Mansfield Matters Podcast

With Covid-19 wiping out the Football Season until at least the end of April, we’ve decide to don out masks and rather than stock up on loo-roll, focus on bringing some form of happiness back to the best time of the week, 3pm on Saturday! Every Saturday (ish) at 3pm we’ll be bringing you some form of content, from us rambling on about topics, to interviews with ex-players and more! This week, we’r...

Mansfield Town’s stop-start season has been quite literally stop-stop over the last fortnight, with a home showdown with then league leaders Swindon falling victim to the weather last weekend, before a trip to Northampton got the Stags firing one more, as goals from Danny Rose and Willem Tomlinson, plus s solid performance from Aidan Stone, earning Graham Coughlans men victory. As Mansfield’s ques...

The Stags are turning corners, but as Graham Coughlan highlights with a passion - it's not enough to win games and do what he came to do. So this week, Craig and Nathan are back to take a look at the differences Coughlan has made, reflect on indifferent form and much more inbetween! www.mtfcmatters.co.ukAdditional Media iFollow Stags Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last four games the Stags have had a REAL chance to put daylight between themselves and the chasing relegation pack – but two drab draws and two familiar defeats means it’s not just storm Dennis coming to town, there’s a much bigger problem brewingThe Stags need to baton-down-the-hatches and find some security at the back ahead of a home game with Newport County, where old wounds perhaps...

It’s been one hell of a week following the Stags – just when you think you’ve turned a corner with a 3-0 victory over Bradford, jumping for joy – you land Geraldine Granger vicar of Dibley style into a big muddle puddle, as Oldham beat us 3-1 in midweek. This week as the transfer window draws closer to closing we ask if we need any more new faces and try and work out exactly why Mansfield deflated...

You know, the Chinese have a range of themes for their years – let’s hope that Mansfield’s isn’t one of same old same old – as yet again, Graham Coughlan’s men play REALLY well at one end, but can’t defend set-plays at the other, ultimately meaning it was a birthday to forget for yours truly, and a long journey home to boot as the Stags lost 3-1One new face was added with the Stags boss hinting mo...

For 45 minutes it looked like the week on the training ground which Graham Coughlan had been praying for had worked wonders – better football, better attitude, improved approach AND two very well worked goals…. BUT watching Mansfield is never THAT simple, and one moment of miss concentration and static behaviour, ultimately cost us everything. From 2-0 up and comfortable, the Stags found themselve...

Quitting smoking, stopping drinking, cutting back on the chocolate, seeing the family more, ACTUALLY going to the gym rather than spending £29.99 a month on a promise – all common new year’s resolutions which have been probably been broken by now – just like Mansfield Town have broken theirs. A new year’s day win at Cambridge provided hope, but failure to beat Grimsby Town at home and ultimately l...

Ten years are about to come to an end when the clock strikes midnight, let's face it, it'll bring an end to a decade of sheer heartache and joy following Mansfield Town FC.From Tyrone Thompson's own goal at Hayes & Yeading and the Wembley Heartache, to Matt Green scoring THAT goal at Hereford and Adam Murray lifting the conference trophy - we've seen it all. We've laughed and cried in equal measur...

2019 has been a bumpy ride, from high optimism for the prospect of league one football to the crashing lows of the MK Dons game and our current league position – now as a new dawn has broken, there’s just one game remaining before a new year and a new decade descends. After two games new boss Graham Coughlan has two points as the Stags show boxing day fight to claw back from two goals down, but th...

Following the appointment of Graham Coughlan as Mansfield Town’s new gaffer, Craig, Cam and Nathan are back for the second time this week to reflect on the appointment as the Stags head in a new direction – let us know your thoughts as always in the comments! Plus, we’ve gone festive – this is the Mansfield Matters Christmas Special, which includes our own unique brand of entertainment. From us al...

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...