Preview: Stags v AFC Wimbledon

15 August 2022

The Stags are back at One Call Stadium tomorrow evening for a Sky Bet League Two clash with AFC Wimbledon (7.45pm kick-off). Here’s all you need to know…

The One Call Stadium car park will be closed for 20 minutes after full-time – and for all home games this season - to enable fellow supporters to leave the ground safely on foot.
The club advises supporters to enter the stadium as early as possible, once turnstiles open at 6.30pm.

Oli Hawkins (hamstring) and Hiram Boateng (hamstring) will be assessed before the contest.

Jordan Bowery is available after suspension.

Lucas Akins (groin) is a doubt for the match.

James Perch and Kieran Wallace are back in full training. The pair are in contention to be amongst the squad against AFC Wimbledon.

The referee for the game is Benjamin Speedie. Mr. Speedie will be assisted by Steve Durnall, Joseph Stokes and fourth official, Grant Taylor.

Tickets remain on sale for our home fixture against AFC Wimbledon tomorrow night (7.45pm kick-off).

Tickets are available to purchase online via mansfieldtownfc.ktckts.com 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 5pm (tomorrow) online and up until kick-off 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 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'.

Sandy’s Bar & Kitchen will be open from 12pm and serving from the main menu until 4pm.

The matchday menu will be served from 5.30pm.

Our Fans’ Zone bar will also be open from 6pm.

The match is available to view on iFollow Stags for both UK and non-UK subscribers for just £10.

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

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Match Reports

Report: Stags 5-2 Wimbledon

16 August 2022

Mansfield Town staged a remarkable fightback as Nigel Clough's men came from behind to beat Wimbledon 5-2 in a thrilling encounter at One Call Stadium.

Stags were 2-0 down after just 16 minutes, but sparked a memorable revival as goals from Rhys Oates, George Lapslie, George Maris, Riley Harbottle and substitute Will Swan completed an incredible comeback.

Wimbledon were in the driving seat when Josh Davison bagged a brace, but Stags refused to surrender.

The Londoners made life difficult for themselves when Chris Gunter was sent off for violent conduct, and Mansfield took full advantage of their numerical deficiency with a merciless display.

Largely due to injuries, five changes were made to the side which were narrowly beaten on Saturday at Leyton Orient.

James Perch, Ollie Clarke and George Lapslie were handed their first league starts of the season while George Lapslie and Jordan Bowery also came into the starting XI.

Kellan Gordon, Elliott Hewitt, Anthony Hartigan, Hiram Boateng and Will Swan made way.

The visitors struck first blood after just three minutes played.

Nathan Young-Coombes broke forward to slide in Josh Davison who – from the right hand side of the penalty area – drove low between Christy Pym's legs and into the net.

Four minutes later, Rhys Oates slotted the ball home after good work by Lapslie, but his joy was cut short by the sight of a linesman's flag.

Stags upped the ante and Clarke struck wide from 25 yards after being fed by Maris.

Mansfield though were rocked when Wimbledon doubled their lead in the 16th minute with only their second attack of the match.

Young-Coombes found too much space on the right-hand side and crossed for Davison to nod home from six yards.

On 28 minutes, George Marsh received the game's first yellow card after upending Stephen Quinn to win Stags' a free kick, but Stephen McLaughlin's delivery was too deep and Wimbledon 'keeper Nik Tzanev went untested.

Tzanev was soon picking the ball from the back of his net as Mansfield were given a foothold back in the encounter.

Stags won a penalty in the 31st minute when Clarke found Lapslie inside the box, only to be clipped by Jack Currie, who received a yellow card.

And Oates made no mistake from 12 yards by sending the 'keeper the wrong way with a cool low finish into the bottom left-hand corner.

Oates may have drawn Stags level when Bowery drilled in from the touchline but last season's top goalscorer couldn’t find the target from close range, under pressure from the Dons' defence.

Mansfield now had the wind in their sails and Clarke saw a long range effort fly wide with 36 minutes played.

Stags' endeavours paid dividends four minutes later.

Bowery, growing in confidence at right wing-back, crossed superbly for Lapslie to head beyond Tzanev inside the goal area to draw the contest level.

The drama continued in the last minute of normal time when Wimbledon were reduced to ten men.

The Dons had won a free kick when Quinn upended Chris Gunter, but after an off-the-ball altercation, Gunter appeared to raise his hands at Quinn and saw red.

It was a backs-to-the-wall approach from the Londoners in the second period and Nigel Clough's men, attacking the Quarry Lane End, soon camped themselves inside the Dons' half of the pitch.

And their pressure paid off in the 56th minute as Stags took the lead for the first time.

Clarke squared to Maris inside the box, whose deflected shot trickled off the inside of the post to cue pandemonium in the home ends.

Anthony Hartigan replaced Stephen Quinn in midfield with 62 minutes played.

Just minutes after climbing off the bench, the ex-Dons' player sent a scintillating long ball to Lapslie, who fired straight at Tzanrev from an acute angle.

Stags wrapped up the contest in the 70th minute following a pin-point George Maris' corner.

And Harbottle – who had scored from a flag kick earlier in the season against Tranmere - powered home a header from close range to extend the advantage.

Kellan Gordon then came on for McLaughlin in the 71st minute before a treble change was made.

Ollie Clarke, Jordan Bowery and Rhys Oates were replaced by Elliott Hewitt, Kieran Wallace, and Will Swan with 12 minutes of normal time remaining.

Gordon let one fly just off target with Stags' confidence now hitting new heights.

As Mansfield looked to add to their goal tally, Lapslie smashed a pot shot into the Quarry Lane End.

The ex-Charlton midfielder turned architect in the 87th minute when he pounced inside the box to feed Swan at the far post who applied a simple finish to complete a magnificent fightback.

STAGS: Pym, Perch, O'Toole, Harbottle, McLaughlin (Gordon 71'), Clarke (Wallace 78'), Maris, Quinn (Hartigan 62'), Lapslie, Oates (Swan 78'), Bowery (Hewitt 78')

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Gale

AFC WIMBLEDON: Tzanev, Gunter, Brown, Nightingale, Marsh, Young-Coombes (Ogundere 46'), Davison (Bartley 83'), Assal (Chislett 89'), Pearce (Kalambayi 83'), Maghoma, Currie (Fisher 62')

UNUSED SUBS: Broome, Bendle

REFEREE: Benjamin Speedie

ATTENDANCE: 5,709 (194 Wimbledon supporters)