Piper Retires

Despite only being on trial with the Stags over the past week or so, and training with a view to winning a permanent deal, Piper (25) has decided to hang up his boots after a long battle with Knee injuries.

Stags boss Billy Dearden, who had previously had the winger on loan from Leicester during the promotion campaign of 2001-02, had given the exciting player a chance to get his career back on track.

However it would seem that Piper feels he would never quite be able to get over the injuries that had held his career back.