Tuesday 16 March 2010

Mansfield Town 0-1 York City

Tuesday 16th March 2010 -- BSP

The big decision today was whether to go to this game or not - well, season ticket dictated and off to the Mill we went again. Arrived in plenty of time and immeditely noticed that there were a lot of empty seats around the ground, far more than usual. Turned out to be less than 2400 Stags fans but thankfully for the home bank balance, there were 290 visiting fans.......

The game was a lot better than Saturday's effort, but that was more due to the fact that York are a classy team and outplayed their hosts big-time. Stags were second best in every department, and to be honest, never looked like bothering a City defence in which former Stags centre-half Luke Graham played a starring role. Why the Stags let Luke go is beyond me - mind you there have been quite a lot of strange decisions made by Manager David Holdsworth this season...not many of them good either!

Match report from the Stags Official website can be found here , but after a goal-less first half Courtney Pitt scored a blinder for the Minstermen on 61. Thr midfielder was left alone in space, and when picked out by a cross field ball he cut inside and unleashed a terrific drive that two keepers wouldn't have stopped.....great goal. Well worth looking for on you-tube!
Stags gave away a penalty soon after,but although Richard Brodie hit it well enough, Stags keeper Alan Marriott dived to his right to tip the effort away for a corner. Stags skipper Luke Foster was booked for protesting the decision, and when he took out Michael Rankine on 82, the Referee had no other choice than to show a 2nd yellow followed quickly by a red. F-T 0-1

Poor showing again by the Stags, but York were as good as anything we have seen at the Mill this season. Will we be going to the Stags v Altrincham game next Tuesday? Probably.....

Admission : Season ticket
Attendance : 2638 ( 290)

Sponsors MOM : Alan Marriott
On The Road MOM : Gary Silk

Chance of a bonus game on Wedsnesday - Chesterfield Arms v Calverton Cherry Tree -- Notts Sunday League Majestic Trophies Cup semi-final at Greenwood Meadows.....kick off 7:30pm

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