Preview: Stags vs Forest Green Rovers

10 January 2020

The Stags welcome Forest Green Rovers to One Call Stadium on Saturday for their latest Sky Bet League Two clash (3pm). Here's all you need to know about the game...

Wing-back Kellan Gordon will miss the game due to a back injury.

Defender Ryan Sweeney and midfielder Willem Tomlinson could feature in the clash having returned to training this week.

The visitors will be without George Williams for the game.

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Last time out, the Stags suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to Grimsby after they beat Cambridge United 3-2 away from home the game prior.

Rovers sit seventh in the Sky Bet League Two standings but have won only one of their last ten matches. Last time out, they recorded a 1-1 draw away to Crawley Town.

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We last faced Forest Green back in October at The New Lawn. The Stags fought back from two goals down as an Andy Cook brace secured a point on the road in Sky Bet League Two.

The referee for Saturday's game will be Graham Salisbury, assisted by Billy Smallwood and David Avent. The fourth official will be Ravel Cheosiaua.

Mr. Salisbury last took charge of a Mansfield fixture in February 2019, a 1-0 loss away to Newport County.

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 10am, serving breakfast cobs for just £2.50 until midday.

Following this, the bar will not serve food from its main menu, but a selection of matchday food will be available from 12pm.

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 defender Hayden White - 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 Forest Green 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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Match Reports

Report: Stags 3-4 Forest Green Rovers

11 January 2020

Mansfield Town fell to a narrow 4-3 defeat against Forest Green Rovers after Aaron Collins’ injury-time winner at One Call Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

CJ Hamilton and Danny Rose gave their side a deserved two-goal lead before Farrend Rawson pulled one back on the stroke of half time.

Thereafter, another header from Rawson and a deflected Carl Winchester strike turned the tide until Nicky Maynard thought he had snatched a point with his calm, 90th-minute finish.

But there proved to be even more drama when substitute Collins smashed home from inside the area to condemn defeat upon the amber and blue.

Graham Coughlan signalled four changes to his starting line-up to face promotion contenders Forest Green.

Bobby Olejnik, James Clarke, Ryan Sweeney and Will Tomlinson all returned as the latter two had fully recovered from their respective injuries.

Mansfield made a blistering start to proceedings in NG18, with Maynard clattering into Adam Smith as both players contested the same ball held up in windy conditions.

However, the hosts would soon capitalise upon a defensive lapse in concentration.

A floated ball into the area was nodded down by Alex MacDonald and when neither Joseph Mills nor Smith claimed possession, Hamilton nipped in front to open the scoring.

Their intent never threatened to fizzle out and were only denied a second by the offside flag.

Maynard pounced onto Rose’s blocked effort to turn home from point-blank range, although the striker was judged to have been the wrong side of the last defender.

Forest Green were naturally beginning to gain a foothold in the contest but Mansfield were equally holding firm at the back.

There was an injury blow to Tomlinson who, after only just recovering to start Saturday’s fixture, had to be withdrawn. Alistair Smith subsequently entered the fray.

Jack Aitchison’s rasping drive had Olejnik scrambling across his goal line before an instinctual touch turned Liam Kitching’s header over.

And it proved to be vital.

Less than one minute later, Rose was alive to MacDonald’s near-side throw and he gladly steered home with a neat, glancing flick.

The away side struck a determined tone at the end of the first period, which contributed to an action-packed few minutes in Nottinghamshire.

Another smart save from Olejnik kept Rovers at bay before the Stags broke with pace towards the opposite end. Maynard twice watched his efforts be smothered prior to Hamilton’s clever shot connecting with the base of the upright.

Mark Cooper’s side halved the deficit in the dying embers of the first period – Rawson turning home Mills’ pinpoint cross – and it left the Sky Bet League Two contest curiously poised.

Into the second half and it was yet another rapid opening for the hosts. Smith was released by Maynard on the turn but the low effort was gathered by his namesake.

Rovers, though, still posed a threat and turned the game on its head within eight second-half minutes.

Rawson claimed his second of the afternoon with another header from a set-piece before Winchester’s deflected strike beat Olejnik to nestle into the bottom corner.

Benning then traversed forward, into the area, but the referee quickly waved away penalty appeals as the left-back fell to ground.

Junior Mondal was left unattended at the back post but the forward was unable to connect as he sought to volley home a fourth.

Although, more drama ensued under the floodlights in the East Midlands.

Youngster James Clarke pulled a remarkable touch and pass from nowhere to find Maynard through a crowd of bodies, and the striker curled in against the underside of the bar.

This came six minutes before Collins’ calm finish with almost the last kick of the game; sealing victory for the visitors.

The Stags’ next Sky Bet League Two contest is on Saturday 18 January as they travel to Home Park to face Plymouth Argyle.

STAGS XI: Olejnik (GK), Benning, Preston, Bishop, MacDonald (Khan 73’), Maynard, Tomlinson (Smith 36’), Sweeney ©, Clarke, Hamilton, Rose (Cook 63’).

UNUSED SUBS: Stone (GK), White, Davies, Knowles.

FOREST GREEN XI: Smith (GK), Bernard, Rawson, Winchester, Adams, Brown (Collins 75’), Kitching, Mills ©, Mondal, March (McCoulsky 69’), Aitchison (Frear 73’).

UNUSED SUBS: Thomas (GK), Mills, Collins, Dawson, McGinley.

REFEREE: Graham Salisbury

ASSISTANTS: Billy Smallwood & David Avent

FOURTH OFFICIAL: Ravel Cheosiaua

ATTENDANCE: 3,956 (115 away)

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