Shirtliff Happy

Stags boss Peter Shirtliff was delighted with how his troops pitted themselves in the recent pre-season friendly with Notts Forest at Field Mill "I thought it was a decent game that was pretty much spoilt by the rain and the lightning at the end," he told the Nottingham Evening Post.

"Forest are a bit more direct than Derby were the other night, but they still played some good football.

"They are quite a big and imposing side and they also have a really big squad for a club in the division they are in.

"I thought we coped quite well with them but I still envisage, with the players that they have, that they will do very well this season."

The game was called off on 72 minutes following an horendous downpour.

The Stags now face Sheffield Wednesday this coming Wednesday at 7.45pm.