Preview: Stags v Carlisle

12 September 2022

The Stags are at One Call Stadium tomorrow night for a Sky Bet League Two clash with Carlisle United (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.
A minute’s silence will be held before the game in memory of Her Majesty, The Queen Elizabeth II, with black armbands to be worn by participants and the National Anthem played.

Hiram Boateng (hamstring) and Jason Law are close to returning to action. The midfield duo will be assessed ahead of matchday.

James Perch is unlikely to be involved after picking up a knee injury following a blocked tackle at Doncaster on Saturday.

The referee for the game is Sam Allison. Mr. Allison will be assisted by Lewis Raper, Mark Cunliffe and fourth official Johnathon Bickerdike.

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	£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 5pm.

Our Fans’ Zone bar - located at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand - will also be open from 6pm.

Supporters can watch tomorrow night’s game exclusively on iFollow Stags for just £10 with commentary from Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes. Purchase your video match pass 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 Reports

Report: Stags 0-0 Carlisle

13 September 2022

Mansfield Town were held to a goalless draw as they shared the spoils against a dogged Carlisle United at One Call Stadium.

The visitors had the better of the chances in a contest which never really hit full stride.

Stags' midfielder George Maris had the hosts' best opportunity, late in the second half, but blasted wide following Stephen Quinn's left-sided pass.

Prior to the match, a crowd of 5,421 joined players and officials in remembering Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, by a minute's applause and the playing of the National Anthem.

Both sets of players also wore black armbands in a mark of respect.

Elliott Hewitt replaced James Perch in defence following Stags' last match ten days ago, a superb 3-1 win at Doncaster Rovers.

Inside the fourth minute, Stags were first to register a shot at goal when George Maris struck low at the goalkeeper after being teed up by George Lapslie inside the box following good play by Ollie Clarke on the right flank.

Carlisle missed a guilt-edged chance to go ahead in the 15^th minute.

Stags allowed Jack Armer's ball to cross the breadth of the penalty area and breathed a sigh of relief when captain Morgan Feeney somehow directed his effort at Cristy Pym, with the goal at his mercy.

Then at the other end, Stags thought they had the lead.

'Keeper Tomas Holy could only parry George Maris' effort into the path of Lapslie to slot underneath him, but the flag was up for offside.

In the 24^th minute, Stephen McLaughlin sent a right-footed rocket towards goal which smashed into the side netting.

Such was the power of the shot that the netting had to be quickly repaired by groundstaff during a stoppage in play.

With 33 minutes played, Christy Pym got down quickly to superbly deny Jordan Gibson's well-hit drive.

Four minutes later, Lucas Akins set up Lapslie, who cracked a 25-yard attempt high and wide.

Within a minute of the restart, Carlisle squandered a golden chance in front of their fans.

Kristian Dennis blasted the ball over from short range from the edge of the goal area after Gibson delivered from the right.

Then, in Stags' first charge of the second half, Lapslie sent a ball across the face goal but no one was able to meet it.

In the 49^th minute, Akins turned well to smash goalwards, forcing Holy to turn the ball behind for a corner.

Jordan Bowery, moved from right wing-back to the left of a front three at the interval, hit a speculative effort into the Quarry Lane End as Stags searched for the breakthrough.

Gibson got in on the shooting act again as he controlled a delicious cross-field pass before lashing a shot wide of goal from the right side of the box.

Just shy of the hour, Maris was shown a yellow card for a late challenge on Gibson near the halfway line.

But then Gibson himself went into the book for dissent.

Stags were caught off guard in the 65^th minute when Owen Moxon sent a deep ball into the home box, but a ghosting Morgan Feeney could only prod it at Pym as he escaped the Mansfield backline.

With 20 minutes remaining, Ollie Clarke was replaced by Stephen Quinn in Stags' first and only change of the match.

Maris then tried his luck from just inside the area, but it flew well over the bar.

From further out, Hartigan let one fly, and saw the same outcome.

With a little over 10 minutes remaining Pym was well behind an effort from Finley Back, who should have done better on the right of the Stags' box.

Maris had his head in his hands on 82 minutes as he side footed wide from 12 yards after Quinn delivered from the left.

It turned out to be the last noteworthy chance as both sides had to settle for a point.

STAGS: Pym, Bowery, Hewitt, Hawkins, Harbottle, McLaughlin, Clarke © (Quinn 71), Hartigan, Maris, Lapslie, Akins.

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, O'Toole, Gordon, Wallace, Gale.

CARLISLE: Holy, Armer, Moxon, Feeney, Huntington, Gibson (Hilton 83), Guy, Patrick, Dennis (Stretton 89), Mellish, Back.

UNUSED SUBS: Kelly, Charters, Whelan, Harris, Idehen.

REFEREE: Sam Allison

ATTENDANCE: 5,421 (155 Carlisle fans)