Preview: Stags v Northampton

20 December 2022

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

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 club advises supporters to enter the stadium as early as possible once turnstiles open at 1.30pm.
The gate between the Ian Greaves Stand and the North Stand will be closed 20 mins prior to full-time until Northampton’s supporters coaches have left the ground.
Pyrotechnic and drug detection dogs will be on duty at the home and away turnstiles to ensure the safety of fellow supporters.

Jordan Bowery, James Perch, Oli Hawkins and George Lapslie have suffered with illness recently and will be assessed prior to Monday’s fixture.

The referee for the game is Benjamin Speedie. Mr. Speedie will be assisted by Steven Plane, Wayne Grunnill and fourth official, Stephen Wade.

Tickets are available to purchase online via stagstickets.co.uk or by calling 01623 482 482 (option 1).

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 (65+)	£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 also be served from 12.30pm.

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

Live streaming of the encounter is available on iFollow Stags, with commentary courtesy of Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes. Whether you’re in the UK or abroad, you can watch the game live.

Purchase your match pass now for just £10 here.

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

Commentary for the visually impaired is unfortunately unavilable for this fixture.

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 1-1 Northampton

26 December 2022

Will Swan’s eighth league goal of the season earned Mansfield a hard-fought 1-1 draw with promotion rivals Northampton Town at One Call Stadium on Boxing Day.

The 22-year-old was introduced from the bench at half-time before poking the Stags ahead on 84 minutes.

Mansfield had to settle for a draw, however, as League Two top scorer Sam Hoskins levelled four minutes later for the visitors.

Manager Nigel Clough made two changes to the team that earned a well-earned point away to Stevenage in league action two weeks ago. Right-back Kellan Gordan returned in place of Lucas Akins whilst Hiram Boateng replaced Ollie Clarke in midfield.

The game’s first opening came on six minutes after Riley Harbottle’s ill-timed slip allowed Northampton midfielder Ben Fox to capitalise by curling a right-footed shot from the edge of the box narrowly over the crossbar, aided by a George Maris deflection.

Three minutes later, Oli Hawkins’ edge-of-the-box foul presented a second opportunity to the visitors. Sam Hoskins guided the subsequent, left-sided free-kick with his right boot powerfully into the side-netting as Stags withstood Northampton’s early pressure.

Midfielder Anthony Hartigan was introduced after a quarter-of-an-hour as centre-back Harbottle was unable to continue following an injury. Mansfield subsequently changed to a back-four formation.

The visitors continued to control possession but were denied goalscoring opportunities by Mansfield’s resilient defending.

The Stags threatened an opener on the half-hour after Gordon’s floated cross from the right found the head of Maris whose far-out effort was held by Lee Burge in the Northampton goal.

The Cobblers should have converted the game’s first goal on 36 minutes after Hoskins’ cross picked out Fox who miscued an attempt well-wide despite finding himself free in the centre of the Mansfield box.

The remainder of the half was played out with little goal-mouth action as the Stags began to take up promising positions within the Northampton half.

Mansfield manager Nigel Clough made a further two changes at the break as striker Will Swan and defender James Perch replaced midfielders George Lapslie and Hiram Boateng.

Stags’ stopper Christy Pym was called upon four minutes into the second-half as Hoskins turned and shot from inside the box, but Pym saved firmly at his near post.

Moments later, Maris flashed a dangerous delivery across the Northampton box before the ball disappointingly dribbled behind for a goal kick.

Mansfield continued to work hard in the middle of the pitch in order to force a path to goal. They very nearly did so on 77 minutes when Gordon’s right-sided cross narrowly evaded a Stags’ player in front of goal before McLaughlin’s dangerous follow-up delivery was nodded clear.

Four minutes later, Northampton forward Akin Odimayo latched onto a loose ball outside the Stags’ box before driving a 20-yard effort along the ground and narrowly wide of the bottom left corner.

Stags’ hard work and patience finally came to fruition on 84 minutes when substitute Swan fired Mansfield ahead. A right-sided corner was allowed to drop in front of the Northampton goal which was cleared against the shins of Oates, forcing Burge into a low reaction save before Swan steered home the rebound from close-range.

However, the visitors hit straight back as Hoskins’ back-post run was found by Mitch Pinnock’s left-sided cross, allowing the forward to volley the ball first-time into the far side of goal.

The final stages were closely matched as both teams played out a hard-fought draw.

The Stags sit sixth, two points clear of eighth before their clash with strugglers Hartlepool on Thursday.

STAGS: Pym, Gordon, Hewitt, Hawkins, Harbottle (Hartigan 15’), McLaughlin, Maris, Quinn (Clarke 69’), Boateng (Perch 45’), Lapslie (Swan 45’), Oates

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Wallace, Akins

NORTHAMPTON TOWN: Burge, McGowan (Hylton 79’), Guthrie, Sherring, Hoskins, Fox (Pinnock 68’), Appéré (Felix-Eppiah 79’), Leonard, McWilliams (Sowerby 79’), Bowie (Magloire 68’), Odimayo

UNUSED SUBS: Maxted, Haynes

REFEREE: Benjamin Speedie

ATTENDANCE: 7,301 (589 away)