Mansfield....................................................9

Akins 13, 61; Boateng 20, 30, 50; Nichols 34, Keillor-Dunn 39; Swan 75, 77

Harrogate Town..........................................2

Thomson 54, Odoh 55

Mansfield closed in on top spot in League Two as they equalled the club’s all-time record league win from 1932 by destroying in-form Harrogate by an astonishing 9-2 scoreline.

The visitors had won four and drawn two of their last six but were simply blown away, Hiram Boateng scoring a hat-trick in the highest-scoring Football League game since 2011.

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