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Mansfield sign midfielder Hendry from Tranmere
Mansfield Town have signed Regan Hendry on a two-year deal after the midfielder ended discussions about staying with League Two side Tranmere 27-year-old Scot was among eight players in talks with Rovers about new deals earlier this month, but he has opted to move up to League One with the who came through Celtic's youth teams before going on to start his senior career with Raith Rovers, last featured in England's third tier with Forest Green Rovers in it was at Mansfield on the final day of the 2021-22 season that Hendry helped Forest Green clinch the League Two moved to Tranmere on loan by the middle of the following season, before making his stay at Prenton Park permanent in the summer of boss Nigel Clough said the central midfield is a player that the club has "admired for some time"."He's an all-round midfield player who can play two or three different roles and will complement the midfielders who we already have in the squad," Clough told the club website.
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01-05-2025
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Stags players a 'priority' after safety assured
Manager Nigel Clough says the future of his Mansfield Town squad will be prioritised over his own contract talks after they secured their League One status. The Stags were already free of relegation fears on Wednesday night when they put an emphatic end to their six-match winless run by beating Peterborough United 4-2 at One Call Stadium. Clough began talks about staying beyond this season in April, and while they remain ongoing the 59-year-old said his discussions with chairman John Radford have involved more planning for next season. "I had a very good meeting with the chairman and we sorted a good few things out, so give us a bit of time," Clough told BBC Radio Nottingham. "It's not actually the priority at the moment - the players are the priority and a few other things and getting that sorted. "We have plenty of time in the next week or two to get it done." Mansfield thump Peterborough to end winless run Clough in talks to remain Mansfield Town boss When Clough took charge of the Nottinghamshire club in November 2020 they were third from bottom in League Two. He oversaw automatic promotion to League One last season, ending a 21-year absence from the third tier. Before this term, the Stags had spent just one season at this level in the past three decades. A strong start to the campaign had them as high as third in the division in October, but 14 defeats and just three wins from 21 matches before Wednesday night's triumph had the Stags battling for survival. Before they faced champions Birmingham City on Sunday - a match Mansfield lost 4-0 - Clough spoke of his "relief" at staying up. Against Peterborough, he said the absence of the "edgy" feeling of relegation anxiety helped deliver one of Mansfield's most emphatic wins of the season. "Everybody was relaxed tonight," Clough said. "It could have ended 8-6 and if we had won 8-6 it wouldn't have been an unfair reflection on the game. "It's lovely to score some goals, lovely to get the three points and to send the supporters home with a smile on their faces. It hasn't happened too much in the last four months, especially here at the One Call." Clough now wants his side to ensure they "finish on a high" with another win when they host mid-table Exeter City on Saturday.
BBC News
01-05-2025
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Stags players a 'priority' after safety assured
Manager Nigel Clough says the future of his Mansfield Town squad will be prioritised over his own contract talks after they secured their League One Stags were already free of relegation fears on Wednesday night when they put an emphatic end to their six-match winless run by beating Peterborough United 4-2 at One Call began talks about staying beyond this season in April, and while they remain ongoing the 59-year-old said his discussions with chairman John Radford have involved more planning for next season."I had a very good meeting with the chairman and we sorted a good few things out, so give us a bit of time," Clough told BBC Radio Nottingham."It's not actually the priority at the moment - the players are the priority and a few other things and getting that sorted."We have plenty of time in the next week or two to get it done." When Clough took charge of the Nottinghamshire club in November 2020 they were third from bottom in League oversaw automatic promotion to League One last season, ending a 21-year absence from the third this term, the Stags had spent just one season at this level in the past three decades.A strong start to the campaign had them as high as third in the division in October, but 14 defeats and just three wins from 21 matches before Wednesday night's triumph had the Stags battling for they faced champions Birmingham City on Sunday - a match Mansfield lost 4-0 - Clough spoke of his "relief" at staying Peterborough, he said the absence of the "edgy" feeling of relegation anxiety helped deliver one of Mansfield's most emphatic wins of the season."Everybody was relaxed tonight," Clough said."It could have ended 8-6 and if we had won 8-6 it wouldn't have been an unfair reflection on the game."It's lovely to score some goals, lovely to get the three points and to send the supporters home with a smile on their faces. It hasn't happened too much in the last four months, especially here at the One Call."Clough now wants his side to ensure they "finish on a high" with another win when they host mid-table Exeter City on Saturday.
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24-04-2025
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Clough in talks to remain Mansfield Town boss
Manager Nigel Clough has started talks with Mansfield Town about extending his contract beyond this about the 59-year-old's future with the Stags got under way with the club's hierarchy earlier in guided Mansfield to promotion from League Two last season and needs his side to grab one point from their final three matches to be assured of League One safety this term."An offer came in about a week ago," Clough told BBC Radio Nottingham. "Discussions have started but nothing has changed."We will just see what happens in the next couple of weeks. There has to be an agreement on all sides that it's the best way forward." The former Sheffield United, Derby County and Burton boss has been in charge of Mansfield since November 2020.A new contract would see the former England, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool striker take his managerial career into a 27th year, having started out while still playing for Burton at non-league level in the Stags to the third tier for the first time in 21 years with a third-placed finish in League Two last season triggered the one-year contract extension that has kept him at the One Call Stadium this term.A strong start to the campaign had the Stags third in the table in October, but they have tumbled down the standings since - with a 13-match winless League One run between mid-January and March dragging them into a fight for a point is all they now need to ensure safety, their place in League One could be assured before they take on title winners Birmingham City on Sunday if Reading beat Bristol Rovers a day earlier."We have Reading scarves ready for Saturday afternoon," Clough said. "We will all be cheering them at Bristol Rovers."
BBC News
04-04-2025
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'Supporters have waited a long time at Forest'
Former Nottingham Forest striker Nigel Clough says the current side have "got every chance" of beating Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley later this was part of the Reds team that lost to Tottenham in the 1991 final and believes the group Nuno Espirito Santo has assembled can go one better this campaign. "It just reinforces the season they're having," Clough told BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast. "Going down to Brighton and getting a 0-0 after 120 minutes - you then fancied them on penalties. You talk about confidence having done so well in the penalty shootouts they've had so far, so I think once it goes to penalties, they think they're going to win."They get the chance now to have a go at Manchester City in the semis, which I think is a brilliant time for everybody connected with Forest."You're not playing the City that you were a couple of seasons ago. They just beat them at the City Ground a couple of weeks back so they've got every chance. "What they've done so far is an incredible achievement. It's how far can they extend it now."As the son of Forest's legendary manager Brian Clough, current Mansfield boss Nigel appreciates what success means to the people of Nottingham."Supporters have waited a long time at Forest from the glory days so I think it's great that they've got fresh memories for the new generation," he said."I bet all their parents and grandparents tell them: 'I remember the '70s and the '80s when Forest did that.' "For them to get their own memories now is absolutely brilliant."Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds
