Barnet travel to Field Mill on Saturday to play Mansfield

On Saturday, Barnet travel to relegation threatened, Mansfield Town, who are currently 23^rd in the table, just one place off the bottom and in the relegation zone. The Stags have 37 points from 40 points and are currently 4 points behind Notts county and 5 points behind Dagenham & Redbridge with a game in hand. It is clear that for Mansfield, Saturday's game is a vital one in their fight to stay in the league.

The manager is Paul Holland, who recently took over following Billy Dearden's dismissal. He has been given a contract until the end of the season.

Goalkeepers:

Carl Muggleton is a 39 year old, much travelled goalkeeper who arrived at Field Mill in 2006 from Chesterfield. He made over 100 league appearances for the Spirites and has also played for Leicester, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Celtic and Liverpool as well as a large number of clubs on loan, including Mansfield for whom he had a loan spell in 1999-00.

Jason White is a product of the youth system and has now made over 50 appearances for Mansfield.

Defenders:

Johnny Mullins signed in 2006 from Reading and has had loan experience with Kidderminster. He is approaching 100 appearances for the Stags.

Gareth Jellyman signed in 2005 from Peterborough where he made over 100 appearances for the Posh. He has now made over 100 appearances for the Stags too.

Martin McIntosh is a very experienced defender who signed from Grimsby last summer. He began his career in Scottish football and played for Clydebank and Hamilton amongst others before moving to Stockport in 1999. He later played for Rotherham and Huddersfield as well as having another spell in Scottish football with Hibernian.

Jake Buxton has come up through the youth system and made his debut in 2002 and has since gone on to make over 150 first team appearances for Mansfield.

Alex Baptiste is another youth product who made his debut in 2003-04 and has now made nearly 200 first team appearances.

Daniel Martin arrived during the summer from Notts County.

Keith Briggs joined the club this season after a short spell at Shrewsbury following his release by Stockport County where he made over 150 appearances.

Midfield:

Lee Bell joined this season from Crewe Alexandra where he also had loan spells with Burton Albion and Shrewsbury.

Matt Hamshaw was signed from Stockport in 2006 and was previously with Sheffield Wednesday.

Stephen Dawson signed from Leicester in 2005 and has gone on to make over 100 appearances for the Stags.

Jonathon D'Laryea signed during the 2005-06 season from Manchester City following a loan spell. He has made 100 first team appearances for Mansfield.

Nathan Arnold is a product of the youth system who made his debut in 2005 and has broken through more this season to become an important part of the squad.

Will Atkinson is on loan from Hull City and had a loan spell earlier this season at Port Vale.

Neil Wainwright is on loan from Darlington, where he has made over 250 appearances. He has also played for Sunderland, Halifax and Wrexham and had a loan spell at Shrewsbury earlier this season.

Kevin Horlock is on loan from Scunthorpe and is a very experienced player with Premiership experience at Manchester City and West Ham as well as playing For Doncaster, Swindon and Ipswich.

Strikers:

Simon Brown signed from WBA for £50,000 in 2004, where he was sent out on loan to Kidderminster. He has scored 23 goals for Mansfield in over 100 appearances.

John McAliskey signed last summer from Huddersfield Town and has had loan experience with Torquay and Wrexham.

Rory Boulding is the brother of Michael Boulding and played last season for Ilkeston Town and made his full debut for Mansfield this season.

Jefferson Louis is a much travelled striker who has spent much of his career in non league football but has had previous league experience at Bristol Rovers and Oxford. Louis scored 8 goals for Blue Square Premier side, Weymouth this season before moving to Mansfield in the January transfer window. He has already scored 4 times for the Stags including an important penalty against Wrexham on Tuesday.

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Michael Boulding is in his second spell at Field Mill having made his debut for the Stags in 1999. He then moved to Grimsby Town and subsequently played for Aston Villa before returning to Grimsby and then moving on to Barnsley. He also had loan spells at Sheffield United and Cardiff. He rejoined Mansfield in 2006 and spent much of last season coming on as a substitute, but has been a revelation this season. Despite Mansfield's lowly position, Boulding has scored 21 goals so far this season.

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