MANSFIELD Town chairman and town mayor Tony Egginton says the Stags' relegation to non league football is 'an opportunity to rebuild as a community club'.
He told Chad on Wednesday: "It seems like a disaster at the moment, but hopefully it will not be too long before we can bounce back into the League.
"We have got to try to move the club forward now into new ownership, so that everyone knows where they are, very quickly.
"Hopefully relegation will have focussed some minds, we know there are people out there who are interested."
He added that he hoped the relegation to the Blue Square Premier would not hit the town too hard economically.
"Of course we will miss out having our name read out each week at 5pm on a Saturday when the results are given. The name Mansfield will not get these sort of automatic mentions and we have to make sure we don't allow people to forget that we are here.
"But with so few visiting fans for most matches this season, there is not a lot of money missed for the town and I hope that relegation will not make that much difference there. It is just, perhaps, a few pubs and fast food places that may miss a bit of trade.
"I would hope that the home support does not fall too much from this season's level. And perhaps if we are successful next season there will be larger crowds than this season."
And on his own position as chairman, announced as a temporary measure a few weeks ago, he added: "I get back from holiday on Friday and will be at the game on Saturday. No doubt there will be meetings with Stephen (Booth) and Keith (Haslam) to see where we are going now.
"My role was help bring in new owners. Let's hope we can do that very. very quickly and start building for next season. The manager, Paul Holland or whoever, needs to know what is available as soon as possible."
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