That came against runaway league leaders Sherwood Colliery a couple of midweeks ago. Since then, there has been a disappointing home defeat to Newark & Sherwood before the weekend reverse at Eastwood Community. Rangers lost 3-1 after taking the lead.

Manager Brett Whaley will be looking for more goals from his side, a reliance on defenders and midfielders for goals has been a season long conundrum for him. The pre-season challenge was to bring the average age of the Rangers side down. That has been successful, but the Manager has been clear in asserting that with that turnover of players comes inconsistency in performance. Young players will need time to bed in.

After a lull which hasn't been helped by the weather, there are a lot of points to prove for this Deeping side against an in form AFC Mansfield.

The visitors have 5 wins and a draw from their last 6 games and lead he divisional form table. Last time out they thumped Harrowby 5-0 on the road.

This will be another key game and a difficult one to get a positive result from, but with the support of the Rangers faithful, there is always a chance...