Preview: Stags v Bradford

31 August 2023

Mansfield Town face Bradford City this Saturday in a Sky Bet League Two contest at One Call Stadium (3pm 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.
The club advises supporters to enter the stadium as early as possible once turnstiles open at 1.30pm.
Saturday’s fixture is an all-ticket affair. Supporters will not be able to purchase tickets on matchday. Click here for more details.
Pyrotechnic detection dogs will be on duty outside of the home and away turnstiles to ensure the safety of fellow supporters.
The gate between the Ian Greaves Stand and the North Stand will be shut at 2.45pm on Saturday until 3pm. The gate will then be closed 15 minutes before the scheduled full-time to allow Bradford's fan coaches to leave the ground.
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.
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.

Defender Baily Cargill (hamstring) and midfielder Stephen Quinn (knee) will be assessed prior to the encounter.

Callum Johnson (hamstring), Lewis Reed (calf) and Hiram Boateng (groin) will also miss the fixture.

The referee for Saturday's match is Leigh Doughty. Mr. Doughty will be assisted by Nigel Lugg, Paul Hodskinson and fourth official, Ruebyn Ricardo.

This is an all-ticket match.

In order to maximise the capacity of One Call Stadium, the decision to transfer to all-ticket means that tickets cannot be purchased on the day of the game but allows approximately 700 additional tickets to be made available for home supporters.

Supporters will be able to collect their tickets on the day of the game, however, purchases need to be completed in person at the ticket office or via telephone (01623 482 482, option 1) by 5pm on Friday 01 September.

Tickets are available to purchase online via www.stagstickets.co.uk until midnight on Friday 01 September.

The decision to transfer to all-ticket applies to home supporters only.

Moreover, with a high demand for tickets this weekend, the club is eager to ensure that as many people as possible can enjoy Saturday’s match.

With this in mind, the club kindly asks season ticket holders who are unable to attend this weekend’s game to consider donating their seat back to the club for this match.

Season ticket holders can do so by e-mailing their name, stand, block and seat to ticketoffice@mansfieldtown.net

Supporters are reminded that One Call Stadium operates an allocated seating policy.

Supporters therefore must be seated in accordance to the seat issued on their purchased match ticket.

The prices for tickets bought in advance of matchday are as follows:

	Ian Greaves Upper	Ian Greaves Lower	Quarry Lane
Adult	£24	£23	£21
Senior (65+)	£21	£20	£19
Young Adult - 18-21	£19	£18	£17
Early Junior 13-17	£16	£15	£14
Early Junior 07-12	£12	£11	£10
Under 7	FREE	FREE	FREE
Family (1 adult 1 child)			£24
Hospitality - Purchase Adult	£70
Hospitality - Upgrade Adult*	£55
Hospitality - Purchase U16	£55
Hospitality - Upgrade U16*	£40

*Upgrade only available to season ticket holders

The club’s family ticket offer - which allows one adult and one child to watch a match for just £24 - can be purchased via telephone on 01623 482 482 (option 1) or in person at the Stags' ticket office on Quarry Lane.

Family tickets can also be bought online (when selecting an adult and a child in block A of the Quarry Lane Stand). Purchase yours now by clicking here.

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 matchday menu will be served from 12.30pm.

The Fan Zone Bar will be open from 12.30pm.

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.

Unable to make it to the game on Saturday?

iFollow Stags subscribers (UK only) can hear live full match commentary of our clash against Bradford for just £2.50.

Commentary of the contest will be provided by Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes. Coverage starts approximately seven minutes before kick-off.

Overseas subscribers can watch the match for £10, by purchasing a match pass.

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 0-0 Bradford

2 September 2023

Mansfield Town continued their unbeaten start to the season as they earned a point in a game of few chances against Bradford City at One Call Stadium.

Free-scoring Stags are now eight games undefeated in league and cup, but this was their first being unable to register a goal.

The match had 0-0 pretty much written all over it as neither side were able to create any real serious chances - aside from a Davis Keillor-Dunn strike in the second-half which visiting goalkeeper Harry Lewis had to deny.

Stags were unchanged from a memorable mid-week win as they knocked out Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

Bradford survived an early scare following two home corners inside the opening four minutes; the last of which saw midfielder George Maris whip in a cross from the right, but Leicester loanee Lewis Brunt fired off target inside a crowded box.

Stags were camped inside the visiting half in the opening stages but Bradford had an opportunity on 14 minutes to register their first shot.

Brunt did well to deny Tyler Smith with a sliding block outside the goal area after Jamie Walker kept the ball in play to send in a hanging cross from the goal line.

Stags’ ‘keeper Christy Pym was needed for the first time on 16 minutes as he got down low to routinely claim Clarke Oduor’s 25-yard drive.

The encounter entered a lengthy quiet spell where neither side was able to muster a chance of note, until the 34^th minute when Bradford should have tested Pym.

City’s Ciaran Kelly peeled away at the back post from a corner but the delivery evaded his outstretched leg four yards out.

Stags eventually forced a shot goalwards on 42 minutes as Maris’ hit from the edge of the box deflected behind for a corner.

A minute later, Lucas Akins laid it into the path of fellow frontman Will Swan, who surged into the right of the box to blast high and wide.

At the other end, Bradford broke forward and back-tracking defender Aden Flint had to be alert at his near near post to turn behind after Brad Halliday whipped a dangerous ball into the six-yard box.

Stags had their best chance of the encounter 11 minutes after the interval when City goalkeeper Harry Lewis had to beat away Davis Keillor-Dunn’s curling left-footed strike from 20 yards.

On the hour, Bradford’s Jamie Walker embarked on a mazy run into the Stags’ box but couldn’t execute an effective shot after being diverted to the goal line.

Back in front of the Quarry Lane End, Mansfield midfielder Ollie Clarke dragged a shot wide from 19 yards after Keillor-Dunn’s initial effort was charged down.

Swan then sped away on the left and looked to square it for Lucas Akins, who was bound to find the net had it not been for Ciaran Kelly’s stretching clearance outside the goal area.

Bradford boss Mark Hughes made a trio of changes with 20 minutes remaining and Stags’ chief Nigel Clough called a first change on 73 minutes as Swan made way for James Gale in attack.

And Gale was immediately in the thick of the action, receiving a yellow card before scuffing a shot from the left of the box after receiving Keillor-Dunn’s left-of-centre pass.

Stags began to up the ante and Bradford’s Sam Stubbs did well to rise high in the goal area and flick behind a hanging cross.

From the following corner, Akins saw his glancing header fly inches wide of the post as Mansfield enjoyed a spell in the ascendancy.

Ollie Clarke was replaced by George Williams on 80 minutes in Stags’ second change.

Two minutes later, Macdonald bent a 19-yard free-kick over the wall and bar after Gale was brought down outside the box.

In the 89^th minute, Baily Cargill was introduced for midfielder George Maris before referee Leigh Doughty sounded the final whistle after four minutes ‘ stoppage time.

STAGS: Pym, Bowery, Flint, Brunt, Macdonald, Reed, Maris (Cargill 89), Clarke (Williams 80), Keillor-Dunn, Swan (Gale 73), Akins

UNUSED SUBS: Flinders, Cooper, O'Toole, Abdullah

BRADFORD: Lewis, Halliday, Platt, Smallwood, Walker (Ridehalgh 70), Osadebe, Oduor (Pointon 59), Smith (Derbyshire 70), Stubbs, Kelly, Richards (Tulloch 70)

UNUSED SUBS: Doyle, Oyegoke, Afoke

REFEREE: Leigh Doughty

ATTENDANCE: 8,535 (1,671 Bradford fans)

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