Fan, 13, designs new home kit for Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town is set to adopt a new home kit for next season that has been designed by a 13-year-old fan.

The Stags held a competition to design a new home shirt, which was won by season ticket holder Max.

Max said he saw the competition while staying with his grandmother last summer and had "completely forgotten I entered".

His design combines Mansfield's traditional amber yellow with blue striped detail and Max said seeing the team wearing it was "crazy".

He said: "There was one day when both my parents were working and I went to my grandma's house and we are both big fans of the Stags.

"We decided to enter the competition and I put a lot of thought into it and combined a few ideas I had in my head.

"Then just days ago I got a random call from my grandmother and I said 'why are you calling me?'

"And she said, 'remember that competition to design the Stags shirt? Well you've won'."

Max and his grandmother are both season ticket holders at Field Mill, but as the full season has not yet started, he has not yet seen players wearing the shirt during a competitive match.

He said: "I saw the pictures and it's a bit crazy because there is the shirt I designed.

"I've never been great at stuff like that, but I just pulled it together from what was in my head."

Max's father Adam said he was "so proud" and "absolutely buzzing".

In a video message, Mansfield full-back Aaron Lewis said: "We all love the stripes and think it looks really cool."

A spokesman for the club said: "We've seen a superb reaction among our fans to Max's design and are delighted to see his concept finally brought to life.

"The judging panel - our board of directors - were very impressed with Max's design and it was the fresh and modern style we were looking for."

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