Country parks around Mansfield are awash with topless running Footballers, the fresh new training kit is soaking up the sweat, and Andy Garner's got his top off... it can only mean one thing, the Stags are back in pre-season training!

And with the players back, it's time for us to return for our own pre-season, live from Craig's garden to talk transfers, kits, fixtures and much more! A reminder, as we're outside, there might be the odd microphone issue, bare with we're monitoring it as best as we can, but it's our pre-season too, we're rusty!!

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Kystian Pearce was a true fans favourite who, thanks to a combination of Graham Coughlan and Covid, never had the chance to say goodbye... until now!

The former Stags captain joins us to discuss his five season Stags rollercoaster, where he went from mid table obscurity, to the brink of promotion, before crashing back down again.

Serving five very different managers, the centre back cemented his place at the club and watched it evolve, in this eye opening interview he reveals more about a fragile Mansfield Town being turned into promotion favourites, how Steve Evans and his mate Dodgy created a championship environment, when it really went wrong under Flitcroft, why John Dempster didn't gain the players' respect, and how Graham Coughlan's ghosting behaviour led to a baffling exit.

The chief also speaks openly and honestly about the Sheffield Wednesday pre-season friendly and the incident of racist behaviour, what really happened and how the long lasting impact went unseen.

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This episode was recorded on Tuesday 26 May so we are NOT live and can not answer / respond to your comments, questions etc. Feel free to chat to eachother in the comments though!

TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains discussions about racial abuse and mental health.

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Nigel Clough isn't messing about, getting contract extensions sorted and securing the signatures of Tyler Roberts and Jon Russell - so we thought't we'd have a little chat about it all, why? Well....

[A] Because Mansfield Matters

and [B] Because at the very last minute, we had to re-arrange a recording of stags Stories and thought, sod it, let's not waste the opportunity to Podcast!!

Full disclosure, we are NOT LIVE, this was recorded on Wednesday 20 May, so whilst you CAN chat to each other in the comments, we won't be able to answer them! Stay tuned to our socials to find out more about Stags Stories and we'll see you soon!

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