nickname of “ The Cobras ”. In May 2013 the club announced a new multi-season sponsorship deal with local painting and decorating contractors Riley & Co ( Mansfield ) Ltd , with them becoming not only the main club sponsor but home and away shirt sponsors as well for the duration of the sponsorship .
At the start of the 2013 / 14 season Mansfield Town announced that their under 19 team and development teams would play their home games at Clipstone ’ s ground , now known as the “ Worksop Van Hire Stadium ”. honour .
Barry Clarke ’ s 40 years service at the club was marked with the new hospitality suite being named in his
The 2014 / 15 season saw Chris Millington appointed as First Team Manager . It was a very successful season with the team winning the NCEL league One title and gaining promotion to the NCEL Premier Division . The Cobras also competed in the FA Cup for the first time in their history reaching the First Qualifying round where they lost to Grantham Town . They also reached the final of the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Cup for the first time since winning it in 1985 / 86 but lost 3-5 to Basford United in an entertaining game at Mansfield Town FC .
Chris Millington and all but one of the players left in the summer of 2015 and Jas Colliver and Ryan France were appointed as the new management team for the club ’ s first season in the NCEL Premier Division . They quickly brought a squad of players together and raised a few eyebrows as the team performed well in the league and again reached the FA Cup First Qualifying round where they were unlucky to lose out by the odd goal to Evo-Stik outfit Lincoln United . However Ryan then stepped down for personal reasons in early 2016 and in February 2016 Jas accepted an offer to manage Sheffield FC .
Billy Fox was appointed as the new manager in March 2016 . A mix of existing players and some new faces were used as the club finished mid-table in its first season in the NCEL Premier . They also reached the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Cup final for a second consecutive
season but lost to Basford United ( again ) in a classic cup final in which the Cobras were leading 1-0 through an Andrew Fox goal until the third minute of injury time . The game , played at Eastwood FC , finished 2-2 after extra time and Basford won the penalty shoot out .
Paul Rockley joined as Assistant Manager in Summer 2016 and Billy and Paul have been busy pulling together a squad of players to continue the progress made over the last two seasons .
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