For a club that spent 11 consecutive seasons in League Two, you’d have thought Mansfield would have enjoyed their change of scenery in the third tier this season. But Nigel Clough’s men seemed hell-bent on returning to the Football League basement during the second half of the campaign. The Stags were 9th when they beat County in January, but dropped to 19th on Easter Monday when Reading put five past them at Field Mill. They finished on 54 points, though, winning their final two matches, and will continue their League One adventure next season. Craig Priest from Mansfield Matters offers his perspective today.

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