Preview: Stags v Stockport

18 August 2022

The Stags are at One Call Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a Sky Bet League Two clash with Stockport County (3pm 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 1.30pm.
The Kevin Bird Suite will be open via turnstile 13 from 1pm for supporters in the Ian Greaves Upper Tier (blocks N, P, Q and R only) and also available at half-time.

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

Lucas Akins (groin) will also be looked at prior to the match.

Rhys Oates suffered a ‘shoulder-cum-chest problem’ on Tuesday night according to Stags’ manager Nigel Clough. The forward will be monitored before Saturday.

The referee for the game is Anthony Backhouse. Mr. Backhouse will be assisted by Blake Antrobus, Billy Smallwood and fourth official, Nik Barnard.

Tickets remain on sale for Saturday’s home fixture (3pm 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 online and in person at the ticket office up until 3pm.

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 - at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand - will be open from 12pm. The matchday menu will be served from 12.30pm.

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

Live commentary of the encounter is available on iFollow Stags, courtesy of Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes.

Purchase your audio match pass now for just £2.50 here.

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.

Courtesy of Alan March Sport, the club offers bespoke live commentary to blind and visually impaired fans at every home game, for both home and away supporters FREE of charge.

Simply ask for your commentary device at the entrance to the Kevin Bird Suite at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand in advance of kick-off.

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Match Previews

Match Reports

Report: Stags 2-1 Stockport

20 August 2022

Mansfield Town completed a second comeback in five days as they fought their way to a 2-1 win at home to Stockport County at One Call Stadium.

All three goals came in a frantic three minute spell in the second half.

Stockport midfielder Antoni Sarcevic smashed an unstoppable effort into the top corner to give League Two's new boys a 53^rd minute advantage.

But a quick-fire double from Will Swan - Stags' Man of the Match – and skipper Ollie Clarke ,earned another home win for Mansfield.

Two enforced changes were made from a thrilling 5-2 win at home to AFC Wimbledon in midweek, as Stags came from 2-0 behind to emerge as victors.

Anthony Hartigan replaced the injured Stephen Quinn in midfield.

Will Swan – who climbed off the bench to net his first Stags' goal on Tuesday – started in place of striker Rhys Oates, who is set to see a specialist next week.

Inside the fifth minute, skipper Ollie Clarke was the first player in the referee's notebook for a late challenge on Mark Kitching near the halfway line.

Soon after, Stags won the game's first corner after Hartigan slipped in Swan, who showed a superb burst of pace before his pullback was knocked behind.

With 13 minutes on the clock, midfielder George Maris showed good vision to send a through ball to the advancing Stephen McLaughlin but Stockport 'keeper Vit Jaros raced quickly out of his goal to claim.

Stags dominated possession the early stages, but it was Stockport who registered the first shot at goal after 26 minutes.

A well-timed pass caught the home defence off guard, enabling Ryan Croasdale to go one-on-one with Mansfield goalkeeper Christy Pym, who stood tall to palm away the frontman's rifling effort.

At the other end, the electric Swan - latching on to Hartigan's ball - raced beyond Fraser Horsfall to smash an effort into the side netting from the right hand side of the penalty area.

On 32 minutes, McLaughlin side-stepped his marker inside the box but his attempt at Janos was comfortably saved.

Six minutes later, John-Joe O'Toole made an important clearance on the edge of the goal area to deny Antoni Sarcevic a chance to shoot

In first half stoppage time, Swan's sensational first touch inside the box sent the crowd into a synchronised gasp. And after cutting inside, his shot fell to Lapslie who pulled back for Clarke to send a rasping shot against a Stockport man inside a crowded visiting box.
Stockport struck the woodwork five minutes after the break.

Ex-Notts County hitman Kyle Wootton rose highest to Paddy Madden's sweeping left-sided cross, only to see his effort cannon back off the base of a post, with Pym at full stretch.

But his teammate Sarcevic made no mistake with an outstanding strike on 53 minutes.

Stags allowed too much room for Sarcevic to pick his spot, as he lashed a 25-yard thunderbolt into the top right hand corner to break the deadlock.

Mansfield's response was immediate as Swan showed great instincts to bury an equaliser.

Hartigan, bursting forward, saw his deflected pass sprawl into the path of Swan, who drilled a low left-footed shot beyond the goalkeeper to level the contest.

Then – on 56 minutes – captain Clarke got in on the shooting act as Mansfield took the lead.

Swan again was at the heart of the move, sliding the ball to Lapslie, whose effort was palmed aside by Jaros.

And Clarke, with work still to do from a tight angle, found the net with a cool finish from the right hand side of the box.

Stags' boss Nigel Clough sent on Kieran Wallace for George Maris in midfield after 62 minutes in the game’s first change.

Hartigan let one fly off target in the 64^th minute and Stockport then made a treble substitution.

With a quarter-of-an-hour remaining, Callum Camps steered a left-footed drive high and wide as the visitors looked for a leveller.

Hartigan made way for Elliott Hewitt on 80 minutes.

Swan did superbly to pinch the ball from Kitching on the dead ball line, before forcing Janos into a smart stop at his near post.

Oli Hawkins, Kellan Gordon and James Gale took to the field in the 89^th minute, replacing, Will Swan, Stephen McLaughlin and Ollie Clarke.

In five minutes of added time, Mansfield managed the game well and won a corner with 75 seconds to spare as Stockport's frustrations mounted.

The final whistle was met with rapturous applause as Stags maintained their imperious home record.

STAGS: Pym, Bowery, O'Toole, Perch, Harbottle, McLaughlin (Gordon 89), Clarke (Gale 89), Hartigan (Hewitt 80), Maris (Wallace 62), Lapslie, Swan (Hawkins 89)

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Cooper

STOCKPORT: Jaroš, Kitching, Horsfall (Rydel 66), Camps (Evans 76), Madden, Sarcevic (Hyppolyte 76), Johnson, (Crankshaw 66), Brown, Croasdale, Wootton (Jennings 66) Lewis

UNUSED SUBS: Hinchliffe, Quigley

REFEREE: Peter Wright

ATTENDANCE: 6,924 (968 Stockport fans)