Preview: Stags v Stevenage

20 April 2023

The Stags are at One Call Stadium on Saturday for a Sky Bet League Two clash with Stevenage (3pm kick-off). Here’s all you need to know…

The club advises supporters to enter the stadium as early as possible once turnstiles open at 1.30pm.
Pyrotechnic detection dogs will be on duty outside of the home and away turnstiles to ensure the safety of fellow supporters.
The One Call Stadium car park will be closed 15 minutes prior to full-time until footfall reaches a safe level to enable supporters to leave the ground on foot.
The gate between the North Stand and Ian Greaves Stand will be closed 15 minutes prior to full-time until Stevenage’s supporters’ coaches have left the ground.

Jordan Bowery was withdrawn from Stags’ 2-1 win at Newport on Tuesday due to a tight hamstring and will be assessed ahead of Saturday’s clash.

Forward Rhys Oates has a 50/50 chance to feature on the bench against the Boro.

Left-back Stephen McLaughlin was replaced in Tuesday night’s win - after coming off the bench - due to a knee injury.

Forward Danny Johnson was absent from our encounter with Newport due to a tight hamstring.

Midfielder Louis Reed is continuing to make progress with his knee injury.

Will Swan is making progress and there is a possibility that the forward will return for the final few games.

Defender John-Joe O’Toole (foot) will be sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.

Midfielder Anthony Hartigan is also likely to miss the rest of the season.

The referee for the game is James Linington. Mr. Linington will be assisted by Nigel Lugg, Andrew Aylott and fourth official, Carl Boyeson.

Tickets for Saturday’s clash with Stevenage are available to purchase online via stagstickets.co.uk or by calling 01623 482 482 (option 1).

The club strongly advises supporters to purchase tickets in advance of matchday to avoid prospective queueing at the matchday ticket office/main ticket office.

Tickets can be purchased on matchday up until kick-off (3pm) online and in person at the ticket office (in pre-designated seats only).

Family tickets – priced at £23 – are now available to purchase online by selecting one adult and one junior in blocks A or B of the Quarry Lane Stand. Once this has been added to the shopping cart, the discount will be automatically applied.

The prices for purchasing tickets in advance of matchday are as follows:

	Ian Greaves Upper	Ian Greaves Lower	Quarry Lane
Adult	£23	£22	£20
Senior (65+)	£20	£19	£18
Young Adult - 18-21	£18	£17	£16
Early Junior 13-17	£15	£14	£13
Early Junior 07-12	£11	£10	£9
Family (1 adult 1 child)	N/A	N/A	£23
Hospitality - Purchase	£60	N/A	N/A
Hospitality - Upgrade	£40	N/A	N/A

Matchday prices are as follows:

	Ian Greaves Upper	Ian Greaves Lower	Quarry Lane
Adult	£25	£24	£22
Senior	£22	£21	£20
Young Adult - 18-21	£20	£19	£18
Early Junior 13-17	£16	£15	£14
Early Junior 07-12	£12	£11	£10
Family (1 adult 1 child)	N/A	N/A	£23
Hospitality - Purchase	£60	N/A	N/A
Hospitality - Upgrade	£40	N/A	N/A

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 Fans' zone bar/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/Fans’ Zone bar outside Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen and signposted 'The Kevin Bird Suite'.

Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen - at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand - will be open from 12pm.

The matchday menu will also be served from 12.30pm.

Our Fans’ Zone bar - located at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand - will be open from 1pm.

Fans located in the UK can listen to Saturday’s contest for just £2.50 here.

Supporters based overseas can watch this weekend's clash for just £10 here.

Commentary will be provided by Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes.

You can follow the action live via our Twitter match updates, which can be found here.

Commentary for the visually impaired will be provided by Alan March Sport. Collect your headsets from the Kevin Bird Suite/Hospitality entrance at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand.

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.

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Match Previews

Match Reports

Report: Stags 1-0 Stevenage

22 April 2023

James Gale’s second goal in as many games earned Mansfield a well-earned 1-0 home victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Stevenage in a well-fought battle at One Call Stadium.

The 21-year-old guided the Stags ahead on 11 minutes after delicately deflecting Davis Keillor-Dunn’s edge-of-the-box effort. The hosts’ resilient defending in the closing stages saw out a brilliant result to strengthen Mansfield’s play-off push.

Manager Nigel Clough made one change to the Stags’ XI that earned victory at Newport County in midweek. Match-winner Gale started for Mansfield against Stevenage, replacing Jordan Bowery in attack.

Stags worked their way into the Stevenage box for the first time on five minutes following a bright start by the home side. Stephen Quinn’s well-placed midfield pass played Davis Keillor-Dunn in down the right, but the forward was tackled before pulling the trigger.

The hosts were in again six minutes later and this time made it count.

Callum Johnson’s quick feet on the right freed himself of his marker to tee-up Lucas Akins on the edge of the box. Akins recycled possession by squaring to Keillor-Dunn after seeing his initial effort blocked. And the midfielder’s subsequent driven effort at goal through a body of players nicked off the boot of James Gale to deceive ‘keeper Timothee Lo-Tutala and trickle over the goal line.

Mansfield kept the pressure on the visitors by continuing to work at the Stevenage defence. Soon enough, in-form midfielder Hiram Boateng wriggled into space on 16 minutes to curl a well-struck effort over the bar.

Stags were dealt an unfortunate blow on 21 minutes when goalscorer Gale collided with Lo-Tutala inside the Stevenage box, requiring Rhys Oates to replace him from the bench.

A lull in goal-mouth action ensued as both sides jostled for possession in midfield.

Stevenage came the closest to adding a second goal before the break when forward Jamie Reid found space on the edge of the box to shoot. However, he was denied by Pym’s convincing near-post save on 45 minutes.

Three minutes into stoppage time, the visitors provoked another opportunity.

Right-back Luther Wildin’s right-sided cross found Jordan Roberts in the centre of the box, who steered a tame effort goalwards with his head, but Pym held it comfortably to end the first-half action.

The visitors resumed the second half on the front foot by testing Pym again on 49 minutes. A floated right-sided cross picked out Max Clark in front of goal, whose arrowed header was well held by the Mansfield shot-stopper.

Stags reacted and crafted a chance of their own on 59 minutes after Oates’ darting run in behind played Mansfield in. Wide right, the forward clipped the ball in from the by-line to no avail. However, the loose ball inside the box was mopped up by Boateng who worked it to Akins, whose shot inside the box was deflected narrowly wide by Carl Piergianni’s knee.

The game opened up on the hour and Mansfield were in again through Akins on 63 minutes. The forward worked into the box and squared powerfully, evading the run of Keillor-Dunn to his left.

Full of confidence, Mansfield tempted a second five minutes later. Having received the ball on the left from a throw-in, Keillor-Dunn swivelled and curled a 20-yard right-footed effort inches over the bar and onto the roof of the net.

A quiet period ensued as both sides experienced loose spells of possession. That was ended on 83 minutes when Oates was played through down the left. The Stags’ striker raced through on goal before blasting an effort over from the left side of the box.

A minute later, Keillor-Dunn received the ball close to the centre circle before spotting Lo-Tutala off his line, with the Mansfield attacker letting fly from range but the Stevenage goalkeeper recovered well to claim his effort.

With Stevenage committed to their offensive effort, Oates exploited spaces in behind the defence to craft another opportunity two minutes later. The Stags striker collected Boateng’s long-distance pass and dribbled closer to goal before curling an effort narrowly over the bar.

The visitors threw every man forward in the closing stages, but Mansfield’s steely defensive effort sealed them out to wrap up an incredible three points.

STAGS: Pym, Hewitt, Akins, Johnson, Perch, Quinn (Law 71’), Wallace, Gale (Oates 21’ (Harbottle 89’)), Kilgour, Keillor-Dunn (Maris 89’), Boateng

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Reed, Swan

STEVENAGE: Lo-Tutala, Wildin (Evans, 87’), Clark, Reeves, Piergianni, Sweeney, Roberts, Gilbey (Horgan 74’), Bostwick (Forster-Caskey 45’), Reid, Rose (Taylor 64’)

UNUSED SUBS: Pryzbek, Smith, Tomkinson

REFEREE: James Linington

ATTENDANCE: 6,863 (384 Stevenage fans)