page_title: Lindon Meikle
section_title: Mansfield Town
hierarchical_section_title: Lindon Meikle / Club career / Mansfield Town
caption_attribution_description: English: Lindon Meikle playing for Mansfield Town against Accrington Stanley at Field Mill, Mansfield on 21 December 2013
context_page_description: Lindon Levi Meikle is an English footballer who plays for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth, where he plays as a winger or striker.
  Meikle started his career with Vernon Colts before joining Eastwood Town's youth system, and made his first-team debut aged 16 in 2004. He helped Eastwood to promotion via the Northern Premier League First Division in 2007 and by winning the Northern Premier League Premier Division title in 2009. He played for them in the Conference North for two seasons before moving to Conference Premier club Mansfield Town in 2011, and helped them reach the play-offs in the 2011–12 season. Meikle was a member of the Mansfield team that won the Conference Premier title in 2013, and played for them for one season in League Two before joining divisional rivals York City.
context_section_description: Less than a week after Cox's appointment as manager of Mansfield Town, Meikle followed him to the Conference Premier club on 24 May 2011 after signing a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Matt Green in a 1–1 home draw with Bath City on 13 August 2011. His first goal for the club was the 81st-minute winner in a 3–1 away win over Barrow, which came after he paced past two defenders before he calmly finished with a shot into the bottom corner. Meikle played a vital role in Mansfield reaching the play-offs in third place, playing in both semi-final matches against York City, which the team lost 2–1 on aggregate. He finished 2011–12 with 7 goals in 47 appearances and was offered a new contract by the club in May 2012.
  Meikle made 50 appearances and scored 4 goals in 2012–13 as Mansfield won the Conference Premier title, and therefore promotion to League Two. He was handed a new contract with the club in May 2013. Meikle played in Mansfield's first Football League match for five years, entering the 2–0 away defeat to Scunthorpe United on 3 August 2013 as a 51st-minute substitute for Lee Stevenson. His first goal at this level was the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw with Portsmouth on 24 August 2013, with a close range finish in the 72nd minute. Meikle scored once in 32 appearances in 2013–14 as Mansfield finished 11th, although he was mostly used as a substitute as the formation employed by Mansfield did not include wingers.
caption: Meikle playing for Mansfield Town in 2013
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