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DOMINANT STAGS BATTER CRAWLEY AND SURGE INTO P/Os
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Football League - Sky Bet League Two
Mansfield Town 4 - 0 Crawley Town N.Thomas 44, Rose 47, Green 71, Westcarr 72. Edwards sent off 50 Attendance: 2524 (110 from Crawley) Date: 12 September 2015 DOMINANT STAGS BATTER CRAWLEY AND SURGE INTO PLAY-OFF ZONE Martin Shaw at the One Call Stadium, Field Mill Mansfield Town produced a totally dominant performance to batter Crawley Town 4-0 at the One Call Stadium this afternoon. It was probably the one most-sided game the Stags have played since returning to the Football League. It was the first time Mansfield have scored four at home since the 4-0 win over Gateshead in April 2013 which was Mansfield’s 12th win on the trot in the promotion season. Mansfield dominated the first half after Matt Green’s tackle inside the first five seconds of the game set the tempo for Mansfield’s performance. Despite dominating, it took the Stags until 44 minutes to take the lead and what a goal it was as Nathan Thomas nicked the ball off a defender 25 yards from goal, drove into the area skipping past another defender, and slammed a shot into the roof of the net from the left. Just two minutes after the break, the Stags had the two goal cushion they deserved. Mal Benning’s corner from the left reached Mitch Rose 2 yards outside the area, to the right of centre, and Rose slammed a low shot into the left corner of the net via a couple of slight deflections. Rose’s smile as he ran back into the centre circle was almost as wide as the centre circle itself. Just three minutes later, Crawley were down to ten men as Gwion Edwards stamped down on Nicky Hunt’s leg and was rightly given a straight red. Mansfield continued to dominate and made it 3-0 on 71 minutes. Chris Clements sprayed a wonderful ball from the centre circle out to Craig Westcarr on the left. Westcarr crossed beautifully from the byline to find Matt Green unmarked into the middle who volleyed home from the 3 yards. It was a wonderful goal. A relief for Green to have his first goal at Field Mill of the season. Crawley looked utterly bemused. Within a minute, Green returned the favour to Westcarr. Green lifted a fine ball forward to find Westcarr unmarked in the area, and Westcarr side-footed the ball past a static keeper into the right of the net from 11 yards. 4-0 to the Stags in the end, but if it had been 6-0 Crawley could have had no complaints. Mansfield were excellent, Crawley were made to look woeful. Plenty of excellent performances throughout the Stags side but I can’t separate Nathan Thomas and Chris Clements for my choice of man of the match. ------------------------------------- Saturday, 12th September 2015: Mansfield Town 4, Crawley Town 0 chad.co.uk report by John Lomas, Saturday 12 September 2015 Mansfield Town managed their first home win of the season at the fourth attempt in style today as they thumped 10-men Crawley Town 4-0. The Stags dominated throughout but had to wait until the 44th minute before Nathan Thomas grabbed his first Stags goal on his recall. http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/mansfield-town/mansfield-town-news/saturday-12th-september-2015-mansfield-town-4-crawley-town-0-1-7458214 Any hope Crawley had of getting back into the game were gone when Mitch Rose made it 2-0 with his first goal for the club two minuets after the break and then Gwion Edwards was sent off three minutes later for his challenge on Nicky Hunt. From then on it was just a question of how many Stags would get as two more goals arrived in as many minutes with Craig Westcarr setting up Matt Green on 71 minutes before Green returned the compliment seconds later. Mansfield made just one change with Thomas replacing Reggie Lambe in a 4-4-2 formation, Westcarr helping Green up front. Stags were looking for a first home win of the season against a club with a smaller squad then themselves and only able to name five substitutes. Mansfield made a very positive start as Hunt made a good interception and ran forward before sending Westcarr in on goal with his final pass. However, keeper Woodman was down quickly to block for a corner from which Green was a whisker away from getting a vital touch onto Tafazolli’s header in front of goal. On six minutes Chapman controlled a clearance 20 yards from goal before sending a dipping volley narrowly wide. From a corner, Donnelly headed straight at Jensen. Then the visitors came close on 21 minutes as Harold got goalside of Pearce and looked to be one on one, only for the chasing Pearce to recover well and slide in to prevent the finish. As Stags resumed their offensive, Clements was just wide with a low shot after a scramble. Mansfield’s approach play deserved a goal - and it arrived a minute from the break. Barnard’s attempted pass to Smith just outside the box was cut out by Thomas, who burst powerfully into the box between defenders and, from an angle on the left, drilled an unstoppable finish past England U19 keeper Woodman. Stags almost doubled that lead right on the whistle as Tafazolli was given a free header from a Chapman corner which sailed inches wide of the far post with Green straining to get a vital touch. But within two minutes of the restart it was 2-0. A Chapman corner was cleared out to just outside the box where Rose drilled a low shot through everyone and under the dive of Woodman. The game swung even further into Mansfield’s favour on 50 minutes as Crawley were reduced to 10 men. The home bench were up in arms as Edwards seemed to stamp on Hunt right in front of them with a late challenge and the referee raced over to agree and brandish a straight red. Green almost made it 3-0 on 67 minutes as he harried two defenders and won the ball, muscling into a position just inside the box from where his low shot hit the post. But his goal did come on 71 minutes as a corner was cleared into the Mansfield half where Clements picked out a superb pass to find Westcarr onside on the left. He raced to the by-line and drilled a low ball across which Green turned home from close range. Stags grabbed a fourth a minute later as Green returned the favour, sending Westcarr through onside to calmly sidefoot a low finish past Woodman. Green should have added a second to his name on 78 minutes but couldn’t keep his header down from two yards as he reached a Thomas cross. STAGS: Jensen, Benning, Rose (Lambe 69), Pearce, Chapman, Clements, Green, Westcarr (Yussuf 83), N. Thomas, Tafazolli, Hunt (Collins 80). Subs not used: Marsden, Beardsley, J. Thomas, McGuire. CRAWLEY: Woodman, Scales, Walton, Bradley, Edwards, Smith, Young (Rooney 55), Ashton, Harold (Barnard 24), Deacon, Donnelly (Bawling 73). Subs not used: Henderson, Preston. REFEREE: Andrew Madley of West Yorkshire. ATTENDANCE: 2,524 (110 away). CHAD STAGS MAN OF THE MATCH: Chris Clements. ------------------ |
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