Just prior to the march on Field Mill, Keith Haslam had challenged Team Mansfield to 'put up or shut up' with a 21 day period for the group to come up with a 'reasonable' offer for the football club, something which Team Mansfield declined to do following the deadline.
PRESS RELEASE
28 April 2006
JEFF BARNES STEPS DOWN AS JOINT CHAIRMAN
Jeff Barnes has resigned as joint chairman of TEAM Mansfield, due to increased work pressures, resulting in insufficient time to devote to the role. He is though staying on the TM Board.
The TM Board will be meeting in June, at which time the further announcements will be made, and these will be formalised at the AGM in September. TM places on record its thanks to Jeff for his excellent work over recent years as joint chairman, and looks forward to his continued involvement on the Board.