Newport County goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley joins Mansfield Town

Newport County goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley has joined League Two rivals Mansfield Town on loan for the rest of the season.

The 30-year-old, who spent his formative years at Chelsea, is third choice at the Welsh outfit behind Joe Day and Jamie Stephens.

Stags manager Adam Murray told The Nottingham Post: "We feel that by bringing in Lenny, he will add much-needed experience, organisation and communication to our team.

"Lenny's experience will also help develop Sascha [Studer] and it's a position in which we've lacked experience since the loss of Alan Marriott."

Pidgeley, who helped Newport to promotion from the Conference in 2013, signed from Exeter City in 2012.