Preview: Stags v Walsall

13 January 2022

Mansfield Town are at home this weekend for a Sky Bet League Two fixture against Walsall. Here’s all you need to know…

Please read these special notices, which include COVID-19 safety guidelines and other important information before attending Saturday's match at One Call Stadium:

The ticket office will be open from 10am on matchday
The SSA will be selling programmes from their table at Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen at approximately 1.30pm.
Proof of a negative test or double vaccination is not required for the 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
Please arrive in plenty of time ahead of kick-off
We ask our supporters to refrain from asking players/management for photographs/autographs

Farrend Rawson is back in contention to feature against Walsall. The defender has previously missed recent games due to Covid.

Tyrese Sinclair has also recovered from Covid and could feature on Saturday.

The Stags have enjoyed a superb run of recent form achieving 24 points from a possible 27 in the league.

Mansfield have climbed up to 8^th place in the Sky Bet League Two table after a run of results including six-straight home wins.

This weekend’s visitors, Walsall, have won two out of the last eight matches in all competitions.

The Saddlers sit 15^th in Sky Bet League Two, six points behind the Stags.

The two sides last faced each other in September 2021.

Walsall were 3-1 winners at Bescot Stadium. Danny Johnson was on the score sheet for the Stags.

The referee for Saturday’s game is Ross Joyce. Mr. Joyce will be assisted by Marc Wilson, Darren Wilding and Bradley Hall.

The safety of our supporters 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.

The prices for purchasing tickets in advance of league games (before matchday) at One Call Stadium 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)

The following table lists general admission prices when purchasing tickets on matchday at One Call Stadium.

Category	Ian Greaves Lower	Ian Greaves Upper	Quarry Lane End
Adults	£25.00	£26.00	£25.00
Seniors (65+)	£22.00	£23.00	£22.00
Young Adults (18-21)	£19.00	£20.00	£19.00
Juniors (7-17)	£16.00	£17.00	£16.00
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.

Tickets will be available to collect from the main ticket office from 10am on Saturday.

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

Supporters can also purchase tickets on the day of the game.

Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen will open from 12pm, along with our fans' zone bar (weather dependent).

Sandy's Bar & Kitchen will serve matchday breakfast cobs up until kick-off.

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.

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

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.

The SSA will be selling the matchday programme from their table inside Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen.

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.

iFollow Stags subscribers can listen to full match commentary of the weekend’s 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 2-0 Walsall

15 January 2022

Stags’ midfielder Harry Charsley came off the bench to record a brace and fire Mansfield to their seventh-consecutive home league win by beating Walsall 2-0 at One Call Stadium.

The 25-year-old propelled the Stags into the play-off places with two fine finishes in the second-half.

Mansfield’s number seven opened the scoring on 57 minutes by smashing home Oli Hawkins’ flick-on following Elliot Hewitt’s defence-beating long throw-in.

The second from the former Everton man came two minutes from time to win the game for the Stags.

Manager Nigel Clough made one change to the team that impressively beat Swindon Town 3-2 at One Call Stadium in midweek. Midfielder Ryan Stirk missed the fixture through after testing positive for Covid-19, allowing for defender Farrend Rawson to make his return to the side.

The contest began with a lively start by the visitors, testing Mansfield down their right side within the opening three minutes.

However, the Stags soon looked to unlock the visitors’ defence on seven minutes. Nathan Bishop’s long ball was flicked on by Jordan Bowery, before captain Ollie Clarke returned the forward’s pass to play in Bowery. The striker delicately lifted a prodded lob over the ‘keeper, but his effort was mopped up by the Saddlers defence – preventing the Stags’ number nine from recreating the type of goal he excellently despatched in midweek.

A minute later, Rhys Oates’ knockdown agonisingly beat the run of his strike-partner, Bowery, inside the box. The former Crewe forward was unable to make contact with the ball as Mansfield began to turn the screw.

Walsall provided a resistance to the barrage of Mansfield attacks and created their own opportunities moments later. George Miller’s ambitious effort from distance on 12 minutes failed to test Nathan Bishop in the Mansfield net and Tyrese Shade’s half-volley a minute later also evaded the ‘keeper’s goalframe.

At the other end. Bishop’s goal-kick was flicked on to Bowery, whose snap-shot inside the box was pushed behind by Walsall ‘keeper Chris Rushworth at his near post. Quinn’s delivery from the subsequent corner was nodded goalward by Stephen McLaughlin before Hayden White cleared off the goal-line for the visitors on 21 minutes.

Six minutes later, George Maris won and delivered a free-kick for Stags, but Hawkins’ header narrowly drifted wide of the post.

Mansfield again came close to taking the lead ten minutes before the break. A miscued Walsall free-kick was cleared and collected by Oates, who dribbled into the opposition’s box from within his own half. The former Hartlepool forward found Quinn who crossed to Clarke, but the Stags skipper’s creative poke towards goal landed wide by inches.

Walsall continued tried to hit Stags on the break a minute later. George Miller worked his way into the box to shoot powerfully on the 36 minute, but Bishop’s strong save kept Mansfield level.

The visitors then looked to snatch a goal on the stroke of half-time after Quinn brought down Miller on the edge of the box. Shade drove the set-piece along the floor and wide of the left-hand post to keep the scores level at the interval.

Mansfield began the second half brightly with Hawkins deployed as a striker after the break, but Walsall soon began to threaten. On 56 minutes, a loose ball inside the Mansfield box was blasted goal wards before Maris heroically blocked the shot with his face on the goal-line, preventing a certain goal.

Maris’ block would dramatically increase in significance moments later as the Stags took the lead. Elliott Hewitt hurled a throw into the box which was flicked on by Hawkins at the near post, settling well for Charsley inside the box. The midfielder, who was introduced into action from the restart, pounced on the loose ball to smash it past Rushworth and take the lead on 57 minutes.

The amber and blue pursued a second immediately afterwards. McLaughlin’s free-kick on 74 minutes was cannoned into the wall and collected by Bowery whose shot on the turn was parried clear by the ‘keeper at his near post. A minute later, Oates tried his luck from distance but his effort skidded agonisingly wide.

Mansfield again came close to doubling their lead two minutes later, with their offensive charge in full swing. Quinn forced an error from the Saddlers defence to square the ball. However, Rushworth was alert to intercept the cross, parrying it into the path of Hawkins whose shot was then dramatically saved by the ‘keeper from close range.

On 78 minutes, Miller skipped inside from the left to curl a dangerous shot with his instep, though Bishop was able to tip the ball over the ‘bar.

Walsall’s threat though would soon be neutralised when Harry Charsley fired in his second goal of the game on 90 minutes, to win it for the Stags. Excellent interplay between Charsley and Bowery got the Stags up the field quickly, before Bowery’s clever ball in behind played the midfielder in. Charsley composed himself, before smashing the ball first time to beat Rushworth at his near post.

The Stags have now recorded a sixth-successive home league win ahead of a mouth-watering clash away at league-leaders Forest Green this Tuesday.

STAGS XI: Bishop, Hewitt, Rawson, Hawkins (Gale 90’), McLaughlin, O’Toole, Clarke (C) (Charsley 46’), Maris, Quinn, Oates (Johnson 90’), Bowery

UNUSUED SUBS: Stech, Nartey, Law, Sinclair, Gale, Johnson

WALSALL XI: Rushworth, Menayese, Leak, Ward, White, Kiernan (Wilkinson 73’), Earing, Shade (Phillips 69’) , Labadie (C) (Willock 86’), Osadebe, Miller

UNUSUED SUBS: Kinsella, Perry, Rose, Mills

REFEREE: Ross Joyce

ATTNENDANCE: 5728 (884 away)