The 2006 – 07 season saw the creation of the ' SFFC ( Stags Fans for Change )' an organisation aiming for the removal of then owner, Keith Haslam, from the club.

Following the club's relegation in 2008, Colin Hancock, then the chairman of Glapwell, emerged as the leading bidder as he agreed to purchase a controlling share of the Stags, the Field Mill, and some land surrounding the stadium from Haslam.

Stags will wallow and dig their antlers in urine soaked soil and then rub against tree trunks.

The Stags then won five games in a row including beating Otago at Carisbrook for the first time in since 1977.

The Woodlands players then stood still as Tampines began another raid up the field, which led to Noh Alam Shah doubling the Stags ' lead.

After 1750, the king was mired in a series of short-lived love affairs and sexual relationships, hiding his temporary conquests in a small mansion at the Parc-aux-Cerfs (" Stags ' Park "), whose most famous occupant was Marie-Louise O ' Murphy.

But in May 2011, the Stags announced that they would not play at Skylands Park anymore, and instead used Macerino Stadium at Vernon Township High School for the 2011 season.

The unions home ground Rugby Park Stadium ( formerly known as Homestead Stadium ) is the home of the Southland senior mens team affectionately known as the Southland Stags.

After the early disappointment the Stags won two away games before heading back to Rugby Park where they lost to Wellington and convincingly beat the Counties Manukau Steelers by 23 points.

The Stags also received colossal support with an average crowd of 7, 500 at Rugby Park Stadium.

* Men's: The State Shield ( formerly the Shell Cup )-played annually between six teams based upon the first class associations: The Northern Knights, Auckland Aces, Central Stags, Wellington Firebirds, Canterbury Wizards and Otago Volts.

They received many opportunities with Centre Kendrick Lynn causing problems for the Blue and Whites, but in the end ball retention cost the Stags with a final minute opportunity created by Robbie Robinson resulting in Auckland turning over the ball and kicking the ball out to end the game.

They play in the Uttoxeter & District league in division 2 and play their home games at the Abbots Bromley school for girls complex named ' The Lowers ' The Stags are sponsored by G4S, a national security company and fleximas, a local business based in Abbots Bromley.

All Stags were four-seater convertible coupés, but for structural rigidity – and to meet new American rollover standards at the time – the Stag required a B-pillar " roll bar " hoop connected to the windscreen frame by a T-bar.

A removable hardtop was a popular factory option for the early Stags, and was later supplied as a standard fitment.

However, York City beat the Stags in elections for a League place.

Lucky to escape the need for re-election when it was decided that no club would be relegated after the 1946 – 47 season, the Stags started to move up the table.

According to the English Place-Name Society the name of the village derives from the Old English for either ' Stags ' hill ' or ' hill connected with Heorta '.

The Stags finished tied for third with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons ( and behind the Lakers and Royals ), 11 games back, with a 40 – 28 record, and again lost to the Lakers in the opening round.

He joined Mansfield Town briefly in 1983, but did not make any appearances for the Stags.

* Guy Trottier, " the little French-Canadian with the big shot " played for the Michigan Stags, Baltimore Blades, Ottawa Nationals, and Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association and the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.

He played for three provinces during his domestic career: Central Districts Stags, Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds.

He won player of the season for the Stags with some eye-catching performances, despite missing a penalty for Mansfield in the Division 3 play-off final.

His most memorable performance for Mansfield fans was 18 January 2003, where he set up one goal and scored an injury time winner at Saltergate versus local rivals Chesterfield to secure a 2 – 1 victory for the Stags.

The Stags form was rewarded with Halfback Jimmy Cowan retaining his place and long serving Prop Clarke Dermody making his debut for the All Blacks.

The Stags qualified 5th for the quarter finals and travelled to Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui to play Bay of Plenty.

As well as being a successful year for the Stags as a team it also was a great year for first five eighth Blair Stewart who was the competitions top point scorer with 105 points, his form also helped him gain a contract in France and halfback Jimmy Cowan regained selection into the All Blacks and became a regular starter.

The Stags got off to a flying start beating Waikato for the first time since 2003, 16-6.

On Thursday 22 October 2009 the Stags challenged Canterbury at AMI Stadium, Christchurch for the Ranfurly Shield.

Male athletic teams are called the Stags, and women's teams are called the Athenas.

Béla Bartók composed the secular Cantata Profana, subtitled " The Nine Splendid Stags " and based on a Romanian folk tale, in 1930.

Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians or East Frankfort White Sox, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort Cardinals – began operating as the Class D Illinois State League in 1947.

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946 – 47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one.

Kenny Rollins, an American basketball player who was a member of the University of Kentucky's " Fab Five " who won the 1948 NCAA Championship, the 1948 Gold Medal Winning U. S. Olympic Team, and the NBA's Chicago Stags and Boston Celtics.

Kenny Rollins, an American basketball player who was a member of the University of Kentucky's " Fab Five " who won the 1948 NCAA Championship, the 1948 Gold Medal Winning U. S. Olympic Team, and the NBA's Chicago Stags and Boston Celtics.

Male athletic teams are called the Stags, and women's teams are called the Athenas.

Other regions in California with some plantings of Malbec include Livermore Valley, Atlas Peak, Carmel Valley, Los Carneros, Ramona Valley, Central Coast, Red Hills Lake County, Chalk Hill, Clear Lake, Diamond Mountain District, Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Rutherford, El Dorado, San Lucas, Santa Clara Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Lucia Highlands, Santa Maria Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, Howell Mountain, Sierra Foothills, Knights Valley, Spring Mountain District, St. Helena, Lodi, Stags Leap District, Madera, Suisun Valley, Temecula Valley, Monterey, Mount Veeder, North Coast, Oak Knoll District,

The Toronto Awaba Stags FC in the Northern NSW Football competition ; the Macquarie Scorpions in the Newcastle Rugby League and also the Toronto Workers Kookaburras in the Newcastle cricket competition.

Hemel Stags, founded in 1981, are the only rugby league team from the South of England to play in the Rugby League Conference National league.

In the playoffs, however, they were defeated by the Chicago Stags in six games.

Cousy had refused to report to the club that had drafted him ( ironically, the Blackhawks, Auerbach's old club ), and because his next team ( the Chicago Stags ) folded, he ended up with the Celtics.

The Central Districts Stags is the region's premier cricket team and plays in the national State Championship.

Abbots Bromley also has a fast developing football team, Abbots Bromley FC ( www. abstags. co. uk ) They are nicknamed ' The Stags '.

With Bolsover being in close proximity to both the towns of Mansfield and Chesterfield, the fan base is mixed ; however most of the town support Chesterfield FC and are known as Spireites although there always has been and is a growing minority of Mansfield Town FC supporters in the town which creates a great rivalry between the Stags and the Spireites.