Mansfield Town veteran Stephen Quinn ponders his future after promotion
Mansfield Town's Irish veteran Stephen Quinn will sit down with boss Nigel Clough this week to discuss whether he will play another season or hang up his boots.
The 38-year-old has been hugely instrumental in helping Stags achieve promotion but said his only focus for now was to get Stags into a second place finish and then speak to the manager, Nigel Clough.
“It has been an incredible few years at this club,” he said.
“I have taken it to my heart and will be forever grateful to every supporter and every player for making this happen and the manager for bringing me here.
“With the support I have had this week and the chanting for one more year I will sit down with the gaffer next week and we will have a conversation.
“But for now it's all about enjoying this moment after all the hard work we have done.
“I really now want to finish second. We were pushing for top spot, but if we can't get first we'd like to get second and get one over on Wrexham.”
He added: “I am absolutely delighted with promotion – it's the pinnacle of a great three years.
“I am so proud of the club – the staff, the players and the fans.
“Coming together with this unity it's amazing what can happen with this togetherness.
“It's an amazing day from a lot of hard work.
“Tuesday was fantastic to do it the way we did. After the win at MK Dons we were pretty much over the line.
“Tuesday we just wanted to get that game over with and steamroller teams.
“All credit, the last three or four games we have been back on it after a shaky March.
“You will have those ups and downs and we had lots of injuries, but other lads polyfilled unbelievably well.
“My kids were there on Tuesday and I scored so it doesn't get more special than that.”