Preview: Stags v Sutton

14 April 2022

The Stags are back at home tomorrow for a Sky Bet League Two clash with promotion rivals Sutton United at One Call Stadium (3pm kick-off). Here’s all you need to know…

Please read these special notices, which include COVID-19 safety guidelines, before attending the match at One Call Stadium:

The fixture is an all-ticket affair. Tickets must be purchased by midnight tonight online at stagstickets.co.uk or from the ticket office by 5pm this afternoon
We advise supporters to arrive early at One Call Stadium as we expect a near sell out in the home ends
The Stags Supporters’ Association will be selling programmes at their table in Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen from approximately 1.30pm
Proof of a negative test or double vaccination is not required for Tuesday's game
Please do not attend the match if you’re experiencing symptoms of COVID-19
Sanitiser will be available throughout the stadium
All our staff will be wearing masks for their own safety but also the safety of our supporters
We encourage mask wearing whilst not seated
Please respect others by keeping a safe distance especially within toilet areas, queuing and on the concourse
Kiosks will be open, along with Sandy's Bar & Kitchen and the fans' zone bar

Kellan Gordon (knee) is unable to feature.

Forwards Jamie Murphy (hamstring) and Rhys Oates (thigh) will be assessed prior to the fixture.

Full-back Stephen McLaughlin is a doubt after straining his hamstring in the 4-0 win at Scunthorpe last week.

Captain Ollie Clarke continues his rehabilitation after suffering a groin injury.

The Stags have lost just three times in the previous 22 league outings and are hoping for a 12th successive home league win in Good Friday's encounter.

Mansfield sit fourth in Sky Bet League Two, just three points off the automatic places.

Sutton United were narrowly beaten on penalties this month at Wembley by League One side Rotherham United in the Papa John’s Trophy final.

The U’s are 10^th in the league table, two points off the play-offs.

The last time the two sides faced each other was Tuesday 23 November 2021.

Sutton were 2-0 winners at VBS Community Stadium.

The referee for the match is Neil Hair. Mr. Hair will be assisted by Andrew Hendley, Grant Taylor and fourth official, Christopher Kidd.

Good Friday’s match is an all-ticket affair. Supporters wanting to attend the contest must purchase tickets today by 5pm from the ticket office or by midnight online at stagstickets.co.uk.

The safety of our fans is always our highest priority. We therefore politely remind all supporters that One Call Stadium is an all-seater ground and standing is not permitted inside the stadium.

Listed below are the club's general match ticket admission prices for home league games in 2021/22.

This includes family tickets, which allow one adult and one child to watch the game from Blocks A and B of the Quarry Lane end.

The prices for purchasing tickets are as follows:

Category	Ian Greaves Lower	Ian Greaves Upper	Quarry Lane End
Adults	£23.00	£24.00	£23.00
Seniors (65+)	£20.00	£21.00	£20.00
Young Adults (18-21)	£17.00	£18.00	£17.00
Juniors (7-17)	£14.00	£15.00	£14.00
Under-7	FREE	FREE	FREE
Family Ticket	Not Available	Not Available	£25.00 (QLE home only)

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 download your ticket via email after selecting 'print at home' and scan the barcode on your mobile ticket using the scanners at the turnstiles.

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

Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen will open from 12pm on matchday and serving from the matchday menu from 12.30pm.

Our Fanzone bar will also be open.

Supporters will also be able to purchase the latest edition of our matchday programme The Stag for just £2.50.

The Stags’ Supporters Association will be selling programmes at their table in Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen from 1.30pm

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

Can't make it to the game? This season's programmes are available to purchase online. To browse this season's programmes, click here.

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 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.

Tomorrow’s game will be streamed live for both UK and overseas subscribers on iFollow Stags. To purchase your match pass for £10, click here.

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

You can also 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.

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.

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Match Reports

Report: Stags 2-3 Sutton

15 April 2022

Mansfield Town’s record-breaking run of 11 consecutive home league wins came to an end as the Stags lost 3-2 to Sutton United at One Call Stadium.

Sutton took a one-goal lead into half-time after Omar Bugiel opened the scoring on nine minutes before David Ajiboye doubled their lead four minutes after the break.

Sutton defender Ben Goodliffe steered a header into his own goal to enable Mansfield back into the contest. That was before Richard Bennett added Sutton’s third on 80 minutes.

Mansfield’s efforts never faded and Matty Longstaff claimed Stags’ second goal of the game in the 97^th minute, though it proved to only be a consolation.

The Stags, however, remain inside the Sky Bet League Two play-off places with five games remaining.

Manager Nigel Clough made one change to the side that dominantly defeated Scunthorpe United 4-0 last weekend.

Full-back Stephen McLaughlin missed the fixture with injury, whilst Oli Hawkins returned to face Sutton from the outset.

The opening stages were closely contested, however, it was the visitors who took the lead on nine minutes after Omar Bugiel intercepted the ball following Farrend Rawson’s mis-cued back pass from outside the box. And the Sutton man, one-on-one with Nathan Bishop, rounded the ‘keeper to slot the ball over the line.

The Stags increased their tempo following the restart and came agonisingly close to an equaliser on 20 minutes. Stephen Quinn drifted inside from the left to play Lucas Akins in the Sutton box. The Stags’ striker backed into his opponent before flashing a dangerous ball across the face of goal, which was turned narrowly wide by Hawkins sliding in at the back post.

Mansfield continued to push for a leveller and Matty Longstaff’s in-swinging corner picked out Hawkins ten minutes later. However, his header into the ground bounced wide of the top right corner.

Following a tense end to the half, Sutton held their slender lead at the break.

The visitors doubled their lead four minutes after the restart. Left-winger Enzio Boldewijn crossed the ball to David Ajiboye, who headed it over the line from inside the six-yard box.

The Stags came close to halving the deficit on the hour mark when Quinn’s free-kick picked out John-Joe O’Toole inside the box but the defender’s header looped onto the roof of the net.

Striker Danny Johnson was introduced for Quinn on 67 minutes and looked to make an immediate impact. After Hewitt’s long-throw into the Sutton box was flicked on, Johnson almost turned the ball over the line with his first touch from close range.

A minute later, Stags were in again. A loose ball inside the Sutton box fell to the feet of Akins, who did well to drift free of his marker before his close-range shot on the turn was blocked on the goal line.

Stags pushed forward again when a drilled pass into Akins inside the box was chested down by the striker into the path of Johnson, but his volley was denied by ‘keeper Dean Bouzanis on 76 minutes.

Stags pulled a goal back on 78 minutes. A long ball into the box was guided over the ‘keeper’s head and into the back of the net by Sutton defender Ben Goodliffe.

Two minutes later, Sutton restored their two-goal lead. A lifted ball over the Stags’ defence played substitute Richard Bennett down the left wing who gathered the ball to drive at Mansfield’s goal and slot it past Bishop from inside the box.

Stags got a goal back in the 97^th minute when Matty Longstaff’s drilled shot from outside the box impressively found its way into the bottom right corner of Bouzanis’ goal to gift Mansfield a consolation.

Nigel Clough’s men remain inside the Sky Bet League Two play-off places ahead of a trip to Carlisle United on Easter Monday.

STAGS XI: Bishop, Hewitt, O‘Toole, Rawson, Perch (Wallace 85’), Stirk (Maris 74’), Quinn (Johnson 67’), Longstaff, Bowery, Hawkins, Akins

UNUSED SUBS: Stech, Law, Murphy

SUTTON TOWN XI: Bouzanis, Goodliffe. John, Ajiboye, Bugiel (Bennett 68’), Beautyman (Korboa 90+2’), Eastmond, Olaofe (Wilson 76’), Boldewijn, Kizzi, Milsom

UNUSED SUBS: House, Wyatt, Rowe, Davis

REFEREE: Neil Hair

ATTENDANCE: 6,134 (173 away supporters)