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EVANS AND RAYNOR RESIGN
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Club statement
mansfieldtown.net, Tue 27 Feb 2018, 6.20pm Mansfield Town Football Club can announce that it has reluctantly accepted the resignations of manager Steve Evans and his assistant Paul Raynor. In a statement, chairman John Radford said: “Whilst I am disappointed by their decision, there are no individuals bigger than Mansfield Town Football Club and the process of appointing a new management team which can lead the club to League One is already underway. “Mansfield Town Football Club has progressed year-upon-year in recent seasons both on and off the field. https://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/2018/february/club-statement/ “The club has a fantastic, encouraging and vociferous fanbase; a loyal, patient and supportive board of directors and a dedicated and hard-working team of behind-the-scenes staff. “With this in mind, along with our current healthy standing in Sky Bet League Two, the vacant post of manager at One Call Stadium is surely one of the most attractive in the English Football League. “Our ambitions of promotion this season remain as fervent and steadfast as ever and we will leave no stone unturned in our process of appointing the right manager to lead our talented squad of players.” Academy manager John Dempster will take temporary charge of the squad in preparation for Saturday’s trip to Stevenage. The club will make no further comment at this time. ------------------------ John Radford on facebook A message to our supporters, this evening... Whilst I am disappointed by their decisions, there are no individuals bigger than Mansfield Town Football Club and the process of appointing a new management team which can lead the club to League One is already underway. Mansfield Town Football Club has progressed year-upon-year in recent seasons both on and off the field. The club has a fantastic, encouraging and vociferous fanbase; a loyal, patient and supportive board of directors and a dedicated and hard-working team of behind-the-scenes staff. With this in mind, along with our current healthy standing in Sky Bet League Two, the vacant post of manager at One Call Stadium is surely one of the most attractive in the English Football League. Our ambitions of promotion this season remain as fervent and steadfast as ever and we will leave no stone unturned in our process of appointing the right manager to lead our talented squad of players. -------------------- Evans departure ‘bizarre and selfish’ says Stags supporters’ chairman chad.co.uk, by JOHN LOMAS, Wednesday 28 February 2018 Taken from BBC Radio Nottingham breakfast show interview Stags Supporters Association chairman Dean Foulkes described manager Steve Evans’ sudden departure from the club last night as ‘bizarre and selfish’. Evans stunned the club and its supporters when, with 12 games to go, it was announced that he and assistant Paul Raynor had resigned, the pair expected to be unveiled at managerless Peterborough United. Foulkes said: “He wanted a promotion and we were all confident that would happen with Mansfield Town. “So the timing, to leave with 12 games to go, seems very bizarre and quite selfish. “It was a bolt from the blue and I feel shock, frustration and anger as well. You go through all the emotions. Read more at: https://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/evans-departure-bizarre-and-selfish-says-stags-supporters-chairman-1-9039557 "At the minute it’s still quite raw. It’s the morning after. “I am still quite stunned that they’ve actually gone. “I think it’s the timing of it more than anything else.” When Evans arrived in November 2016, the talk was of successive promotions, which he had achieved at two other clubs. “Our owner John Radford brought Steve Evans in, by all accounts, on a two and a half year deal for ‘Project Promotion’, as it’s called,” said Foulkes. “We are 15 months into that now and, although we’ve not actually achieved anything, he has brought some good players in. There’s no doubt about that. “He’s spent a lot of money. John and Carolyn have backed him to the hilt. “Pre-season was out in Malta. He’s had all he wants by all accounts. The training facilities are there - all the ingredients have been provided to get promoted. “It wasn’t just promotion this year. He was brought in, we were led to believe, for promotion this year and promotion next year. We were looking at wanting to become a Championship club. “That can still happen. He is only one man at the end of the day, though a very influential and important man. “So to walk out with 12 games to go I am very shocked. “We had players re-sign this week so obviously the gaffer has had a big influence in persuading them to stay at Mansfield Town Football Club. “He appeared to have everything he wanted to be successful.” Foulkes added: “There is no doubt we’ve got some much better footballers than we had, though he’s spent a lot of money. “We have some fantastic footballers and the football has been absolutely outstanding. And there is no real reason why that can’t carry on. It’s one guy and his assistant. “Mansfield Town Football Club is bigger than any one or two individuals. It’s up to John and Carolyn Radford now to bring other people in that can finish the job.” ---------------------- |
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