Brabin pleased with Hatters effort

The Stags keeper picked up the award when Town lost 1-0 in the FA Trophy semi-final first leg last month and was at his best again to deny Alex Lawless, Robbie Willmott, Matthew Barnes-Homer and Claude Gnakpa amongst others during the match.

Brabin said: “You’d like to think certain things tell the story. Their goalkeeper getting man of the match, probably shows a true reflection of the day.

“We’re disappointed we never got the win, we created enough chances, but it wasn’t to be.”

The boss was also disappointed with the performance of referee Seb Stockbridge, who he felt hadn’t afforded his side enough protection.

He added: “We had bookings, they’ve had bookings, we’ve had three players needing attention, that didn’t show a true reflection on the game.

“We had an early knock for Amari (Morgan-Smith). He had to come off at half time, but we think it’s okay, he felt like he ran it off a little bit.

“Claude (Gnakpa) caused them a few problems, he’s had to come off injured as well, that’s two losses for us.

“It was the third hectic challenge on him. I’m disappointed with that, but it’s no reflection on Mansfield, I thought they were whole-hearted. I’m a bit disappointed with the referee as he gave us a booking for the first challenge on Keith Keane, I just can’;t get my head round that

“I’m pleased with a lot of aspects of the game. I thought Alex Lawless ran his socks off again, I thought Claude looked really dangerous.”