Preview: Stags v Sutton

23 March 2023

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

This Saturday’s match is the club’s designated HerGameToo fixture, as the club continues to support equality in football. Emma Penlington - the club’s HerGameToo representative - and guests, will be leading out the teams.
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 Sutton United’s supporters’ coaches have left the ground.

This weekend’s Sky Bet League Two clash will come too early for right-back Callum Johnson after he picked up a calf injury away at AFC Wimbledon on 04 March.

Midfielder Louis Reed is making good progress with his knee injury and will continue to be assessed.

Full-back Stephen McLaughlin was withdrawn on 83 minutes at Northampton Town earlier this month and is unlikely to feature.

Defender John-Joe O’Toole (foot) and forward Will Swan (ankle) will be sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.

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

Stephen Quinn will miss this weekend’s fixture with Sutton United due to suspension.

The referee for the game is Simon Mather. Mr. Mather will be assisted by Matthew Parry, Richard Wigglesworth and fourth official, Thomas Harty.

Tickets for Saturday’s eagerly awaited encounter against Sutton 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 based in the UK and overseas 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 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 0-0 Sutton

25 March 2023

Mansfield Town drew their third successive game after a goalless encounter at home to fellow promotion challengers Sutton United.

Stags were held at home to Grimsby in midweek, following a 1-1 draw at Stockport last weekend.

Both sides slogged it out in a real tussle where clear-cut chances were at a premium.

Forward James Gale made his first league start for the club, while there were also inclusions in the XI for Danny Johnson and Kieran Wallace.

James Perch, Hiram Boateng and Rhys Oates were moved to the substitutes’ bench.

Stags started brightly but it was Sutton who carved out the game’s first real opportunity after ten minutes when Ben Goodliffe smashed a long-range piledriver high and wide.

After a quarter-of-an-hour there was a lengthy stoppage when Stags’ defender Riley Harbottle and Sutton’s Coby Rowe clashed heads inside the home box following a driven cross from the right flank.

Following treatment, Rowe emerged with a bandage round his head while Harbottle – who bore the heavier brunt in the dual - had to be replaced by James Perch.

Sutton began to press but Mansfield almost hit them on the counter-punch with deadly effect.

Forward Danny Johnson held the ball up well to feed Davis Keillor-Dunn midway inside the opposing half. And the midfielder’s pass found Jordan Bowery in space, whose heavy first touch inside the box allowed the visitors to turn behind for a corner.

On 40 minutes, Sutton’s Omar Bugiel received the game’s first yellow card after upending defender Elliott Hewitt on the edge of the Stags’ box.

Stags came close to breaking the deadlock three minutes later.

Bowery drifted a dangerous ball from the left touchline and Lucas Akins was only a stride away from connecting at the back post.

With 30 seconds remaining of five added-on minutes, the half was extended when Sutton’s David Ajiboye required treatment in front of the Stags’ dugout, before the referee blew for half-time soon after play resumed.

Sutton began the second-half with attacking intent and almost took the lead two minutes after the restart when Ben Goodliffe climbed highest to a Will Randall corner, but his headed effort was cleared off the line.

Stags’ forward James Gale then entered the referee’s notebook for a foul, moments before Sutton missed a gilt-edged chance to take the lead.

From the subsequent free-kick on the right-hand channel, Goodliffe again won the aerial battle on the edge of the goal area, only to head wide with the goal at his mercy.

Sutton continued to probe and Stags’ goalkeeper Christy Pym was called upon to deny Alistair Smith with a point blank save.

At the other end, Kieran Wallace swung an inviting free-kick into the box, where commanding defender Alfie Kilgour headed down and into the ground ten yards from goal, enabling goalkeeper Jack Rose to gather.

Stags’ boss Nigel Clough made a double change on 65 minutes.

James Gale received a standing ovation as he was substituted by Rhys Oates while fellow frontman Danny Johnson was replaced by Hiram Boateng.

Suton’s Joe Kizzi was next into the book for a foul on Rhys Oates on the left touchline.

After the free-kick was drifted in and headed out by Sutton, Kieran Wallace saw his swinging left-footed shot blocked inside a crowded box.

Following a scrappy spell, Stags created the next opening.

Akins did well to keep the ball in play on the Sutton goalline before laying to the edge of the box where Keillor-Dunn curled his left-footed effort narrowly beyond the angle.

Will Randall was shown a yellow card for a foul on Hewitt and Harry Beautyman was also cautioned for a challenge on Boateng soon after.

As the game awoke from its slumber, Stags threatened on 86 minutes when Oates broke forward on the right channel to slip inside for Keillor-Dunn, who after advancing into the box, was unable to get a shot away with the ball trapped in his feet.

In three minutes of time added on, Jason Law was introduced for Davis Keillor-Dunn.

In the dying embers of the contest, Boateng’s 20-yard strike deflected behind for a corner, but Law sent it into the palms of Jack Rose.
STAGS: Pym, Hewitt, Kilgour, Harbottle (Perch 20), Bowery, Wallace, Clarke, Keillor-Dunn (Law 90+3), Akins, Gale (Oates 65), D. Johnson (Boateng 65)

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Anderson, Reed

SUTTON: Rose, Kizzi, Rowe, Goodliffe, Milsom, Ajiboye (Boldewijn H/T), Beautyman, Smith, Randall, Bugiel (Kouassi 59), Wilson (Dunas 83)

UNUSED SUBS: House, Hart, Gambin, Kasimu

ATTENDANCE: 6,288 (196 Sutton fans)

REFEREE: Simon Mather