Mansfield sign keeper Roberts after Millwall exit

Liam Roberts started his professional career with Walsall

Goalkeeper Liam Roberts has joined League One side Mansfield Town after being released by Millwall.

During the 30-year-old's solitary campaign at The Den, Roberts was banned for six games after he was sent off eight minutes into his side's FA Cup fifth-round defeat at Crystal Palace for kicking Eagles forward Jean-Philippe Mateta in the head as he rushed out of goal.

It was the sixth and last time the goalkeeper featured for the Lions.

Roberts, who apologised to Mateta for the incident that hospitalised the Frenchman and left him needing several stitches, became the target of online abuse, which Millwall condemned as "abhorrent and disgusting".

The former Middlesbrough, Northampton Town and Walsall goalkeeper, who last featured in League One for Barnsley on loan in the 2023-24 season, moves to Mansfield to replace first-choice Christy Pym, who was released by the Stags at the end of the campaign.

Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough says he feels Roberts "fits the bill perfectly" as their new number one.

"He's played against us over the years and we've been very impressed by him," Clough told the club website.

"He has Championship experience as well as a lot of experience in League One."