his first season at Walsall, he went on to make a total of 34 appearances and scoring 4 times in all competitions. Reflecting on the 2012–13 season, Baxendale says he enjoyed every minutes and described this as his first real season. In the 2013–14 season, Baxendale's impressive form was rewarded when he signed a new three-year contract at Walsall. Shortly after, Baxendale scored the late winner, as he helped Walsall win the second time in the row, in a 2–1 win over Port Vale. Four days later, on 10 August 2013, Baxendale scored again, in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic. A month later, he scored again, in a 3–0 win over Crewe Alexandra on 14 September 2013. He continued to impress for the side, having come off from the substitute bench in number of matches. However, despite making the total of 45 appearances and scoring 3 times in the 2013–14 season, Baxendale find himself in and out of the first team, citing "indifferent form and a niggling injury." In the 2014–15 season, Baxendale initially started out on the substitute bench before regaining his first team place soon after, in which Manager Dean Smith supported Baxendale to rediscover his form. He then scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–0 win over Doncaster Rovers on 27 September 2014. Although he featured in the first team, his form soon became "ineffective" and resulted being placed on the substitute bench in number of games. However, his performance "several misfiring displays" led him to playing in the reserve side for the rest of the season. Because of this, Baxendale was dropped from the first team squad for the rest of the season. Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Baxendale was among strikers to be called out by Smith for their failure "to find the target more than five times during the 2014-15 campaign." However, he struggled in the first team and appeared on the substitute bench for the most of the games in the first half of the season, restricting him to six appearances. Mansfield Town On 9 January 2016, Baxendale signed for Mansfield Town on a one-month loan. Baxendale scored on his debut against Stevenage, also gaining the man of the match award. After a quick impact made at the club, He made his moved to Field Mill permanent on 1 February 2016. Initially appearing a handful of matches at the