Preview: Stags v Accrington

15 April 2024

Mansfield Town face Accrington Stanley tomorrow evening in a Sky Bet League Two contest at One Call Stadium (7:45pm kick-off). Here's all you need to know...

Please note that One Call Stadium is a cashless Stadium. Cash is not accepted anywhere in the ground on matchdays or during the week.
Quarry Lane Road will be closed 20 minutes before full-time until the club car park is cleared.
Pyrotechnic detection dogs will be on duty outside of the home and away turnstiles to ensure the safety of fellow supporters.
Supporters who have purchased tickets in the North Stand for tomorrow’s match at home to Accrington Stanley will be able to enter the stadium via turnstiles 11 and 12 at the rear of the North Stand. Exit after full-time will be via the Ian Greaves Lower Tier.
Supporters should also note that the pedestrian gate between the North Stand and the Ian Greaves Stand will be closed from approximately 20 minutes before full-time until away supporters have departed.
Portland Retail Park have politely asked us to remind supporters that parking is not permitted on their site on a matchday.
Are you a first-time visitor to One Call Stadium? If so, you may wish to check out our useful first-time guide.

Manager Nigel Clough confirmed that Stags have a few doubts after Saturday but it will most likely be the same 18 that travelled to Stadium MK last Saturday who are available to face Accrington.

The referee for Tuesday’s game is Charles Breakspear. Mr. Breakspear will be assisted by Danny Jarvis, Declan Ford and fourth official, Declan Ford.

All home tickets have now sold out. Thank you for your support.

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 will be open from 12pm.

The main menu will be served from 3pm (matchday menu from 5.30pm).

The Fan Zone Bar will be open from 6pm.

Supporters – inside the UK and abroad can watch the match live for just £10. Purchase your video match pass by clicking here.

Monthly/annual subscribers to iFollow Stags can hear audio commentary of the game as part of their subscription. Alternatively, an audio commentary pass can be purchased for just £2.50 by clicking here.

Commentary will be by iFollow Stags' Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes.

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.

You can follow all the action from the fixture live via our Twitter match updates here.

The match centre on mansfieldtown.net will also contain Opta-populated updates and can be accessed here.

A report from the match will be published on the club website following the full-time whistle, and post-match reaction from the dressing room will be available to view on mansfieldtown.net and iFollow Stags.

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Match Previews

Match Reports

Report: Stags 2-1 Accrington

16 April 2024

Mansfield Town magnificently secured promotion to League One for the first time in over two decades with a scintillating 2-1 home victory over Accrington Stanley.

George Maris heroically opened the scoring after just two minutes when his effort from wide out deflected in off Tommy Leigh.

Veteran midfielder Stephen Quinn importantly doubled Stags’ lead on 63 minutes before Tommy Leigh clinched a late consolation for the visitors.

Nigel Clough made five changes to the side that emphatically beat MK Dons 4-1 on Saturday.

George Williams, Elliott Hewitt, Ollie Clarke, Aaron Lewis and Will Swan were replaced by Stephen McLaughlin, George Maris, Stephen Quinn, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Tom Nichols in the starting XI.

Buoyed by a raucous atmosphere inside One Call Stadium, Mansfield dramatically snatched the lead inside two minutes, further igniting their lively backing.

A quickly-taken Maris corner was returned to him by the nearby Stephen Quinn, allowing the number-10 to blast the ball goalwards with his in-step, deflecting off defender Tommy Leigh on its way into the Accrington goal.

Three minutes later, Maris had Stags on the front foot again, attempting to dink the ball over Accrington stopper Radek Vitek from 40-yards out, only to float the ball over the crossbar.

Mansfield refused to let-up and carved Accrington open yet again on ten minutes.

Keillor-Dunn’s delicate ball in behind the midfield line picked out Hiram Boateng, whose curled effort just inside the box was excellently tipped around the post by Vitek.

Despite the hosts’ dominant opening, Accrington reminded Stags of their threat on 21 minutes.

A lofted ball into the Mansfield box worked its way to Shaun Whalley, who guided a cushioned header into the assured gloves of Christy Pym from seven yards out.

Mansfield brought a calm to proceedings via a period of well-kept possession.

That was until Lucas Akins superbly picked out Maris’ back-post run with a whipped cross from the right on 32 minutes. Agonisingly though, the stretching Mansfield number-10 could only fire his effort wide, having made a good contact from close range.

The hosts began the second period as they had ended the first, in search of a second goal.

Keillor-Dunn threatened to claim just that as he stung the palms of Vitek from outside the box on 50 minutes. Sixty seconds later, the same man whipped a tempting 20-yard effort just over the crossbar with his weaker left foot.

Thirteen minutes later though, the One Call’s roof really came off as Quinn blasted in Stags’ second. Clever play from Keillor-Dunn on the left set the Irishman in on goal, whose initial close-range effort was well saved by Vitek. That didn’t matter though as Quinn scrambled fastest to the loose rebound to turn it home and spark pandemonium in the stands.

Having managed the play composedly, Mansfield were dealt a late scare when Leigh’s deflected volley deceived Pym to get one back for Accrington on 85 minutes.

That didn’t matter though, as the referee’s whistle soon rung out for full-time, sparking scenes of elation and euphoria.

STAGS: Pym, Akins (Hewitt 84’), Flint ©️, Bowery, McLaughlin, Reed, Maris (Gale 74’), Quinn (Clarke 67’), Boateng (Lewis 67’), Keillor-Dunn (Swan 74’), Nichols.

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Williams.

STANLEY XI: Vitek, O’Brien, Hills, Gubbins, Shipley, Conneely, Coyle, Nolan, Lowe (J Woods 57’), Whalley (Pritchard 57’), Leigh.

UNUSED SUBS: Savin, Martin, Quirk, Henderson, B Woods.

REFEREE: Charles Breakspear

ATTENDANCE: 7.942 (61 Stanley fans)