I nipped into our archives and dug out these cracking retro images from Mansfield and Ashfield's sports scene going back all the way to the1960s

We’ve dug deep into our archives to bring you these pictures from Mansfield and Ashfield’s sporting life many many years ago.

These pictures range from the 1960s to the more modern era and cover a variety of sports, including athletics, swimming and football across the area.

We have Sutton Harriers, Mansfield Harriers, Sutton Town, junior football, swimming and plenty more.

Check out our gallery and see if you can sport a familiar face from the local sporting scene from all those years ago.

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9. Presentation time

This picture is taken at a Mansfield Swimming Club presentation in 1974. Photo: Submitted

These Mansfield Swimming Club members are pictured enjoying another fun day with the club back in May 2013. Photo: Submitted

Youngsters from Mansfield Swimming Club pose for a picture in team colours. Photo: Submitted

Members of the Mansfield Broomhill Lane School swimming team from all the way back in 1974. Photo: Submitted