield, which during his time on board, certainly sailed choppy waters. Paul talks us through th...

Football is back.... ish! ... And so is the Mansfield Matters Podcast....... Well actually Craig, Nathan, Cam and Simon were sat around waiting to record 'Stags Stories' and were naturally talking about everything currently happening with the Stags whilst they're out in Portugal, so Craig just hit the record button! Enjoy this bit of bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Continuing our brand new series where Stags fans can hear from former famous faces of the club, we’re back with part two of our interview with two-time Stag Martin Riley - who joins us at the Capo Lounge, to reflect on his three seasons at the club across two different spells. Picking up with the Stags’ beaten in the conference play-off semi-final, Riley explains more about his departure and how t...

Kicking off our brand new series where Stags fans can hear from former famous faces of the club, two-time Stag Martin Riley joins us at the Capo Lounge, to reflect on his three seasons at the club across two different spells. In Part One, the popular central defender takes us back to the 2011/12 campaign where under the stewardship of Paul Cox, Mansfield Town reached the conference play-offs, losi...