- Mansfield beat Harrogate 9-2
- Equal club record win
- Send promotion message to Wrexham
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WHAT HAPPENED?
Mansfield secured all three points in emphatic style against eighth-placed Harrogate at the One Call Stadium Tuesday evening. Lucas Akins, Hiram Boateng, Tom Nichols, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Will Swan were all on the scoresheet, with Boateng netting a hat-trick and Akins and Swan both helping themselves to braces.
DID YOU KNOW?
Mansfield became the first team since 1998 to net nine goals in an English Football League game following their staggering performance at home on Tuesday evening. The Stags also equalled their biggest win across the club’s 127 year history.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Mansfield currently sit in second place within the League Two standings – five points ahead fellow promotion chasers Wrexham and their Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in fourth, who got a scrappy win over Sutton United on the same day. Nigel Clough’s side now are also just one point behind league leaders Stockport County.
WHAT NEXT FOR MANSFIELD?
The Stags will face Walsall in their next fixture this weekend as they attempt to leap-frog Stockport to the top of table. The chase for promotion to League One is heating up across the division with several sides now in contention.
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