Mansfield Kids Wembley Dream Come True

Ahead of their dream day a Wembley next week we look back at how the kids from Mansfield Town booked their dream day under the Wembley arch.

The journey to Wembley for Samuel Barlow School began back in November.

They progressed through the stages of a tough local competition and beat Croft School 1-0 in the final; a game that was played at Field Mill during half time of Town’s game with Luton.

This secured them a place in the regional finals in March and a trip to Morecambe where they topped their group thanks to wins against Nottingham County, Hartlepool and Northampton.

A confident semi-final win over Accrington Stanley booked a place in the final against Morecambe.  The final was a cagey, tense affair and nothing could separate the teams in normal time.

Mansfield got the only goal of the game in extra time to clinch their dream day at the national stadium.