Preview: Stags vs Leyton Orient

20 August 2019

We welcome Leyton Orient to One Call Stadium on Tuesday 20 August for our latest clash in Sky Bet League Two. Here's our match preview...

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Defender Matt Preston will serve the final game of his three-match suspension on Tuesday evening following his red card against Morecambe in Sky Bet League Two.

The Stags will also be without long-term absentees Craig Davies (ankle) and Bobby Olejnik (knee).

The O’s will likely be without injured trio Jobi McAnuff, James Dayton and Jamie Turley for Tuesday evening’s fixture.

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Mansfield maintained their unbeaten start to the season on Saturday, earning a convincing 2-0 victory away to Carlisle United.

First-half strikes from Danny Rose and Nicky Maynard, followed by a resolute defensive display in the second period, earned all three points for the Stags.

Leyton Orient have recorded one win, one draw and one loss from their opening three league matches, keeping a clean sheet in two of those matches.

The referee for Tuesday’s clash will be Sebastian Stockbridge, assisted by Paul Newhouse and Richard Woodward. The fourth official will be Peter Gooch.

Mr. Stockbridge last took charge of a Stags’ fixture last October, a 1-1 draw with MK Dons at One Call Stadium.

Ticket information for the match is as follows:

A full breakdown of match ticket prices for the 2019-20 season in the Ian Greaves Stand (lower tier) is as follows:

CATEGORY	BEFORE MATCHDAY	ON MATCHDAY
Adult	£22	£24.50
Senior	£18	£20.50
Young adult (18-21)	£16	£18.50
Junior (7-17)	£12	£14.50
6 and under	FREE	FREE

Ticket prices for the Ian Greaves Stand (upper tier) are as follows:

CATEGORY	BEFORE MATCHDAY	ON MATCHDAY
Adult	£23	£25.50
Senior	£19	£21.50
Young adult (18-21)	£16	£18.50
Junior (7-17)	£14	£16.50
6 and under	FREE	FREE

Quarry Lane prices are as follows:

CATEGORY	BEFORE MATCHDAY(with membership card)	BEFORE MATCHDAY(without membership card)	ON MATCHDAY(with or without membership card)
Adult	£11	£22	£24.50
Senior	£9	£18	£20.50
Young adult (18-21)	£8	£16	£18.50
Junior (7-17)	£6	£12	£14.50
6 and under	FREE	FREE	FREE

Tickets for the match are available to purchase online via www.stagstickets.co.uk, at the ticket office on Quarry Lane, or by calling the ticket office on 01623 482 482.

Supporters who have purchased tickets via stagstickets.co.uk and selected the 'print at home' option can now use their mobile ticket received via email to access One Call Stadium. Just scan the barcode on your mobile ticket using the scanners at the turnstiles.

Disabled supporters should view our disabled supporters' section for revelant matchday ticket information.

Supporters can also purchase tickets on the day of the game up until kick-off. Please note that tickets see an increase of £2.50 on matchday.

Our family ticket offer is also available for Saturday's game, which admits one adult and one child for just £18! Supporters that have purchased a family ticket will be seated in our family block, which is located in Block A of the Quarry Lane End. Fans with a family ticket may also be seated in Block B of the Quarry Lane End if demand dictates so.

Please note that, on police advice and for ease of congestion, the gate between the North and Ian Greaves Stand will be closed after every home game this season, re-opening approximately 20 minutes after the final whistle.

The newly-refurbished Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen will be open from midday, serving food from the main menu until 5pm.

After this time, a selection of matchday food will be served from 5pm until 8.30pm.

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are available for both home and away supporters, and the bar is located at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand.

The bar will remain open until 11pm after the match.

Supporters should note that the Kevin Bird Suite will not be open for Tuesday evening's match due to ongoing refurbishments.

Supporters will also be able to purchase the latest edition of our new-look matchday programme The Stag for just £3 prior to the game.

The Stag can be purchased from the merchandise stand near Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen, our matchday kiosks, or any mobile programme vendor around One Call Stadium.

The Stags Supporters' Association will also be selling their Stags vs Leyton Orient matchday pin badges for just £4 in and around Sandy's Bar & Kitchen before the game.

Car parking is severely restricted at One Call Stadium and works on a first come, first served basis. All reserved car parking spaces are within the location of the Ian Greaves Stand car park.

Matchday parking costs £5 per car. 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 white 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 outside Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen and signposted 'The Kevin Bird Suite'.

Supporters

If you need to collect tickets, please head to the main ticket office on Quarry Lane. For ticket purchases, please visit the matchday ticket office, adjacent to the Quarry Lane Stand, around the corner from the main ticket office.

The Ian Greaves Stand is the main stand at One Call Stadium, which backs onto the main car park.

Away supporters are housed in the North Stand, which can be accessed via Portland Retail Park. Please note: there is no matchday parking at the retail park.

Supporters can watch the game live on iFollow Stags - the club's digital online channel - by purchasing a match pass for the fixture here.

You can follow the action live via our Twitter match updates, which can be found here.

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

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

iFollow Stags subscribers can listen to full-match commentary of the clash - courtesy of Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes - by logging into iFollow Stags 15 minutes before kick-off.

Supporters who are blind or visually impaired can take advantage of our fantastic free audio descriptive commentary service.

Provided by Alan March Sport, supporters can listen to commentary from trained audio description broadcasters.

To take advantage of this free service, please visit the entrance to the Kevin Bird Suite at One Call Stadium after 6pm on Tuesday.

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Report: Stags 2-3 Leyton Orient

20 August 2019

Mansfield Town suffered a 3-2 defeat against Leyton Orient this evening, despite a dominant first-half display at One Call Stadium.

Two first-half penalties from Danny Rose handed the home side a much-deserved advantage heading into the interval.

However, strikes from Conor Wilkinson and former Stag Lee Angol seemed to ensure the contest would end level – before Louis Dennis’ last-minute winner helped the O’s to all three points.

After achieving his first victory as Stags’ boss on Saturday at Carlisle, John Dempster made only one enforced change for the visit of Orient.

Neal Bishop – suffering from an Achilles injury sustained at the weekend – was replaced by Otis Khan.

And it took little time for Mansfield to ascend through the gears with the midfielder at the heart of the action.

Khan flashed a dangerous cross beyond all the amber and blue shirts before, in the 10^thminute, he was involved to even greater effect.

His slide-rule pass through to Rose sent the frontman bearing down on goal – only to be clipped by Marvin Ekpiteta for the evening’s first spot-kick.

The striker both won and assumed responsibility of the penalty, confidently tucking home as he sent Dean Brill diving the opposite way.

Conrad Logan was then called into action with the visitors attempting to atone for their early setback.

First came a smart, close-range save from Conor Wilkinson’s effort before the ‘keeper soon palmed Ekpiteta’s header away to safety from a corner.

And the hosts almost doubled their advantage in superb circumstances just minutes thereafter.

Rose and Nicky Maynard linked up inside the O’s penalty area in an attempt to tee up Mal Benning, however, the left-back had possession stolen from his feet at the last.

Although, this was quickly forgotten about as the Stags were awarded their second penalty, on 24 minutes.

Kellan Gordon retrieved the ball and was ultimately adjudged to have been fouled by defender Joe Widdowson.

Again, Mansfield’s number 32 took responsibility from 12 yards and dispatched his penalty with ease.

It marked his fifth goal in Sky Bet League Two in only four appearances

There was so nearly a third before the half-time interval, too, when Khan struck the upright with a curling free-kick.

Following the restart, Mansfield showed little intent to ease off as they gave the O’s defence no time to rest.

Benning had two efforts from distance collected by Brill sandwiched between Rose’s overhead kick that was skewed wide.

On the hour mark, the number 3 then lofted a beautiful pass with outside of his boot towards Rose, whose eventual chip lacked enough power to test the opposing ‘keeper.

However, minutes later, the visitors had halved the deficit.

After Louis Dennis directed the ball towards goal from close range, Wilkinson was on hand to tap home amidst a crowd of bodies.

The O’s expectedly had their tails up after making steps towards a potential comeback with two efforts being dragged wide of Logan’s left-hand post.

Dempster’s men were still seeking the third, though, and it almost arrived through Kyrstian Pearce – the centre-half inches away from meeting Alex MacDonald’s delivery.

And 14 minutes after their first, the away side were level.

Angol found space on the left side of the penalty area and generated enough power to squeeze his strike underneath Logan.

Mansfield pressed for a late winner and despite several attempts to do so, they were undone in the final moments.

Substitute Dennis wrapped up proceedings in dramatic fashion as he sent Angol’s cross into the net from the back post.

Mansfield will hope to put any disappointment quickly behind them when they take on Stevenage at One Call Stadium this Saturday.

STAGS' XI: Logan (GK), White (Clarke 90’), Benning, Pearce ©, MacDonald, Khan (Smith 68’), Maynard (Hamilton 73’), Tomlinson, Sweeney, Gordon, Rose.

UNUSED SUBS: Stone (GK), Sterling-James, Law, Gibbens.

ORIENT XI: Brill (GK), Ling, Widdowson (Gorman 87’), Ekpiteta, Coulson ©, Clay, Wilkinson (Maguire-Drew 90+3’), Happe (Dennis 46’), Brophy, Angol, Wright.

UNUSED SUBS: Sargeant (GK), Judd, Harrold, Marsh.

REFEREE: Sebastian Stockbridge

ASSISTANTS: Paul Newhouse & Richard Woodward

FOURTH OFFICIAL: Peter Gooch

ATTENDANCE: 4,128 (326 away)

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