Police Chief Responds

Following chairman James Derry's claims that "The police made the decision to put the fans in the Bishop Street area." Police Chief Inspector Mark Holland has put forward his side of the ticketing issue, which threatens the Stags with further restrictions from the Safety Advisory Group Committee, who meet on Wednesday to discuss the issues from the game.

Derry said in his weekend statement that "I can only summise, but perhaps some fans got into the ground without tickets or the police decided it was safer to move ticketless fans outside Field Mill into the ground. "

But Mark Holland has responded to the Mansfield CHAD "What I can categorically state is that at no point did Nottinghamshire Police ask Mansfield Town stewards to let fans without tickets into the ground on Saturday.

It is now clear that some 800 extra visiting supporters made their way into Field Mill on Saturday, despite clear guidlines set out before the game, that only 1300 tickets were available to Chesterfield supporters "We will be asking the SAG to examine how the club managed to send 600 more tickets than had been agreed to Chesterfield, and will also be questioning how a further 150 to 200 people managed to get into the North Stand." the Chief Insp. went on.

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Full Interview with Cheif Inspector Mark Holland HERE.