Mansfield Town v Bristol Rovers

THE 

STAG 

V BRISTOL ROVERS 

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 

SATURDAY 07 AUGUST 2021 | 3PM 

125 TH YEAR | OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | £2.50

One Call Stadium, Quarry Lane, 

Mansfield, Notts, NG18 5DA, 

Tel: 01623 482 482 

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AT THE TOP 

Chairman: John Radford 

Co-chairwoman: Carolyn Radford 

Chief executive officer: David Sharpe 

Operations director: Tina Broughton 

Stadium director: Paul Broughton 

Directors: Steve Hymas, Mark Burton, 

Stags Fans United nominee 

Legal director: Bill Broughton 

Financial director: James Beachill 

FOOTBALL OFFICALS 

Manager: Nigel Clough 

Assistant manager: Gary Crosby 

First team coach: Andy Garner 

Head of recruitment: Simon Clough 

Goalkeeping coach: Seamus McDonagh 

Head physiotherapist: Tom Whittamore 

Strength & conditioning coach: 

David Waldie 

Performance analyst: Matt Ash 

Academy manager: Richard Cooper 

U18s coach: Mike Whitlow 

BEHIND THE SCENES 

Academy co-ordinator: Mark Hawkins 

Club secretary: Diane Ceney 

Head of media & communications: 

Mark Stevenson 

Commercial manager: Paul Nyland 

Corporate sales manager: Laura Cooper 

Safety officer: Alan Lakin 

Football in the Community director: 

Mark Hemingray 

Ticket office & retail manager: 

Lynn Millward 

Supporters’ liaison officer: Danielle Hett 

Office clerk: Jessica Burt 

Media & communications assistant: 

Ryan Johnson 

Graphic designer & Sandy’s marketing 

co-ordinator: Emma Snell 

Head groundsman: Michael Merriman 

Assistant groundsmen: 

Scott Merriman & Louis Sprigg 

Kit man: Tobias Rowan 

Assistant kit man: Oliver Jankiewicz 

Ground maintenance: James Gilliatt, 

John Vardy, Keith Glasby 

Club doctor: Dr. Prabu 

Club photographer: Chris Holloway 

Club historian: Paul Taylor 

Scoreboard operator: Stuart Eggleshaw 

PA announcer: Alan Wilson 

Hospitality MC: Chris Revill 

Club chaplain: Kevin Charles 

JOHN RADFORD 

Welcome to Bristol Rovers’ 

president Wael Al-Qadi to One 

Call Stadium for this historic first 

match of the season. 

Space does not permit me to express 

my entire sentiments since I last 

wrote to you via this programme 

column, on 15 February 2020, our last 

home league fixture against Newport 

County where our supporters were 

inside One Call Stadium. 

Firstly, a huge welcome back to you 

all. Football is not the same without 

supporters, and our club hasn’t been 

the same without you. 

From me and Carolyn, a heartfelt 

thank you to those of you who have 

bought a season ticket for 2021/22. 

Season ticket holders are the spine 

of the Stags and the uptake in season 

ticket sales this year has been 

remarkable. 

Carolyn and I have greatly missed 

coming to matches and words cannot 

express how thrilled we will be 

when we drive into the car park this 

afternoon, to see thousands of you 

outside the ground in the build-up 

to kick-off and then inside One Call 

Stadium where I know you will make 

a cacophony of noise that will be 

heard from miles around. 

The past 18 months have given us all 

much cause to evaluate, think and 

perhaps appreciate more than we did 

previously. 

Our love for the beautiful game 

and all that it brings - a sense of 

community, competitiveness and 

purpose – has been reignited. 

And though our love for Mansfield 

Town has never wavered, what has 

transpired in the past 18 months has 

led us to appreciate it even more. 

Whatever the score this afternoon, 

and in the 45 league games 

thereafter, I ask you to give Nigel, his 

staff and players, your wholehearted 

backing from start to end. 

We should appreciate that we have 

a club to support - which is in a good 

place despite the challenges of the 

pandemic - and that we are back 

together today as one reunited club. 

Enjoy your day at our beloved 

Mansfield Town. 

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NIGEL 

CLOUGH 

Welcome to Bristol Rovers’ season about to commence, along 

manager Joey Barton, 

with us competing in the FA Cup, 

along with the staff, players and Carabao Cup and Papa John’s Trophy, 

supporters from The Memorial we could be looking at a 55 to 60 

Ground for this afternoon’s match. game season, so the depth of the 

squad is important. 

A special welcome to our supporters, 

returning to One Call Stadium today 

for a league fixture for the first time 

in 540 days. 

We had a taste of what it was like to 

have fans back inside the ground 10 

days ago when we played Coventry 

in pre-season and we’re hopeful of 

twice the number of supporters here 

today, along with a good following 

from Bristol Rovers. 

Everyone always looks forward to 

the start of a new season and with 

the way things have gone in the past 

18 months, the anticipation to start 

this campaign is even greater than 

most, and the players can’t wait to 

get started. 

We were pleased with the way we 

finished last season, playing well and 

scoring goals, and we want to build 

on that this time around, reinforced 

with our new players who have 

integrated well into the squad. 

We’re excited about the front six-toseven 

players in the squad. We’ll set 

up to attack and score goals, which 

we did last season, and the emphasis 

will be on our attacking play. With 

this in mind, we’re probably light of 

a defender, but overall, we’re very 

happy with the players both from last 

season and those who we’ve signed 

in close and pre-season. 

The strength of the squad will be 

important over the next nine to 10 

months. With our 46-league game 

We hope that you will enjoy this 

season and we want to give you 

something to cheer about. We know 

that you’ll resonate with and get right 

behind a team that is determined 

and works hard and we’ll be doing 

everything possible to produce those 

types of displays on a regular basis 

this season. 

Enjoy today’s game. 

CLUB 

HONOURS 

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Football Conference Premier 

Champions: 2012-13 

Football League Division 2 

(Highest place 21st): 1977-78 





Midland Counties League 

Champions: 1923-24, 1924-25, 

1928-29 

Central Alliance 

Championship: 1919-20 

Central Alliance Champions: 

(Subsidiary Competition) 

1915-16 

OTHER LEAGUE HONOURS 


(North) Runners-up: 1950-51 


Third place: 1964-65 

Division 4 (or League 2) 

Promotion: 1962-63, 1985-86, 

1991-92, 2001-02 

Midland Counties League 

Runners-up: 1925-26 

Midland Combination 

Runners-up: 1926-27 

CUP COMPETITIONS 

FA Cup 6th Round (Quarter 

Final): 1968-69 

Football League Cup 5th Round 

(Quarter Final): 1975-76 

Associate Members Cup Winners: 

1986-87 

Northern Area Final: 1984-85 

FA Trophy Runners-Up: 2010-11 

Nottinghamshire FA County Cup 

Winners: 1937-38, 1970-71, 1971- 

72, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 

2006-07 

Joint winners: 1938-39 

Nottinghamshire FA Senior 

Cup Winners: 1922-23, 1925-26, 

1926-27, 

1930-31, 1931-32 

Anglo Scottish Cup Semi Final: 

1975-76, 1978-79 


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Colchester United’s home, the JobServe Community Stadium 

TICKET INFORMATION FOR COLCHESTER TRIP 

Stags’ first away clash of the season 

is a trip to Colchester United on 

Tuesday 17 August, with a 7:45pm 

kick-off. 

Due to the ongoing coronavirus 

pandemic, our hosts have introduced 

a new ticketing system, meaning 

tickets will unfortunately not be 

available to purchase from the Stags’ 

ticket office. 

In order to gain entry to the match, 

Stags’ supporters are required 

to purchase a ‘Match Permit,’ 

via Colchester’s online ticketing 

platform. 

Match permit prices are as follows… 

Adult: Advance (one week before) 

£20 | Matchday £22 

Concession (NHS, armed forces, 65+, 

disabled): Advance £15 | Matchday 

£17 

Under-18: Advance £11.50 | 

Matchday £13.50 

Carers for disabled supporters are 

entitled to one free ticket for the 

game. 

No tickets will be available to 

purchase in person or via telephone, 

with the exception of ambulant and 

wheelchair disabled supporters (on 

DLA or PIP), who must purchase 

tickets by calling Colchester United 

on 01206 755161 between 10am and 

3pm, Monday to Friday. 

To purchase a permit, visit 

colutickets.com and click ‘Register’ 

in the top right of your screen. Once 

you have registered an account, 

hover over the ‘Tickets’ section in the 

menu bar and select ‘Match Tickets.’ 

After you’ve selected your seating 

area, add the number of match 

permits you would like to purchase. 

You can also type in a ‘Bubble Name,’ 

which will allow you to sit with 

members of your party. Please ensure 

all members of your party use the 

same ‘Bubble Name.’ 

Once you have filled in the relevant 

fields when purchasing your match 

permits, click ‘Next.’ You will be taken 

to an order summary page, where 

after reviewing your order, you can 

click ‘Buy.’ 

After adding your card details and 

clicking ‘Pay,’ you should receive a 

confirmation email for the match 

permits you have purchased. Then, 

in the ‘Dashboard’ section of your 

account, you should see the permits 

you have purchased under ‘Match 

Permits.’ 

Permits can be purchased up 

until kick-off, but Colchester have 

encouraged visiting fans to purchase 

in advance of matchday to avoid any 

last-minute issues. The turnstiles at 

the JobServe Community Stadium 

are equipped with scanners that 

will read a permit from a printout or 

mobile phone screen. 

RECORD SEASON 

TICKET SALES 

Last week, we were delighted 

to reveal that we have sold our 

highest number of season tickets in 

over a decade. 

With the current figure standing at 

2,502 (as of 12pm on Wednesday 04 

August due to printing deadlines), it 

means the club have recorded the 

highest number of season ticket sales 

since 2009/10, when 2,747 were sold. 

Ahead of the much-anticipated 

2021/22 campaign, following a term 

behind-closed-doors and some 

encouraging summer recruitment, 

supporters were quick to take 

advantage of season ticket prices 

being slashed by up to 33%. 

“This is a remarkable show of 

support,” said Stags’ chief executive 

David Sharpe. 

“These sales reflect the dedication 

and passion of the Stags’ fans ahead 

of the new season. We’re hugely 

grateful to every single season ticket 

holder for their ongoing support. 

“I witnessed first-hand last 

Tuesday night for our friendly 

against Coventry City how good an 

atmosphere our supporters create 

inside the One Call, and that was only 

for a friendly. 

“I can’t wait to hear the noise from 

our supporters to cheer Nigel and the 

boys on when we play Bristol Rovers 

later this afternoon.” 

Season tickets remain on sale and 

are the most cost-effective way of 

watching the Stags on a regular basis. 

The club would like to thank 

supporters for their patience as ticket 

office staff worked through season 

ticket enquiries over the last few 

weeks. 


MANSFIELD TOWN 

WHAT WE DID 

THIS SUMMER 

HERE WE TAKE 

A LOOK AT 

THE SUMMER 

BUSINESS 

CONDUCTED BY 

THE STAGS AHEAD 

OF AN EAGERLY- 

AWAITED LEAGUE 

CAMPAIGN... 

ELLIOTT 

HEWITT [1] 

Age: 27 

Position: Centre-back 

Previous clubs: Grimsby Town, Notts 

County, Colchester United, Gillingham, 

Ipswich Town, Macclesfield Town 

Elliott Hewitt became the Stags’ 

first summer signing in May, 

signing a two-year deal at One Call 

Stadium. 

The 27-year-old can play in a number 

of positions, including centre-back 

and full-back, and appeared 39 times 

for Grimsby last season. 

DANNY 

JOHNSON [2] 

Age: 28 

Position: Striker 

Previous clubs: Leyton Orient, 

Dundee, Motherwell, Gateshead, 

Stevenage, Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff 

City, Guisborough Town, Billingham 

Synthonia, Harrogate Town, Real Murcia B 

Prolific striker Danny Johnson 

joined the Stags after netting 20 

times for Leyton Orient in the 

2020/21 campaign. 

The forward scored 59 goals for 

Guisborough Town in the 2013/14 

season, scooping the Manager’s 

Player of the Year Award, Northern 

Football League’s Player of the Year 

Award and BBC Newcastle’s Player of 

the Year Award. 

STEPHEN 

QUINN [3] 

Age: 35 

Position: Central midfielder 

Previous clubs: Burton Albion, Reading, 

Hull City, Rotherham United, MK Dons, 

Sheffield United, St. Patrick’s Athletic. 

Experienced midfielder Stephen 

Quinn joined the Stags on a 

permanent basis in June after a 

successful loan spell from Burton 

Albion last season. 

Quinn holds Premier League 

experience from his days at Hull City, 

with whom he appeared in the FA 

Cup final against Arsenal in 2014. 

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OLIVER 

HAWKINS [4] 

Age: 29 

Position: Striker 

Previous clubs: Ipswich Town, 

Portsmouth, Dagenham & Redbridge, 

Harrow Borough, Hemel Hempstead 

Town, Northwood, Hillindgon 

Borough, North Greenford United 

The Stags signed 6’6” striker Oliver 

Hawkins on a two-year deal from 

Ipswich Town for an undisclosed 

fee. 

Hawkins netted the deciding penalty 

for Portsmouth in the 2019 EFL 

Trophy final against Sunderland, 

winning the competition for the first 

time in Pompey’s history. 

NATHAN 

BISHOP [5] 

Age: 21 

Position: Goalkeeper 

Parent club: Manchester United 

Previous club: Southend United 

Goalkeeper Nathan Bishop will 

spend the season on loan at 

Mansfield Town from Manchester 

United. 

The young shot-stopper signed for 

the Red Devils in 2020 after making 30 

appearances in Sky Bet League One 

for Southend United. 

GEORGE 

SHELVEY [6] 

Age: 20 

Position: Goalkeeper 

Parent club: Nottingham Forest 

Previous clubs: Wealdstone, Truro City 

Stags added George Shelvey to 

their ranks in June, on loan from 

Nottingham Forest until the end of 

the 2021/22 campaign. 

The goalkeeper has experience in 

first team training with the Reds and 

was included as a substitute for their 

Emirates FA Cup tie away at Chelsea 

last season. 

RYAN 

BURKE [7] 

Age: 20 

Position: Left-back 

Previous clubs: Birmingham City, 

Yeovil Town 

Former Birmingham City left-back 

Ryan Burke penned a one-year deal 

at One Call Stadium in July. 

Burke made his Championship debut 

for the Blues in July 2020 and was 

also part of the under-18 side that 

reached the FA Youth Cup semi-final 

in 2018. 

RHYS 

OATES [8] 

Age: 26 

Position: Forward 

Previous clubs: Hartlepool United, 

Morecambe, Gateshead, Chester, 

Grimsby Town, Stockport County, 

Gainsborough Trinity, Barnsley 

The Stags fought off competition 

to sign highly-rated forward Rhys 

Oates, who fired in 18 goals last 

season as Hartlepool United were 

promoted to Sky Bet League Two. 

Oates scored three times over the 

course of the National League playoffs 

in 2020/21, leading him to be 

named as the club’s Players’ Player 

and Fans’ Player of the Season. 

RYAN 

STIRK [9] 

Age: 20 

Position: Central midfielder 

Parent club: Birmingham City 

Birmingham City midfielder Ryan 

Stirk joined the Stags on loan for 

the 2021/22 season in late July. 

The 20-year-old is a product of 

the Blues’ academy, and on top 

of appearing twice in the Sky Bet 

Championship last season, was part 

of the under-18s’ side that reached 

the FA Youth Cup semi-final in 2018. 

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ACADEMY 

Our aim is 

to ‘evolve’ 

ACADEMY MANAGER RICHARD COOPER 

Academy manager Richard 

Cooper is aiming to ‘evolve’ the 

academy this season, in its second 

year of Category 3 status. 

The EFL awarded Mansfield Town’s 

academy Category 3 status in July 

2020, meaning that eight additional 

teams, from under-9s to under-16s, 

now operate under the Stags’ name. 

Looking ahead to the 2021/22 

campaign, Cooper outlined his 

plans for the new season, as well as 

some challenges the academy may 

encounter. 

“We want to support the first team 

operation where we can,” he told The 

Stag. “We’ve seen glimpses of that in 

pre-season with the academy players 

who have featured. 

“We’ll have to adapt a lot this year 

because of COVID, because we’re still 

not out of that. Darien [Wauchope] 

has had to isolate recently and I think 

that will be the case a few times this 

season. 

“I think for us, the main thing [this 

season] is that we’re competitive on 

a Saturday, which we were last year. 

The team is fairly young, which is 

great. 

“We have some really high hopes for 

some of our under-16s at the minute 

and they’ll be given the opportunity 

to play with the scholars on a 

Saturday to keep pushing them. 

“We have to keep trying to evolve 

the academy as much as we can 

this season. We’ve had one year as a 

Category 3 Academy, and we want to 

keep trying to push our schoolboys. 

“The end goal has to be ‘how many of 

these under-16 players can we turn 

into scholars?’ We have to keep that 

conveyor belt moving forward. 

“From an academy point of view, 

we’d love to see a first teamer who 

has come throug the system be a 

consistent starter in the XI. That to me 

is probably the end goal.” 

Reflecting on pre-season, Cooper 

was delighted to see a multitude of 

academy players appear for the first 

team. 

“When we first sat down with the 

gaffer [Nigel Clough] when he joined 

the club, the aim was getting the boys 

to that first team a little bit earlier,” 

he added. 

“We’ve been doing that by playing 

schoolboys at a higher age bracket, 

getting them in and around the 

games programme earlier. 

“Hence why you’ve seen Taylor 

Anderson play 25 games last year as a 

16-year-old in the youth team. 

“He had an unbelievable FA Youth 

Cup experience, then this year he’s 

been called to help the first team in 

pre-season. He made that step up 

brilliantly and it was great to see. 

“Some of the performances from 

George Cooper have been really 

strong in pre-season and Nathan 

Caine’s been finding the back of the 

net. From that point of view, it’s been 

brilliant.” 

Mansfield Town’s under-18s began 

their season away at Grimsby Town 

earlier today. 

EFL YOUTH ALLIANCE 

NORTH EAST 2021-22 

Fixture and 

Results 

Date Opposition KO/Res H/A 

Sat 07 Aug Grimsby Town 12pm A 

Sat 14 Aug Scunthorpe United 11am H 

Sat 28 Aug Rotherham United 11am A 

Sat 04 Sep Bradford City 12pm H 

Sat 11 Sep Doncaster Rovers 11am A 

Sat 18 Sep Lincoln City 11am H 

Sat 02 Oct Burton Albion 11am H 

Sat 23 Oct Harrogate Town 11am A 

Sat 30 Oct Huddersfield Town 11am H 

Sat 13 Nov Bradford City 12pm A 

Sat 27 Nov Rotherham United 11am H 

Sat 04 Dec Scunthorpe United 11am A 

Sat 18 Dec Doncaster Rovers 11am H 

Sat 08 Jan Grimsby Town 12pm H 

Sat 15 Jan Lincoln City 11am A 

Fri 11 Feb Burton Albion 1pm A 

Sat 19 Feb Harrogate Town 11am H 

Sat 12 Mar Huddersfield Town 11am A 

EFL YOUTH ALLIANCE 

NORTH EAST 2021-22 

League Table 

P W D L F A GD PTS 

1 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 Grimsby Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

8 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

9 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

10 Scunthorpe United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


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ROOM 

101 

CAPTAIN OLLIE CLARKE 

CONSIGNS HIS PET HATES 

INTO ROOM 101… 

PEOPLE: Two-faced people. I don’t like people who 

say one thing and then say/do another. I prefer 

people who say it how it is. 

ENTERTAINMENT: Love Island. It’s a load of 

rubbish. How can you fall for someone after just a 

few days of knowing them? It’s too staged. 

FOOD & DRINK: I’ll put 

Sambuca into Room 

101. Even the thought 

of the smell makes 

me feel ill. I had a bad 

experience with it on my 

first ever night out…. it 

ended with my parents 

having to pick me up 

and me hanging out of 

the back window! 

MODERN LIFE: The cost of living for the ‘average’ 

person is too high. House prices, for example, are 

too high compared to the average wage of a frontline 

worker to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle. 

WILDCARD: Politics. We’ve not been told the whole 

truth about everything that’s happened in the past 18 

months during the pandemic. The government haven’t 

dealt with it well on the whole. 

TECHNOLOGY: I don’t think people should be 

allowed on social media unless they can verify 

their identity by inputting either their passport 

details or from some sort of identity card. They 

should have to prove their identity before being 

registered on social media platforms and this 

would prevent certain people from getting away 

with the abuse they put online. 


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SAMMY AND 

SALLY’S BIG 

GUESS THE 

BADGE 

Can you name which 

three English clubs 

these badges belong to? 

QUIZ 

SPOT THE BALL 

A 

C 

B 

D 

E 

Can you decide where the real ball 

should be in this photo? A, b, C, D or E? 


WHO PLAYS 

HERE? 

Can you match the badges to 

the stadiums that these 

clubs play at? 

GUESS THE STAG 

Which Stag has been blurred out here? 

Here are some clues to help! 

• I wear the number 14 shirt for 

Mansfield 

• I used to play for Newcastle United 

• I am a defender 

CLOSE UP 

Which Stag have we 

zoomed in on here? 

MATCHDAY 

MANSFIELD MAZE 

PREDICTIONS 

Here’s a chance for you to predict 

what will happen in today’s game! 

First scorer? 

Minute of first goal? 

Final score? 

Can you help Sammy the Stag find 

his way through this maze? 

Man of the match? 

ANSWERS: Guess the Badge: Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Rochdale. Spot the Ball: E. Who Plays Here: Manchester United - Middle (Old Trafford), 

Real Madrid - Bottom (Santiago Bernabeu), Bayern Munich - Top (Allianz Arena). Guess the Stag: James Perch. Close Up: George Maris. 


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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

LADIES’ 

SQUAD 

2020/21 

Kristy Allen 

Georgina Beckwith 

Monica Bowley 

Victoria Chincharo 

Amy Dawson 

Ashleigh Evans 

Gabrielle Foulkes 

Georgia Gladwin 

Bethany Jones 

Vannessa Kinnerley 

Ellie Marshall 

Jess Parker 

Lydia Pascoe 

Shannon Purdy 

Maia Taylor 

Caitlin Townsend 

Nikki Wigman 

Hanna Yousaf 

LEAGUE TABLE 

TEAM P PTS 

1 Chesterfield LFC 0 0 

2 Leicester City LFC 0 0 

3 Loughborough Students Women’s 0 0 

4 Lincoln United Women 0 0 

5 Mansfield Town LFC 0 0 

6 Northampton Town WFC 0 0 

7 Notts County WFC 0 0 

8 Oughtibridge War Memorial LFC 0 0 

9 Rotherham United Women 0 0 

10 Rise Park LFC 0 0 

11 Woodlands FC 0 0 

LADIES LOOKING STRONG 

AHEAD OF NEW CAMPAIGN 

Ladies’ club captain Monica 

Bowley says the team being 

built by manager Andi Bell is ‘one 

of the strongest’ she has been 

a part of during her time with 

Mansfield Town. 

After two null and void seasons, a 

new-look ladies’ squad is now 

itching to resume life in the East 

Midlands Women’s Regional Premier 

Division. 

Bowley says that the intensity of 

training sessions has been ‘upped’ 

in the lead-up to the new campaign, 

with fixtures revealed for the 2021/22 

season next Sunday. 

“Since we’ve been able to start 

playing again, we’ve been training 

and had a few weeks of trials, 

where we’ve seen a variety of 

players come through the 

door,” she told The Stag. 

“We obviously want to 

make the team better this 

season, and we’ve had a 

very strong set of players 

come in, many who we’ve 

played against before. 

“The training sessions 

have been upped, and 

Andi [Bell, first team 

manager] has brought 

in some additional 

coaches to help with 

development. 

“I think she’s now 

decided which players 

she’d like to keep. It’s 

now about getting that team to blend 

together ahead of the season. 

“As a team, we want to aim to finish 

as high as we can. Promotion is 

always the top achievement. 

“Over the years I’ve been here, I’ve 

seen a variety of players come and 

go, and I dare say that this is probably 

one of the strongest teams I’ve been 

a part of. 

WE’VE HAD A VERY 

STRONG “ SET OF 

PLAYERS COME IN, 

MANY WHO WE’VE 

PLAYED AGAINST 

BEFORE. 

” 

“Even I’ve thought, ‘I might not be 

able to get in this team!’ Obviously 

we have targets, but it’s about 

doing the best we can and enjoying 

ourselves.” 

Reflecting on a difficult past year for 

football and the wider world, Bowley 

says that Mansfield 

Town Ladies are now 

‘excited’ to ‘get the 

season going.’ 

“It’s been a tough 

year-and-a-half. 

We’ve been stopping and 

starting with our football, 

which has been the case for 

everyone. 

“It was hard to get going again, 

but it was nice to see everyone 

and get back playing again with 

the couple of friendlies that 

we’ve had. 

“Now, it’s just about keeping 

fingers crossed that everything 

will stay as normal as it can. We’re 

all excited to get the season up and 

going now.” 


ACTIVITIES GIVEN GREEN LIGHT 

AFTER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED 

Following the recent lifting of 

coronavirus restrictions, Mansfield 

Town’s Football in the Community 

has been able to return to their 

normal set of activities ahead of 

the new season. 

Running at full capacity, they are 

now actively delivering PE sessions 

at schools across Mansfield, which 

include Wildcats and Premier Kicks 

sessions at One Call Stadium, along 

with Saturday all-day clubs for home 

fixtures. 

Football in the Community has also 

just finished another year of their 

BTEC Level Three Diploma/Extended 

Diploma in Sports Coaching and 

Development, finishing sixth in the 

CEFA (Community and Education 

Football Alliance) league. 

In March 2020, the first lockdown 

had a huge impact on the country 

and many businesses, charities and 

organisations across the UK. Football 

in the Community was not exempt 

from this and following government 

guidelines, was forced to minimise 

staff numbers and all activities. 

With a skeleton crew, they began to 

produce content digitally. April 2021 

was the first time that the registered 

charity was able to host a PE session 

since October 2020. 

However, it was not all doom and 

gloom during the pandemic, as 

communities began to connect 

digitally. 

Football in the Community ran a 

number of lessons and quizzes 

via Zoom, allowing them to stay 

connected with their members 

and continue to deliver important 

sessions to the community. 

Community manager Gary Shaw said: 

“During the pandemic we had to find 

different ways to connect, so it was 

all via the computer. 

“People could access sessions easily, 

and they may even have been more 

likely to join in online, rather than 

face-to-face.” 

SUMMER 

HOLIDAY 

CLUB 

Open for ages five to 15, the 

sporting activities in Football 

in the Community’s Summer 

Holiday Club are designed and 

delivered by an expert coaching 

team, with the aim of being fun, 

interactive, and challenging in 

equal measure. 

Participants can enjoy a range 

of activities, which are a great 

way to stay active and make new 

friends. Children who impress 

in these sessions may even be 

recommended to the Stags’ 

academy. 

These sessions are held at 

One Call Stadium, running 

from 8:30am to 4pm. For more 

details, including which days 

the sessions will be held on, visit 

mansfieldtownfitc.net/schoolholiday-clubs 

or contact Football 

in the Community media and 

communications officer Stephen 

Clayton at stephen.clayton@ 

mansfieldtownfitc.net. 

As well as this, they are also 

hosting summer sessions at St. 

Peter’s CoE Primary Academy, 

running from 12pm to 4pm. 

Please contact community 

manager Gary Shaw at gary. 

shaw@mansfieldtownfitc.net to 

enquire about which days are 

available for bookings. 

WHO’S WHO 

Head of CCO: Mark Hemingray 

Community manager: Gary Shaw 

Assistant community manager/PL Primary Stars co-ordinator: Jordan Ferrer 

Safeguarding and welfare officer: Joeanne Shuttleworth 

Admin and accounts manager: Julie Hemingray 

Lead coach (Post-16 education/PL Primary Stars): Mark Lynk 

Disability & EDI officer: Alex Cartwright 

Education officer: Benjamin Cocker 

Media & communications officer: Stephen Clayton 

Community coach: Ruth Oldham 

www.mansfieldtownfitc.net | 01623 656 920 | community@mansfieldtownfitc.net 

Football in the Community is 

running a discount for the Summer 

Holiday Club. For every four days 

paid, an additional day is free of 

charge (excluding trips). 


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THE GOLDEN ARCHIVE 

‘HIS STORY’ 

PROJECTING A PARADE OF GLORIOUS DAYS FROM 

THE WORLD’S OLDEST PROFESSIONAL GROUND 

From the sublime to the ridiculous 

and everything in between, each 

match, we look back with a Stags' 

hero of the past, focusing on 

memorable behind-the-scenes 

moments they will never forget. 

Kicking-off the season with ‘His- 

Story’, is former midfielder Kevin 

Kent, who played for the club from 

1985 – 1991… 

I nearly came to Mansfield 12 months 

before I actually signed for the club. 

I’d heard good things of the manager, 

Ian Greaves, and was told how the 

club made you feel really welcome. 

However, I was offered a better deal 

with Newport County, and ended up 

signing for them. Upon telling Ian 

Greaves my decision he told me that I 

would only be offered the red-carpet 

treatment once with the club - I left 

thinking that door is now shut! 

When I later did sign for the club, 

I had to go to the manager cap-inhand. 

He was renowned for being a 

tough negotiator, and not the easiest 

person to deal with. Consequently, 

I was given a contract that was a 

lot less than the one offered to 

me 12 months earlier! 

Shortly after, as a new signing, 

I remember walking into the 

changing room and thinking 

I would do something for the 

lads. 

We had a treatment 

table in the middle of the 

changing room, and there 

was a tray of mugs on it 

but not one of them 

had a handle on. 

Being from Stoke, I had a few 

connections, so I thought I’d get a 

new Wedgwood set - even though the 

lads told me not to bother. Anyway, I 

went out and got a set of 24, and put 

them on the table. 

In the first match of the season, we 

were 1-0 down at half-time. 

Greavesy started filling the 

mugs with red-hot tea and then 

suddenly started throwing 

them at everyone! Earlier I 

had wondered why the lads 

had covered all their clothes 

with towels! Now it all 

made sense to me, and I 

understood why the lads 

didn’t want new mugs 

with handles on! 

Another time, we 

had a new signing 

at the club. At 

the time, George 

Foster and Tony Kenworthy played 

side-by-side, and always enjoyed 

winding each other up. 

With no social media back then, 

players would arrive without us 

knowing who they were, and I 

remember when the changing room 

door opened, I looked up and saw 

this giant of a figure standing there 

filling the doorway – hands like 

shovels and feet to match! 

It was Roddy Collins, brother of 

Irish world champion boxer Steve. 

Kenworthy clocked him standing 

there, and whispered he was going to 

wind George up. He shouted George 

over saying Roddy had been brought 

in to replace him! 

George was now pacing around 

saying that the manager hadn’t said 

anything! He asked Roddy where he 

played and before he could answer, 

Tony blurted out “anywhere he 

wants, have you seen the size of 

him?” Everyone started laughing, 

and George was later relieved to hear 

Roddy was a centre-forward! 


Mansfield Town 

FIXTURES & RESULTS 

Date Fixture Comp KO/Res Att. Starting XI 

Sat 07 Aug Bristol Rovers SBL2 15:00 

Tue 10 Aug Preston North End CC 19:45 

Sat 14 Aug Newport County SBL2 15:00 

Tue 17 Aug Colchester United SBL2 19:45 

Sat 21 Aug Bradford City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 28 Aug Swindon Town SBL2 15:00 

Tue 31 Aug Harrogate Town PJT 19:45 

Sat 04 Sep Harrogate Town SBL2 15:00 

Sat 11 Sep Walsall SBL2 15:00 

Sat 18 Sep Rochdale SBL2 15:00 

Sat 25 Sep Leyton Orient SBL2 15:00 

Sat 02 Oct Barrow SBL2 15:00 

Tue 05 Oct Sheffield Wednesday PJT 19:45 

Sat 09 Oct Oldham Athletic SBL2 15:00 

Sat 16 Oct Northampton Town SBL2 15:00 

Tue 19 Oct Port Vale SBL2 19:45 

Sat 23 Oct Exeter City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 30 Oct Tranmere Rovers SBL2 15:00 

Tue 09 Nov Newcastle United U21 PJT 19:45 

Sat 13 Nov Stevenage SBL2 15:00 

Sat 20 Nov Scunthorpe United SBL2 15:00 

Tue 23 Nov Sutton United SBL2 19:45 

Sat 27 Nov Crawley Town SBL2 15:00 

Tue 07 Dec Carlisle United SBL2 19:45 

Sat 11 Dec Salford City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 18 Dec Forest Green Rovers SBL2 15:00 

Sun 26 Dec Hartlepool United SBL2 15:00 

Wed 29 Dec Harrogate Town SBL2 19:45 

Sat 01 Jan Rochdale SBL2 15:00 

Sat 08 Jan Swindon Town SBL2 15:00 

Sat 15 Jan Walsall SBL2 15:00 

Sat 22 Jan Barrow SBL2 15:00 

Sat 29 Jan Leyton Orient SBL2 15:00 

Sat 05 Feb Hartlepool United SBL2 15:00 

Tue 08 Feb Colchester United SBL2 19:45 

Sat 12 Feb Bristol Rovers SBL2 15:00 

Sat 19 Feb Newport County SBL2 15:00 

Sat 26 Feb Bradford City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 05 Mar Exeter City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 12 Mar Tranmere Rovers SBL2 15:00 

Tue 15 Mar Port Vale SBL2 19:45 

Sat 19 Mar Stevenage SBL2 15:00 

Sat 26 Mar Oldham Athletic SBL2 15:00 

Sat 02 Apr Northampton Town SBL2 15:00 

Sat 09 Apr Scunthorpe United SBL2 15:00 

Fri 15 Apr Sutton United SBL2 15:00 

Mon 18 Apr Carlisle United SBL2 15:00 

Sat 23 Apr Crawley Town SBL2 15:00 

Sat 30 Apr Salford City SBL2 15:00 

Sat 07 May Forest Green Rovers SBL2 15:00 


2021/22 

Substitutes 

KEY: HOME AWAY 

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has been a quintessential part of the 

football experience on a Saturday 

afternoon and in mid-week. 

We know how valued the programme is to a 

number of our supporters and we have been 

proud to see this publication win several 

awards during the past few seasons for its 

rich, varied content and appealing design. 

Since the advent of the digital age, 

programme sales at all professional football 

clubs have steadily declined. 

During the 2019/20 season – the last 

campaign in which we saw fans inside 

football stadia – The Stag made a negligible 

profit. 

As can be appreciated, the programme must 

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For the reasons above, the club will 

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We will endeavour to provide exclusive 

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encourage others to do so as well. 

The programme’s future relies on whether 

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Thank you for purchasing today’s edition. 

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Player Statistics 

PLAYER LA G CA G T 

NATHAN BISHOP (GK) 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 

GEORGE SHELVEY (GK) 

MAREK STECH (GK) 

KELLAN GORDON 

STEPHEN McLAUGHLIN 

ELLIOTT HEWITT 

FARREND RAWSON 

HARRY CHARSLEY 

OLLIE CLARKE 

JORDAN BOWERY 

GEORGE MARIS 

DANNY JOHNSON 

OLIVER HAWKINS 

JAMES PERCH 

RYAN BURKE 

STEPHEN QUINN 

TYRESE SINCLAIR 

RHYS OATES 

KEATON WARD 

JADEN CHARLES 

JAMES CLARKE 

JIMMY KNOWLES 

RYAN STIRK 

JASON LAW 

GEORGE LAPSLIE 

LA (League apps) G (Goals) CA (Cup apps) G (goals) T (total) 

table 

Pl W D L F A GD Pts 

1 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

8 Forest Green Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

9 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

10 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

11 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

12 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

13 Newport County AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

14 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

15 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

16 Port Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

17 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

18 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

19 Scunthorpe United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

20 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

21 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

24 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


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Manager Joey Barton 

BRISTOL 

ROVERS 

FACTFILE 

Nickname: 

The Gas 

Founded: 

1883 

Stadium: 

Memorial Stadium 

Manager: 

Joey Barton 

Distance to One Call Stadium: 

152 miles 

Last time we met: 

Bristol Rovers 1-0 Stags 

Saturday 12 March 2016 

12.1 

SHOTS PER 

GAME 

OPPOSITION 

IN NUMBERS 

[2020/21 STATS] 

48.9% 

AVERAGE 

POSSESSION 

Zain Westbrooke 

LAST TIME OUT 

BRISTOL ROVERS 3 

OXFORD UNITED 2 

Saturday 31 July 

BRISTOL ROVERS SCORERS: 

Luke Thomas (P) 45+1’ 

Brett Pitman 78’, 88’ 

STARTING XI 

4-3-3 FORMATION 

68.9% 

PASS SUCCESS RATE 

22.5 

AERIAL 

DUELS WON 

PER GAME 

10 GOALS 

FOR TOP SCORER LUKE LEAHY 

(NOW AT SHREWSBURY) 

Jaakkola 

Hoole Hughes Grant Clarke 

Budd Coutts Westbrooke 

Anderson Saunders Thomas 

Anssi Jaakkola 

73 

YELLOW 

YELLOW 

CARDS 

3 

RED 

RED 

CARDS 

30 | THE STAG 

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SQUADS 

MATCHDAY 

MANAGER: 

Nigel CLOUGH 

1 Nathan BISHOP 

2 Kellan GORDON 

3 Stephen McLAUGHLIN 

4 Elliott HEWITT 

6 Farrend RAWSON 

7 Harry CHARSLEY 

8 Ollie CLARKE [C] 

9 Jordan BOWERY 

10 George MARIS 

11 Danny JOHNSON 

12 Oliver HAWKINS 

13 George SHELVEY 

14 James PERCH 

15 Ryan BURKE 

16 Stephen QUINN 

17 Tyrese SINCLAIR 

18 Rhys OATES 

19 Keaton WARD 

20 Jaden CHARLES 

21 James CLARKE 

22 Jimmy KNOWLES 

24 Marek STECH 

25 Ryan STIRK 

26 Jason LAW 

32 George LAPSLIE 

MANAGER: 

Joey BARTON 

1 James BELSHAW 

3 Mark HUGHES 

4 Josh GRANT 

5 Alfie KILGOUR 

6 Sam FINLEY 

7 Luke THOMAS 

8 Zain WESTBROOKE 

9 Brandon HANLAN 

10 Aaron COLLINS 

11 Sam NICHOLSON 

14 Cameron HARGREAVES 

15 Paul COUTTS 

16 Nick ANDERTON 

17 Connor TAYLOR 

18 Pablo MARTINEZ 

19 Harry ANDERSON 

20 Trevor CLARKE 

22 Harvey SAUNDERS 

23 Tom MEHEW 

24 Sion SPENCE 

25 Cian HARRIES 

26 Jack BALDWIN 

27 Ben LIDDLE 

28 Zain WALKER 

29 Kieran PHILLIPS 

30 Luca HOOLE 

31 Lucas TOMLINSON 

32 Anssi JAAKKOLA 

33 Alex RODMAN 

34 Ollie HULBERT 

35 Jed WARD 

36 Sam HEAL 

37 Kinsly MURRAY 

38 Joe BUDD 

39 Josh BARRETT 

40 Brett PITMAN 

44 Ryan JONES 

THE 

STAG 

V BRISTOL ROVERS 

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 

THE 

OFFICIALS 

REFEREE: 

Joshua Smith 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1: 

Marc Wilson 

ASSISTAN REFEREE 2: 

Natalie Aspinall 

FOURTH OFFICIAL: 

Michael Naylor 

Front cover: To celebrate 

our 125th year, each 

edition of The Stag in 

the 2021/22 season will 

feature a different kit from 

our history on its cover. 

Today’s cover is the home 

shirt worn from 1897 to the 

turn of the century. 

THE STAG WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY… 

Editor: Mark Stevenson Deputy Editor: Ryan 

Johnson Contributors: Richard C. Bower, 

Stephen Clayton, Howard Staley Photographs: 

Chris Holloway, Jeanette Holloway Design: 

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