Frustrated boss Dave Challinor felt Stockport County paid the price for poor decision-making in their defeat to Mansfield.

Stockport saw their play-off hopes dented after Tyler Roberts struck a second half winner for the visitors just two minutes after coming off the bench.

“I don’t think we deserved to lose the game, but if you judge it on our quality in their final third then maybe we did,” he said.

“We got in so many good positions and our decision-making and quality in the last bit was miles off it. We can only blame ourselves.

Stockport County are still waiting to confirm their play-off place following last night's defeat to Mansfield Town.

placeholder image — Stockport County are still waiting to confirm their play-off place following last night's defeat to Mansfield Town.

“We are disappointed with the goal because we didn’t defend the moment. Even if we are frustrated with what happens in the final third from our perspective we have to come out of the game with a clean sheet and take a 0-0 and move on.

Nigel Clough gives his take on Mansfield’s win

“Our subs did not impact the game in a positive way. We lost our way conceding a poor goal which made it more frantic, once it becomes more frantic our decision-making process gets worse.”

Mansfield's win saw Stockport beaten at home for the first time in 2026 with a rearguard defensive action laying the foundations for victory.

But it came at a price for Stags with central defender Deji Oshilaja picking up an ankle injury which will likely rule him out for the rest of the season.

“Deji is on crutches and his foot is in a boot, we will see but I can’t see him playing for the rest of the season,” added boss Nigel Clough.

“Frazer (Blake-Tracy) stepped inside and I thought he looked after Sidibeh, who is one of the most dangerous players in the league, very well just the same. We have good options back there.”