Preview: Stags vs Barrow AFC

30 September 2021

The Stags are back on home soil this Saturday when they welcome Barrow AFC for a Sky Bet League Two clash (3pm). Here’s all you need to know…

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

Proof of a negative test or double vaccination is not required for Saturday's game
Please do not attend the match if you’re experiencing symptoms of COVID-19
Sanitiser will be available throughout the stadium
All of 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

Defender James Perch has been ruled out for the season and will not be available for Saturday’s game.

Midfielder George Maris trained this week after being substituted due to a facial injury in last weekend’s 0-0 draw at Leyton Orient.

Midfielder Stephen Quinn and forward Tyrese Sinclair are both suspended for the fixture, and defender Kellan Gordon and midfielder Ryan Stirk are awaiting results of scans.

Forward Oli Hawkins felt stiffness in his back and missed training on Tuesday but is expected to be available for the weekend.

On-loan defenders Richard Nartey and Will Forrester will also miss the game due to injury.

The Bluebirds will likely be without Tom Beadling, Jamie Devitt, Mike Jones, Kgosi Ntlhe and Matt Platt for the game.

The Stags put an end to a four-game losing streak with two hard-earned draws against Rochdale and Leyton Orient.

The most recent game, the goalless draw in East London on Saturday, saw the amber and blue earn their first clean sheet of the season.

Barrow will be boosted by their last result, an impressive 2-1 win over Newport County last Friday.

The victory over the Exiles leaves Mark Cooper’s side tenth in Sky Bet League Two heading into the weekend’s fixture.

Barrow came out on top in the two sides’ previous meeting at the Dunes Hotel Stadium back in March.

Patrick Brough scored twice for Barrow in a second-half which saw Mansfield reduced to ten men following a red card to defender Ryan Sweeney.

The referee for Saturday’s match at One Call Stadium will be Tom Nield. He’ll be assisted by Simon Shaw and Abbas Khan. The fourth official will be Thomas Harty.

Mr. Nield last took charge of a Mansfield fixture in our 2-1 defeat to Cheltenham Town in last season’s Emirates FA Cup.

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.

Listed below is 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.

MATCHDAY TICKET PRICES

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.

Matchday prices do not apply to supporters who purchase tickets online. You can therefore make a saving by purchasing tickets on matchday via stagstickets.co.uk.

Tickets will be available to collect from the main ticket office from 10am on Saturday, but please collect tickets beforehand if possible.

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 main ticket office will be open for fans to buy tickets from 10am until 3pm. Please note that tickets bought in person at the ticket see an increase in price on matchday.

Our family ticket offer is also available for Saturday's game, which admits one adult and one child for just £25! 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 from 12pm, along with our fans' zone bar.

Sandy's Bar & Kitchen will serve matchday food from midday up until kick-off. No food will be available from Sandy's after the game.

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 9pm after the match.

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

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.

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 & Dean Foulkes - by logging into iFollow Stags 15 minutes before kick-off. The match will not be shown live on 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.

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 0-1 Barrow

2 October 2021

Ollie Banks’ 55th minute spot-kick sealed defeat for Mansfield Town at One Call Stadium.

The striker’s fourth Sky Bet League Two goal edged a feisty affair in Barrow’s favour.

Nathan Bishop built on a strong performance at Leyton Orient last week to provide more key saves for the Stags.

Farrend Rawson was dismissed with less than a minute remaining.

Nigel Clough made one change to the side that battled for a hard eared point in East London last weekend.

Midfielder Harry Charsley earned his first league start of the season by replacing the suspended Tyrese Sinclair.

Oli Hawkins’ successful outing at centre-back in the capital saw the natural striker keep his place in the heart of Mansfield’s defence.

Ollie Clarke’s fourth minute clearance from just outside the box cannoned off Jordan Stevens’ leg to play in Josh Kay early on. The attacker controlled the awkward ball but fired his effort onto the crossbar despite being one on one with Bishop.

Robbie Gotts’ corner three minutes later found James Jones lurking at the back post, who headed back across the face of goal forcing George Lapslie into a goal-line clearance.

Elliott Hewitt worked his way into the Barrow box well on 15 minutes but the right-back’s driven ball across goal evaded everyone.

Oates latched onto Clarke’s forward ball five minutes later but his low drive from range was well handled by Paul Farman, denying the skidding ball.

Moments later Bishop made a similar diving save to his right, denying Josh Kay from a tight angle.

Lapslie disposed Jones outside his own box who was forced to bring down the Mansfield man and pick up the game’s first yellow card. McLaughlin’s left-footed free-kick through the wall beat the left hand post by a yard.

Joe Grayson’s deep set-piece on 28 minutes was nodded across goal by Ollie Banks but the heel of McLaughlin’s boot on the goal-line somehow denied Barrow the lead.

Lapslie’s edge-of-the-box shot four minutes later beat Farman to narrowly curl beyond the post.

Maris’ free-kick two minutes before the break was nodded down by Hawkins in front of goal. Barrow skipper Mark Ellis was able to block the ball on the goal-line and keep the scores level going into half-time.

Joe Grayson’s shot following a corner in the 52^nd minute was kept out by Bishop at his near post. The young stopper recovered well to deal with a loose ball having spilled his initial attempt.

Ellis was brought down inside the Mansfield box in the 59^th minute causing referee Tom Nield to point to the spot. Ollie Banks stepped up to powerfully dispatch the ball into the roof of the net from 12 yards.

Clarke found space on the left to cut inside and get a right-footed shot off four minutes later. Barrow stopper Farman was able to punch the skipper’s effort clear of danger.

Danny Johnson was introduced for Oates just after hour mark as the Stags looked to attack.

A late challenge from Maris two minutes later earned him his fourth booking of the season and the eighth of the game.

Barrow winger Stevens worked his way up the pitch well to find Offrande Zanzala in front of goal but the striker failed to claim his fourth goal of the season, blazing his effort wide.

Stevens found a way into Mansfield’s box from the left moments later, forcing Bishop into another strong reaction save.

Stags skipper Clarke again tried his luck from range 15 minutes from time. A nodded clear corner-ball arrived at the midfielder’s feet on the edge-of-the-box but his first-time volley sailed wide of the left post.

Patrick Brough broke down Mansfield’s right side playing a ball into Stevens who would have surely scored if Clarke’s sliding challenge didn’t intercept the crucial ball in the 89^th minute.

Charsley’s 91^st minute ball into the box was knocked down to Danny Johnson who’s header skewed narrowly over the Barrow crossbar as Mansfield piled on late pressure.

Barrow’s Gordon found himself through on goal in the 96^th minute before being dragged back by Farrend Rawson. The Stags' defender was dismissed to end a disappointing day at One Call Stadium.

Next up for the Stags is Sheffield Wednesday at home in the Papa John's Trophy on Tuesday night.

MANSFIELD TOWN XI: Bishop, McLaughlin, Hewitt, Rawson, Charsley, O. Clarke, Bowery, Maris (Law 83’), Hawkins, Oates (Johnson 65’), Lapslie

UNUSED SUBS: Shelvey, Burke, Ward, J. Clarke, Cooper

BARROW XI: Farman, Brough, Ellis, Kay (Zanzala 65’), Gordon, Jones, Gotts, Grayson, Hutton, Banks (Taylor 81’), Stevens

UNUSED SUBS: Lillis, White, Williams, Arthur

REFEREE: Tom Nield

ASSISTANTS: Simon Shaw & Ravel Cheosiaua

FOURTH OFFICIAL: Thomas Hardy

ATTENDANCE: 3,931 (190)