Ian Robert Stringfellow (born 8 May 1969) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the nephew of former

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

and Leicester City winger

Mike Stringfellow Michael David Stringfellow (born 27 January 1943 in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire) is an English retired footballer who played 14 seasons as a winger for Leicester City in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the uncle of fellow footballer Ian Stri ...

Career

Stringfellow began his career with

in 1985. He remained with the Stags for nine years, making 163 league appearances and scoring 28 goals. He came on as a substitute for

Neil Whatmore Neil Whatmore (born 17 May 1955) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He made 449 appearances in the Football League and scored 150 goals, playing for Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Oxford United, Burnley and Mansfield ...

in the 1987 League Trophy Final at

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, and converted his penalty as Mansfield beat

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in the penalty shoot-out. In January 1992 he joined

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on loan. In his three games for the Seasiders he scored one goal, in a 2–2 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion at Bloomfield Road on 19 September 1992, with

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scoring the hosts' other goal. He also went on loan to

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the following season, before being signed permanently by

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for £5,000 in 1994.News 1998–99
Boston United After a year at Kettering he joined

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at the start of the 1995–96 season. He signed for

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and was their top goalscorer in 1996–97. He joined

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in October 1998. Although he left the club in September 1999 due to travelling and work commitments and signed for Cambridge City, he returned to Boston in March 2000. However, he was released by the club in May 2000.1999–2000 news
Boston United He then joined

Wisbech Town Wisbech Town Football Club is a football club based near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Fenland Stadium. History Although a Wisbech Town existed in the 1890s, the current club was estab ...

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. However, he was sacked on 19 November 2000, after a 7–0 defeat at

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. He subsequently signed for

Bury Town Bury Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club, based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Ram Meadow. History Early history The club was established by William Lake at a meetin ...

in December 2000. He became the club's top scorer, but retired due to injury in 2003.Stringfellow quits
Bury Free Press, 11 September 2003

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