Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910. They are nicknamed The Stags and traditionally play in amber and royal blue.
The club is competing in the Conference National, following their relegation from the Football League in the 2007–08 season. They had competed in the Football League from 1931 until their relegation.
The club has three honours, having won the Fourth Division title in 1974–75, the Third Division in 1976–77 and the Football League Trophy in 1986–87. The club also finished as runners-up in the 2010–11 FA Trophy.
Since 1919 the team's home ground has been Field Mill, which holds around 10,000 people, but is currently restricted to 7,574 seated spectators. The ground was renovated in the early-21st Century after a decision by the club's owners not to move to a new, purpose-built ground as had been previously planned. It is known as One Call Stadium for sponsorship purposes.
Problems with previous club owner and current landlord Keith Haslam came to a head when the club was locked out of the ground in December 2010. Although the issue was resolved, the club was left considering building a new stadium or groundsharing with a local club in order to be able to gain promotion back to the Football League. After protracted negotiations, club chairman John Radford purchased Field Mill from Haslam on 1 March 2012.
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