Parkin Interested

Despite being at the helm when the club suffered a transfer embargo, which proved to cost them a play off place, after leading the table at one point, former manager Steve Parkin now says he would be interested in returning to the hot seat at Field Mill, following the departure of Peter Shirtliff"I still have a lot of friends in Mansfield and I still live in the area. It is certainly something I would be interested in," he told the Nottingham Evening Post on Wedensday.

Parkin came close to leading the Stags out of the bottom division, but the cracks appeared when the Stags suffered at the hands of the authorities when money was not played to players for wages. Parkin eventually leaving and joining Rochdale.