Whatever Happens Now

[Field Mill]

This team of ours are serious top three contenders. That took some gonads today. On the back of an iffy spell, two nil down against a team of well drilled giants, new players bedding in, and they come back to win. This tells me everything I need to know about the dressing room. The manager. The team. Take a bow everyone. Whatever happens now.

[Son Of Sherwood]

[Sedgwick]

onwards the mighty stags go!

[west country stag]

SUPER STAGS ON THE UP !!!!

[yellowstagsfan]

Massive result! Well done everyone

[london amber stag]

Wow just got back home! What a fantastic second half! This team are amazing, we blew Colchester away.

[Steve North]

Great post pal
I honestly believe that John Radford is on the verge of creating something quite amazing for the club and town. This is the best collection of footballers I have seen represent Mansfield Town since I started watching g this team in 1974. These players do not know when they are beaten. I think if we do go up this season, the club will not want to put their feet up and light a cigar - they will be going full in for consecutive promotions. What an amazing time to be a Mansfield Town supporter.

[Spiritater]

Great post pal
I honestly believe that John Radford is on the verge of creating something quite amazing for the club and town. This is the best collection of footballers I have seen represent Mansfield Town since I started watching g this team in 1974. These players do not know when they are beaten. I think if we do go up this season, the club will not want to put their feet up and light a cigar - they will be going full in for consecutive promotions. What an amazing time to be a Mansfield Town supporter.

If only the town realised that and began to really back the club eh!

[Parkinsons Perm]

Great post pal
I honestly believe that John Radford is on the verge of creating something quite amazing for the club and town. This is the best collection of footballers I have seen represent Mansfield Town since I started watching g this team in 1974. These players do not know when they are beaten. I think if we do go up this season, the club will not want to put their feet up and light a cigar - they will be going full in for consecutive promotions. What an amazing time to be a Mansfield Town supporter.

If only the town realised that and began to really back the club eh!

Yawwwwwwwwn

[Conker]

Great post pal
I honestly believe that John Radford is on the verge of creating something quite amazing for the club and town. This is the best collection of footballers I have seen represent Mansfield Town since I started watching g this team in 1974. These players do not know when they are beaten. I think if we do go up this season, the club will not want to put their feet up and light a cigar - they will be going full in for consecutive promotions. What an amazing time to be a Mansfield Town supporter.

If only the town realised that and began to really back the club eh!

They are backing the club in bigger numbers season on season.

[Spiritater]

They are, but I'd imagine JR would be thinking it could be a little better.

[Sneag]

Highest average attendances (so far) since 2003/04 season.

[halifaxstag]

Highest average attendances (so far) since 2003/04 season.

And that is with some poor away followings. Only Bury, Grimsby and County have brought more than 500 with only Tranmere and Lincoln likely to be above 500 from our remaining home fixtures.

[Sneag]

I think if we can keep the average gate at 4,500+ till the end of the season, that will be the 5th highest in 40 years!

You could argue that 'tater is right and the town has always been apathetic, or you could argue that he's wrong and that our gates are what you'd expect from one of the smallest towns in England with a league club.

[ParisStag]

They are, but I'd imagine JR would be thinking it could be a little better.

No, I think he's a realist and a planner and has always known what attendances would be like at each stage. Nothing they do is by accident. We're moving in the right direction on and off the pitch and the community and footballing decisions JR is taking are having an impact. Contrary to your inaccurate and repeated claims of apathy, the town are backing the club better than they have for many years. It's a gradual process so please stop being such a bore about this and just let it happen.

[Rob]

I think if we can keep the average gate at 4,500+ till the end of the season, that will be the 5th highest in 40 years!

You could argue that 'tater is right and the town has always been apathetic, or you could argue that he's wrong and that our gates are what you'd expect from one of the smallest towns in England with a league club.

He's wrong on this, always has been.

[Sneag]

I think if we can keep the average gate at 4,500+ till the end of the season, that will be the 5th highest in 40 years!

You could argue that 'tater is right and the town has always been apathetic, or you could argue that he's wrong and that our gates are what you'd expect from one of the smallest towns in England with a league club.

He's wrong on this, always has been.

Just being even handed Roberto.

[cassellswasmagic]

I think if we can keep the average gate at 4,500+ till the end of the season, that will be the 5th highest in 40 years!

You could argue that 'tater is right and the town has always been apathetic, or you could argue that he's wrong and that our gates are what you'd expect from one of the smallest towns in England with a league club.

What you could argue is Mansfield folk aren’t exactly made of money, and never have been. Without the member card offer the average attendance would be hundreds lower too. At £11 to watch a game it’s brought a lot more fans in. This must be one of the best offers in football, so well done JR. We are what we are as a town, hard working, but below average paid compared to a lot of other places in England. The crowds will only increase significantly with the sniff of the championship beckoning imo.

[Sneag]

I think if we can keep the average gate at 4,500+ till the end of the season, that will be the 5th highest in 40 years!

You could argue that 'tater is right and the town has always been apathetic, or you could argue that he's wrong and that our gates are what you'd expect from one of the smallest towns in England with a league club.

What you could argue is Mansfield folk aren’t exactly made of money, and never have been. Without the member card offer the average attendance would be hundreds lower too. At £11 to watch a game it’s brought a lot more fans in. This must be one of the best offers in football, so well done JR. We are what we are as a town, hard working, but below average paid compared to a lot of other places in England. The crowds will only increase significantly with the sniff of the championship beckoning imo.

It's actually one of the poorest areas in the country in terms of income & social mobility. I've pointed that out loads of times but 'tater says I'm being boring.

In fact you could argue that in the halcyon days of the mid 70s when Stags won 2 titles in 3 years & had a season in the 2nd tier, given the fact it was less than a quid to get in and most of the town worked down the pit the gates of 7/8,000 we got then were comparably worse than getting 4,000 now, when it's £20+ to get in and the town has become a minimum wage + benefits ghetto.

[EdwinstoweStag]

Not much sign of apathy on the occasions of away days at Notts, Chesterfield & Lincoln. It’s a shame that some of this “swell” support seems never to be interested in the “bread and butter” fixtures. Mind you, some of them are hardly there for the football, are they?

[Mr Grimsdale]

Not much sign of apathy on the occasions of away days at Notts, Chesterfield & Lincoln. It’s a shame that some of this “swell” support seems never to be interested in the “bread and butter” fixtures. Mind you, some of them are hardly there for the football, are they?

That's a fair point Edders, though it will always be the case when it is such a well known and historically good day out whether you are a committed fan or not in the case of County particularly .

Spot on original post too, I would have thought that DF would have looked at their recent home result against County and believed there was an opportunity to do something.

[Conker]

Our average this season is going in one direction, and a good chance our home crowds will be closer to 5,000 than 4,000 soon.

[cassellswasmagic]

Our average this season is going in one direction, and a good chance our home crowds will be closer to 5,000 than 4,000 soon.

That will be great.

[adamstag]

I think if we were to be promoted I think we could easily pull 6000 average next season

[MTFCMAD]

I think 4500 average has been good so far but can only see that swelling to gates of 5000 now.

The Tranmere match is possible going to be the second biggest attendance of the season so far IMO.

JR, CR, DF and the boys deserve it.