York City manager Martin Foyle has signed Mansfield Town's 23-year-old defender Luke Graham on a month's loan.

Graham has made six starts for the Stags since joining them from Kettering Town in the summer.

Mansfield boss David Holdsworth told his club's official site:   "Luke has been a breath of fresh air and has contributed massively to the design and imprint of our dressing room.

"However, the partnership of Luke Jones and Scott Garner in the centre of defence is forever-developing.

"Therefore, Luke must maintain high standards which he can only do by playing competitive games.

"This is an ideal opportunity for him to do so and it is a move which I know will benefit him,"

Graham would appear to have been signed as direct cover for the injured Djoumin Sangare, who has been ruled out for around a month.

Foyle had considered recalling another former Stags defender Alan O'Hare from a loan spell at Gainsborough Trinity. However, he is currently nursing a sore ankle.