Preview: Stags v Swindon

7 March 2024

Mansfield Town face Swindon Town this Saturday in a Sky Bet League Two contest at One Call Stadium (3pm kick-off). Here's all you need to know...

Please note that One Call Stadium is a cashless Stadium. Cash is not accepted anywhere in the ground on matchdays or during the week.
Quarry Lane Road will be closed 20 minutes before full-time until the club car park is cleared.
The club advises supporters to enter the stadium as early as possible once turnstiles open at 1.30pm.
Pyrotechnic detection dogs will be on duty outside of the home and away turnstiles to ensure the safety of fellow supporters.
Supporters should also note that the pedestrian gate between the North Stand and the Ian Greaves Stand will be closed from approximately 20 minutes before full-time until away supporters have departed.
Portland Retail Park have politely asked us to remind supporters that parking is not permitted on their site on a matchday.
Are you a first-time visitor to One Call Stadium? If so, you may wish to check out our useful first-time guide.

Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough expects the same matchday squad of 18 that faced MK Dons on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, defender Elliott Hewitt (45 minutes) and forward James Gale (60 minutes) both featured in Stags’ Central League fixture against Huddersfield at RH Academy.

The referee for Saturday's match is David Rock. Mr. Rock will be assisted by Danny Jarvis, Oliver Bickle and fourth official, Daniel Robinson.

This mtahc has been made all-ticket.

In order to maximise the capacity of One Call Stadium, the decision to transfer to all-ticket means that tickets cannot be purchased on the day of the games but allows approximately 700 additional tickets to be made available for home supporters.

Supporters will be able to collect their tickets on the day of the match, however, purchases need to be completed in person at the ticket office or via telephone (01623 482 482, option 1) by 5pm on Friday 08 March.

Tickets are available to purchase online via www.stagstickets.co.uk until midnight on Friday 08 January.

The decision to transfer to all-ticket applies to home supporters only. Moreover, because of the anticipated number of away supporters, the North Stand will only be available for visiting supporters.

Matchday ticket prices for the 2023/24 league campaign at One Call Stadium can be found below.

Match tickets will be available to purchase by calling 01623 482 482 (option 1), by visiting the ticket office at One Call Stadium, or online via stagstickets.co.uk.

Supporters should note that pre-purchased tickets bought online will only be available at the discounted rate up until midnight the day prior to each home fixture.

The prices for tickets bought in advance of matchday are as follows:

	Ian Greaves Upper	Ian Greaves Lower	Quarry Lane
Adult	£24	£23	£21
Senior (65+)	£21	£20	£19
Young Adult - 18-21	£19	£18	£17
Early Junior 13-17	£16	£15	£14
Early Junior 07-12	£12	£11	£10
Under 7	FREE	FREE	FREE
Family (1 adult 1 child)			£24
Hospitality - Purchase Adult	£70
Hospitality - Upgrade Adult*	£55
Hospitality - Purchase U16	£55
Hospitality - Upgrade U16*	£40

*Upgrade only available to season ticket holders

Matchday prices are as follows:

	Ian Greaves Upper	Ian Greaves Lower	Quarry Lane
Adult	£26	£25	£23
Senior (65+)	£23	£22	£21
Young Adult - 18-21	£21	£20	£19
Early Junior 13-17	£17	£16	£15
Early Junior 07-12	£13	£12	£11
Under 7	FREE	FREE	FREE
Family (1 adult and 1 child)			£24
Hospitality - Purchase Adult	£70
Hospitality - Upgrade Adult*	£55
Hospitality - Purchase U16	£55
Hospitality - Upgrade U16*	£40

*Upgrade only available to season ticket holders

Carer tickets are free subject to the disabled supporter being on the higher rate of disability or enhanced PIP.

Parking is unfortunately unavailable at One Call Stadium.

All reserved car parking spaces are within the location of the Ian Greaves Stand car park. Please note that the car park shuts 30 minutes prior to kick-off due to safety regulations.

The following sites, owned by Mansfield District Council and with easy access to One Call Stadium are Grove Street, Victoria Street, Garden Road and Church Lane.

Charges are as follows:

Grove St 50p/hr

Victoria St 50p/hr

Garden Rd 50p/hr

Church Lane 80p/hr

All of the above pay and display surface level car parks offer cashless parking via RingGo as an additional way to pay.

Every car park has a unique code so people can either pay over the phone, by text, online or by using a free smartphone app.

Details of how to do this are displayed in each car park. Information about all Mansfield District Council car parks can be found at www.mansfield.gov.uk/carparks.

Where do I go when I get to One Call Stadium?

Hospitality

If you are a hospitality guest, please enter the stadium via the brown double doors to the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand, which is the entrance to our hospitality suites.

The doors are located to the left of the Fans' zone bar/merchandise stall outside Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen, backing onto the main car park and sign-posted 'The Kevin Bird Suite'.

Media

Members of the media are asked to also head to the entrance to our hospitality suites, where our media steward will provide you with the necessary accreditation.

The required entrance is located to the left of the merchandise stall/Fans’ Zone bar outside Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen and signposted 'The Kevin Bird Suite'.

Sandy's Bar & Kitchen will be open from 12pm.

The matchday menu will be served from 12.30pm.

The Fan Zone Bar will be open from 12.30pm.

Commentary for the visually impaired will be provided by Alan March Sport. Collect your headsets from the Kevin Bird Suite/Hospitality entrance at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand.

Monthly/annual subscribers to iFollow Stags can hear audio commentary of the game as part of their subscription. Alternatively, an audio commentary pass can be purchased for just £2.50 by clicking here.

Supporters – outside the UK – can watch Saturday’s game for just £10.
Click here to purchase your video match pass.

Commentary will be by iFollow Stags' Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes.

You can follow all the action from the fixture live via our Twitter match updates here.

The match centre on mansfieldtown.net will also contain Opta-populated updates and can be accessed here.

A report from the match will be published on the club website following the full-time whistle, and post-match reaction from the dressing room will be available to view on mansfieldtown.net and iFollow Stags.

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Match Previews

Match Reports

Report: Stags 3-2 Swindon

9 March 2024

Mansfield Town edged past Swindon in an action-packed encounter at One Call Stadium to remain top of Sky Bet League Two.

Mansfield may have put the game to bed by half-time, but instead led courtesy of a solitary early goal from Lucas Akins.

The Robins roared back and a frantic 25 minute period in the second-half saw both sides score twice.

Davis Keillor-Dunn netted his 18^th goal of the season while substitute Will Swan climbed off the bench to head home the winner after Swindon twice levelled.

As part of three changes made from Tuesday’s 2-1 loss at home to MK Dons, George Williams replaced Jordan Bowery at right-back.

Hiram Boateng was introduced for George Maris in midfield and Tom Nichols came into the side for Will Swan in attack.

Stags were on the front foot from kick-off and should have gone ahead after three minutes.

Left-back Baily Cargill sent a dangerous ball into the box from the touchline and as the visitors failed to clear an unmarked Hiram Boateng could only fire into the North Stand from ten yards.

But Mansfield needn’t have worried as Lucas Akins put Stags in the box seat less than a minute later with a go-ahead goal.

Latching on to Davis Keillor-Dunn’s low pass, the frontman broke clear of the Swindon defence to strike low into the bottom corner from 12 yards.

The Robins were penned inside their own half of the field and goalkeeper Jack Bycroft was needed in the ninth minute to fingertip aside Keillor-Dunn’s lovely 20-yard curling effort which looked destined to find the net.

Stags were in rampant mood and Akins and Quinn linked up on 13 minutes to again send a warning shot across the bows.

A neat one-two on the inside left flank ended with Akins striking the outside of the post from close range.

Swindon had a rare opportunity to test Stags’ goalkeeper Christy Pym on 17 minutes after Paul Glatzel was upended a yard outside the box but captain Charlie Austin lashed the subsequent free-kick into the defensive wall.

Stags were soon back down the other end and Keillor-Dunn again came close midway through the half.

Quinn and Cargill combined on the left channel to play in Keillor-Dunn, whose strike from the edge of the goal area took a deflection to balloon over the bar.

After the game entered a quiet spell, Pym made his first stop of the match by comfortably claiming Glatzel’s curling attempt from the edge of the box on 34 minutes and Austin missed a much better chance a minute later by heading over from eight yards following Frazer Blake-Tracey’s cross.

In the search of a second goal, Stags broke forward and Nichols then showed fine footwork to beat his man and fire at Byrcoft from inside the box.

Referee David Rock produced the game’s first yellow card as Swindon’s Conor McCarthy pulled Keillor-Dunn to the ground as he looked to break forward inside the centre circle.

Stags survived a scare two minutes after the interval and Pym had to be alert on his goalline to keep out Aaron Drinan’s close-range header from a corner.

Swindon had a new-found confidence in the second period and levelled on 50 minutes.

Stags failed to clear their lines after Swindon attacked inside the box and Drinan drilled a shot into the ground which spun into the net.

But less than a minute later Mansfield were back in front.

Nichols slipped it to Keillor-Dunn and the attacking midfielder curled superbly from 15 yards to beat a diving Bycroft.

Mansfield’s tails were up and Akins was next to fire at goal, but his trickled effort from the left of the box was pushed onto the post by Bycroft’s fingertips.

Swindon drew level again on 59 minutes in a frantic start to the second period.

An unmarked Drinan was afforded time to pick his spot as he directed his header into the far corner from 12 yards following a cross on the right flank.

As the game ticked past the hour, Akins was booked for leading with a high foot near the halfway line.

Stags had to endure a mini spell of Swindon pressure and on 64 minutes, Glatzel rifled into the grasp of a diving Pym from the edge of the area.

Nigel Clough made a triple change on 65 minutes.

Hiram Boateng, Stephen Quinn and Tom Nichols left the field to be replaced by George Maris, Ollie Clarke and Will Swan.

And Swan made an instant impact by heading Stags back in front on 68 minutes.

Clarke was the architect on the left with a fine clipped cross for Swan to nod in off the post from close range.

On 79, Stags almost sealed the victory as Maris won the ball cleverly in the corner to feed Keillor-Dunn, whose low drive was denied by Bycroft.

At the other end, Swindon surged forward on the counter punch and substitute Rushian Hepburn-Murphy missed a sitter from ten yards after a square pass from the right.

Jordan Bowery replaced Keillor-Dunn with nine minutes of normal time remaining.

Stags looked to put the game out of Swindon’s reach and Swan came close when his looping header was tipped over the bar by a back-peddling Bycroft.

Flint hammered a shot wide of the target following a corner and minutes later Clarke saw his effort beaten away by the over-worked Bycroft.

In stoppage time, Akins pulled it back from the goalline to an unmarked Maris and his low shot was denied by Swindon’s Tom Brewitt on the line.

And after eight nervy minutes of stoppage time, Stags kept out plucky Swindon to earn an important win.

STAGS: Pym, Williams, Flint, Brunt, Cargill, Reed, Boateng (Maris 66), Quinn (Clarke 66), Keillor-Dunn (Bowery 81), Akins, Nichols (Swan 66)

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, McLaughlin, Lewis

SWINDON: Bycroft, Blake-Tracy, McCarthy, Brewitt, Elbouzedi, Devoy, Khan, Godwin-Malife, Glatzel (Hepburn-Murphy 77), Drinan, Austin

UNUSED SUBS: Brann, McEachran, McGurk, Cain, Kokolo, Aguiar

REFEREE: David Rock

ATTENDANCE: 7,257 (407 Swindon fans)