Reggie Lambe, the Mansfield Town winger, is aiming to prove that he is worth a new deal when his contract expires at the end of the season.

The 23-year-old signed an extended deal at the Sky Bet League Two side last week after impressing new manager Adam Murray who succeeded Paul Cox — the man who brought Lambe to the club — in November.

Lambe, who has made 14 appearances in all competitions since joining Mansfield in September, is enjoying life under Murray and said he is determined to do all he can to remain at the One Call Stadium for the foreseeable future.

“I’m looking to win another contract for next season,” Lambe, who was used sparingly by previous manager Cox, told The Royal Gazette.

“The new manager has been brilliant to me and I’m just working hard on the training ground trying to impress so I can get another deal.

“I’ve just got to keep doing what I’m doing and hopefully good things will come of that.

“It would be a big thing for me to stay at the club under [Adam Murray].”

The Bermuda player m arked his contract extension with his first goal for Mansfield in a 2-1 defeat away to high-flying Burton Albion last weekend.

It was a bittersweet occasion for the former Toronto FC man who was relieved to have opened his account but disappointed that he was unable to provide the finishing touches to several other chances.

“I’m delighted to have signed until the end of the season and to have scored my first goal — things are moving forward for me,” Lambe said.

“I had a few more chances that I would have liked to have taken and the goal doesn’t really mean too much as we lost the game.

“If I’d taken some of the other chances then maybe we would have won the game and I could have celebrated.”

Having been thrust into the football wilderness after being released by Toronto last March, Lambe said that he was happy to be playing regularly again but believed there were parts of his game that must improve.

“I’m constantly working with the manager, the coaching staff and even by myself to become a better player,” said Lambe, who had an unsuccessful trial at League One Bradford City at the start of the season.

“It’s all about working hard in training and doing the right things to try and keep that starting spot.”

Lambe has tasted the rough and tumble of the English game before with spells at Championship side Ipswich Town and League Two side Bristol Rovers, who have since been relegated to the non-League.

He said that he was thrilled to have returned to a country which he considers his “second home”.

“I like the style of football in England and I’m glad to be getting games — I just have to keep going,” said Lambe, who has unsurprisingly been named in Bermuda coach Andrew Bascome’s training squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.

“I’m excited to be back in England; my mom and sister live here so I get to see them every now and again — it feels like home.

“I like the style of football here and I’m glad to be getting games. I just have to keep going.”

Mansfield, who are fifteenth in the table, are at home against Exeter City tomorrow.