Mansfield Town relegation rivals sack manager after the poor run of form

The Cobblers have sacked manager Kevin Nolan after a poor run of form which has left them second bottom and three points off safety.

Struggling Northampton, who travel to Stags on 21st March, have won just once in their last 16 games and scored just 31 times in 36 games.

"We will always be grateful to Kevin for his hard work here, he helped keep us up last season and we enjoyed a strong first half of this season," chairman Kelvin Thomas said in a club statement.

"But since Christmas the sequence of performances and results have led us to believe a change is in the best interests of all concerned."

Former Stags defender Colin Calderwood, who made 100 appearances for the club between 1982 and 1985, has been put in charge on an interim basis.