STAGS new signing Keith Briggs has been named in the starting 11 for this afternoon's match at Darlington - less than 24 hours after joining the club.
The inclusion of Briggs at right back is the only change from the side beaten at home by Morecambe on Tuesday.
Briggs, who joined the Stags on loan on Friday afternoon, will play at right back with Dan Martin missing out.
That means a reshuffle in the back four with Gareth Jelleyman switching back to left back and Johnny Mullins and Jake Buxton at centre halves.
In freezing temperatures, a strip of the pitch remained white over with frost as the players warmed up in sunshine!
Darlington, beaten just once at home this season, included Mansfield-born Steve Foster in their defence and former Stags player Bryan Hodge in midfield.
The Stags were chasing a fifth successive away win - following victories at Brighton, Chester, Lincoln and Wycombe.
MANSFIELD TOWN: Muggleton, Briggs, Buxton, Mullins, Jelleyman, Hamshaw, Bell, Dawson, Atkinson, Louis, Boulding M. Substitutes: White, Holmes, D'Laryea, Wood, Brown.
DARLINGTON: Stockdale, Austin, White, Foster, Purdie, Joachim, Ravenhill, Blundell, Wright, Valentine, Hodge. Substitutes: Miller, Wainwright, Cummins, Kazimierczak, Gall.
REFEREE: Neil Swarbrick, of Lancashire.
