We will hold a minute's applause ahead of tomorrow's match at home to Salisbury in respect of the late Keith Alexander.

Club Historian Paul Taylor looks back on his life for mansfieldtown.net:

Keith Alexander was born in Nottingham in November 1956 and following a lengthy playing career in Non-league during which time he won the FA Vase with Stamford he finally made it to the Football League with first Grimsby Town, then Stockport county and Lincoln City. It was whilst he was at Grimsby that he played international football for St Lucia.

In March 1993 he was appointed to the coaching staff at Sincil Bank before taking over as manager when Steve Thompson was sacked. In the summer of 1994 he left the Imps and after a spell in Malta joined the Stags as assistant to then manager Andy King.

He must have thought his playing days were over but when the Stags squad was particularly depleted he was pressed back into action at the age of 37 years 359 days, scoring twice in the Associate Members Cup tie with Crewe Alexandra at Field Mill.

At the time only the second substitute to score twice for Mansfield, he is now the Stags second oldest goal scorer. During early 1995 he was loaned out to Irish club Cliftonville. He made his last appearance for the Stags as a substitute in the game with Exeter in January 1996 and in injury time he broke his leg. That really was the end of his playing days.

He left the Stags to take over the reins at Ilkeston Town, then after a spell in a similar capacity at Northwich Victoria he returned to Lincoln City as manager. In November 2003 he survived a double aneurism.

He took the Imps to four successive play-offs but alas no promotion. After leaving Lincoln he had spells at Peterborough United and Bury before taking over at Macclesfield Town. He had been ill recently but was back in charge by the time the club played at Meadow Lane last Tuesday, he sadly passed away upon returning home for that match.