Mansfield Town to kick-off new season at home to Carlisle United

Adam Murray’s team learned their fate when the fixtures for the new campaign were released by the Football League at 9am this morning.

Excitingly, the Stags’ first away game of the season will be the short trip down the road to take on arch rivals Notts County on Saturday, 15th August.

To read a story about Stags’ Capital One Cup draw at Sheffield Wednesday click HERE

On Boxing Day, supporters will have to make a long journey to the North-West to see Murray’s men in action as they take on Morecambe.

The second local derby of the season against Notts County is scheduled to take place at One Call Stadium on Saturday, 16th April, before the campaign concludes three weeks later with a home game against Cambridge United.

Supporters should note that there are six midweek games – two of which are at home and four of which are away. The midweek away games are at Accrington Stanley (18th Aug), Stevenage (29th Sep), Yeovil Town (20th Oct) and Exeter City (19th Apr).

The Stags’ first visit to The Hive Stadium, new home of Barnet, is pencilled in for Saturday, 28th November, while they visit the other team promoted from the Vanarama Premier, Darrell Clarke’s Bristol Rovers, on Saturday, 12th March.

The last away match of the campaign is at relegated side Leyton Orient on Saturday, 30th April before the season concludes with the visit of Cambridge United on Saturday, 7th May.

The full fixture list is as follows:

Sat 8th Aug: CARLISLE UNITED (H)

Sat 15th Aug: Notts County (a)

Tue 18th Aug: Accrington Stanley (a)

Sat 22nd Aug: OXFORD UNITED (H)

Sat 29th Aug: York City (a)

Sat 5th Sep: AFC WIMBLEDON (H)

Sat 12th Sep: CRAWLEY TOWN (H)

Sat 19th Sep: Luton Town (a)

Sat 26th Sep: PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (H)

Tue 29th Sep: Stevenage (a)

Sat 3rd Oct: Dagenham & Redbridge (a)

Sat 10th Oct: NEWPORT COUNTY (H)

Sat 17th Oct: BRISTOL ROVERS (H)

Tue 20th Oct: Yeovil Town (a)

Sat 24 Oct: Portsmouth (a)

Sat 31st Oct: WYCOMBE WANDERERS (H)

Sat 14th Nov: Northampton Town (a)

Sat 21st Nov: HARTLEPOOL UNITED (H)

Tue 24th Nov: EXETER CITY (H)

Sat 28th Nov: Barnet (a)

Sat 12th Dec: LEYTON ORIENT (H)

Sat 19th Dec: Cambridge United (a)

Sat 26th Dec: Morecambe (a)

Mon 28th Dec: YORK CITY (H)

Sat 2nd Jan: ACCRINGTON STANLEY (H)

Sat 9th Jan: Oxford United (a)

Sat 16th Jan: AFC Wimbledon (a)

Sat 23rd Jan: LUTON TOWN (H)

Sat 30th Jan: Crawley Town (a)

Sat 6th Feb: MORECAMBE (H)

Sat 13th Feb: Plymouth Argyle (a)

Sat 20th Feb: DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE (H)

Sat 27th Feb: Newport County (a)

Tue 1st Mar: STEVENAGE (H)

Sat 05th Mar: YEOVIL TOWN (H)

Sat 12th Mar: Bristol Rovers (a)

Sat 19th Mar: PORTSMOUTH (H)

Sat 26th Mar: Wycombe Wanderers (a)

Mon 28th Mar: NORTHAMPTON TOWN (H)

Sat 2nd Apr: Hartlepool United (a)

Sat 9th Apr: Carlisle United (a)

Sat 16th Apr: NOTTS COUNTY (H)

Tue 19th Apr: Exeter City (a)

Sat 23rd Apr: BARNET (H)

Sat 30th Apr: Leyton Orient (a)

Sat 7th May: CAMBRIDGE UNITED (H)