Preview: Stags vs Bradford City

24 January 2020

Mansfield Town welcome Bradford City to One Call Stadium on Saturday 25 January for their latest clash in Sky Bet League Two (3pm). Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game…

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Wing-back Kellan Gordon will miss the game as he continues his recovery from a back injury.

Midfielder Willem Tomlinson could feature after returning to training this week, while the duo of Danny Rose and Hayden White will continue to be assessed ahead of Saturday’s game after picking up minor injuries in last week’s trip to Plymouth.

For the Bantams, striker Clayton Donaldson could return to the fold for the first time since damaging his toe away at Morecambe in mid-October.

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Despite creating several clear-cut openings away at promotion-chasing Plymouth last time out, the Stags were dealt a 3-1 defeat at Home Park. Striker Andy Cook was on target for the amber and blue.

Bradford have enjoyed a good season so far, sitting fifth in the table, but have drawn three and lost one of their last four games. They followed last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Scunthorpe up with a 0-0 stalemate away at Colchester on Tuesday night.

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We faced the Bantams last month at Valley Parade, losing 2-0 courtesy of two James Vaughan penalties.

Bradford last visited the Stags in December 2007, a game that ended 0-0 at One Call Stadium.

The referee for Saturday’s match will be Will Finnie, assisted by Leigh Crowhurst and Ollie Williams. The fourth official will be Matthew Smith.

This will be the first Mansfield fixture that Mr. Finnie has taken charge of.

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.

All pre-purchased tickets will now be available to collect from the 'Collections Only' window at our ticket office booth on matchdays, starting with Saturday's game.

You can find the booth next to the club shop on Quarry Lane. No tickets can be purchased from this window on matchday, although tickets can be purchased from other windows at the ticket booth.

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

Supporters can also purchase tickets on the day of the game. The matchday ticket office will be open for fans to buy tickets from 10am until 3pm. 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.

Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen will open at 11am, serving matchday food from the bar until kick-off.

The bar will begin to serve food from its main menu after the full-time whistle.

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 will also be able to purchase the latest edition of our matchday programme The Stag - which features an exclusive interview with new signing Harry Charsley - for just £3 prior to Saturday's 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 Bradford 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.

Can't make it to the game? 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 1pm on Saturday.

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Report: Stags 3-0 Bradford City

25 January 2020

Mansfield Town produced a scintillating performance to record a 3-0 victory over promotion-chasers Bradford City at One Call Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Throughout a dominant performance in NG18, one header apiece from Danny Rose and Nicky Maynard at either end of the first-half had the Stags in pole position.

And while the Bantams never seemed likely to mount a comeback, substitute Andy Cook ensured all three points would stay in Nottinghamshire with a sensational finish midway through the second period.

Graham Coughlan named only a double change to his starting line-up, which coincided with his two January signings.

Harry Charsley made his home debut in place of Matt Preston while new man Joe Riley, announced prior to kick-off, replaced an injured Hayden White at right-back.

It seemed to be a cautious approach from both sides in the early stages as Bradford worked the first chance of the afternoon.

Dylan Connolly lashed a half-volley towards the far corner but Mal Benning’s perfectly-timed blocked prevented a breakthrough for the visitors.

And it proved to be a defining moment when – with the contest only seven minutes old – the amber and blue found the back of the net.

Alex MacDonald whipped a delightful ball from the far side towards Rose who, despite being sandwiched between two white shirts, lept highest and planted a smart header back across goal.

The Stags, however, were not resting on their laurels as they continued their barrage of attacks.

Ryan Sweeney found himself in a glorious position to double his side’s advantage but the hooked finish instead connected with the stanchion.

On his One Call Stadium bow, Charsley harried forward with possession only to see a deflection halt any chance of a debut goal in front of the home support.

The Bantams began to secure a foothold in the fixture after finding themselves penned back throughout the opening half-hour, with several set-pieces being cleared to good effect by the hosts.

With the tides momentarily turned, Coughlan’s men won possession back through energetic pressing but as Rose sought to launch a counter attack, the ball was deemed to have rolled out of play.

It mattered little, though, when the Stags were awarded their eighth corner of the first half.

Benning took responsibility for a beautiful, curling delivery that dropped right onto the head of Maynard who couldn’t miss from inside the six-yard area, duly doubling the tally just two minutes before the interval.

Following the restart, the away side were presented a brilliant opportunity to reduce the arrears.

Krystian Pearce’s flick, collected by Bobby Olejnik, was judged to have been a backpass, yet Eoin Doyle’s placed strike was smothered by a hound of amber and blue.

Soon after, the One Call began to shake at its roots. First Benning ran over 60 yards to twice win back possession, before Maynard intercepted a clearance and Charsley likewise.

It was the No. 11’s last contribution alongside his strike partner Rose, as both were replaced by Jimmy Knowles and Cook.

And much like at Plymouth, the latter took less than 30 seconds to stamp his mark on proceedings.

Cook allowed Benning’s quick throw-in to run across his body and having noticed Luke McGee off his line, the striker took full advantage with an audacious strike that dipped into the corner.

It was, from that point, a straightforward task for the home side, who saw out the remainder of the Sky Bet League Two clash with peerless composure.

The Stags will be hoping to build upon this afternoon’s comfortable victory when they travel to Boundary Park to face Oldham Athletic on Tuesday evening.

STAGS XI: Olejnik (GK), Benning, Pearce, Bishop, MacDonald, Maynard (Cook 74’), Sweeney, Riley, Hamilton, Charsley (Tomlinson 83’), Rose (Knowles 74’).

UNUSED SUBS: Stone (GK), Preston, Khan, Clarke.

BRADFORD XI: McGee (GK), Richards-Everton, A. O’Connor, Pritchard, Reeves © (Devitt 57’), Doyle, McCartan, Connolly, Henley (Donaldson 77’), Wood, Taylor.

UNUSED SUBS: Sykes-Kenworthy (GK), Mellor, P. O’Connor, Oteh, Cooke, Devitt.

REFEREE: Will Finnie

ASSISTANTS: Leigh Crowhurst & Ollie Williams

FOURTH OFFICIAL: Matthew Smith

ATTENDANCE: 5,537 (1,467 away)

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