PICTURES: Mansfield Town players return to pre-season training

The Stags manager, Adam Murray, and his staff ran the rule over the squad that endured an energy sapping bleep test at their base at Brooksby Melton College.

Though it won’t be all fitness work over the first couple of weeks with the Stags due to play Rainworth Miners Welfare in a friendly on Saturday.

The match away against the nearby Toolstations Northern Counties East League club signals the first of the Stags’ pre-season games. Kick off 3pm.

Here are a collection of pictures from the first day back for pre-season.