Mansfield Town chairman John Radford has been forced to withdraw from a charity cycle ride because of injuries sustained in a car accident, but has donated £1,000 to aid the cause, a club spokesman has said.

Mr Radford was involved in the accident last week on a motorway when the vehicle in which he was travelling was hit from the rear.

Mr Radford was set to take part in a 150-mile cycle challenge from London to Amsterdam next Friday to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK.

“The chairman has been advised by doctors not to take part in the charity bike ride due to injuries sustained to his back, neck and shoulder,” said Stags’ head of media and communications Mark Stevenson.

“He is very disappointed to withdraw from the challenge, but is still feeling the effects of the car accident. As a gesture of goodwill to the rest of the riders and to the charity itself, he has donated £1,000.

“The chairman is expected to make a full recovery in the next couple of months.”

Mr Radford has been replaced on the cycle challenge by his brother Stephen, who will be accompanied by Mark Stevenson, scoreboard operator Stuart Eggleshaw, Doug Carroll (better known as club mascot Sammy the Stag) and striker Ben Hutchinson, who left the Stags in the summer but has agreed to take part in the challenge.

On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, they will ride from one home of Total Football (The Matchroom Stadium, home of Leyton Orient FC) to another, AFC Ajax and raise money to help more men survive prostate cancer.

The team can be sponsored at www.justgiving.com/mansfieldtownfc