Lincoln Fans Anger

Last updated : 06 September 2006 By Editor
A report in the this weeks CHAD newspaper, explains how Lincoln City supporters want an apology from the Stags over the mix up, which left them furious.

Mansfield CHAD - Wednesday 06.09.06


Ejected fans' blast for Stags over local derby


ANGRY football fans are demanding a refund and an apology after being allowed into a Mansfield Town match — and then thrown out.

Around 25 Lincoln City supporters, including young children, say they were told they could sit in the West Stand, reserved for Stags' supporters, at the recent derby clash.

The fans, some of them stewards at Lincoln's home matches, had been unable to buy tickets before the match for the all-ticket away stand.

But during the game they were told to leave Field Mill, offered no refund and not allowed to transfer to the away stand, the North Stand, even though there were hundreds of empty seats there.

One fan said: "None of us were violent or aggressive and it was disgusting the way we were treated.

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full story in this weeks CHAD