THE OLDEST English Football League Stadium - Field Mill, Mansfield Town Football Club

I visited Field Mill which is the oldest continually used stadium in the EFL! It's home to Mansfield Town FC who currently compete in League 2.
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[@Hartley_Hare]

I used to be a matchday steward at Crawley. Without a doubt, the Mansfield Town fans were the nicest bunch of supporters I ever had to look after.

[@mykyta.kontsevyi]

I’m from Ukraine and Thank you for support of Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@mykyta.kontsevyi You're very, very welcome. I hope your country continues to show the world that Putin is a hollow little dictator who has had his day.

[@mykyta.kontsevyi]

@@Hartley_Hare yes, my friend!

[@wiganathletic208]

This is my local club and my local area so nice to see someone doing a video on them. Hopefully we can get promotion this year

[@Wilkse1]

I was at that game at Wembley in 1987 supporting Bristol City. Remember the penalty shoot out and how nice and friendly the Mansfield fans were.

[@808ross8]

Remember the 2008 playoff final😂🐯

[@Wilkse1]

@@808ross8 Cant remember playing Mansfield that year ?

[@808ross8]

@@Wilkse1 🤦‍♂️ u said u were a Bristol city fan and I put a tiger after my comment. Do u not remember? Has nothing to do with the video lol but I love trolling Bristol fans

[@Wilkse1]

@@808ross8 I try to forget , but we can have this conversation when he does a Hull or Bristol City video. I can only take one wembley defeat at a time

[@michaeldenton2503]

Played and scored there in the early 1960s for Ipswich Reserves against Mansfield Reserves.

[@TerraFirmaTyger]

Get in lad

[@Junior-ov8me]

Love to hear it

[@RCarlisle94]

My Grandad is a lifelong Mansfield supporter and used to bring me along to almost every home game when I was younger. The atmosphere is always a good one and I'm sure we'll find success under Cloughie. Can't wait to take my young boys when they're a bit older.

[@sheffsteel7]

These debates are open to semantics, for example what is the definition of a ground. In its earliest guise Field Mill wasn’t a ground or stadium, it was just a recreational field where teams used to play football, like the local park. However Bramall Lane was a proper sports enclosure with fences mainly used to host cricket with the odd big football game played there.

[@mferry90]

Thank you for a great video and also thank you for giving me some inspiration on which team I should use in my road to glory career mode on fifa23. Mansfield Town sounds great!

[@joelnicholson6246]

Gutted I didn’t get too meet you mate, I’m from Mansfield but just went back up to salford for university so literally just missed you!

[@ricardowebbs5207]

Great video me duck, great fans- super Stags back on the way to league 1 (hopefully) 👍I was at the 87' final, fantastic day out topped off by having to bump start the coach!.....Happy days.

[@vqlid417]

I’m a darlo fan and I remember when we played Mansfield at Wembley in 2011. Great supporters

[@follypatchmeister]

Used to have family in darlo used to love going up to see them when we played you never had any trouble

[@vqlid417]

@@follypatchmeister class. Are you a Mansfield fan mate?

[@follypatchmeister]

Yes mate george Reynolds fucked darlo up,I used to go in the boot and shoe on match days until the new ground was built

[@vqlid417]

@@follypatchmeister love that mate, and I know, hoping we can push for playoffs this season. Want to play Hartlepool again man haha

[@ronmac9522]

I remember in the 1970s going to an anglo Scottish cup tie Mansfield vs partick thistle. I think thistle won 1-0 at firhill bout Mansfield won the leg 3-2. I wish they would bring back the tournament nothing like travelling 100s of miles on a old wet night to watch your team lose. Now I’m experiencing that feeling as an Oldham fan.

[@alibobsmarland9572]

I went to that match and The stags also beat Ayr United as well.

[@ronmac9522]

@@alibobsmarland9572 I think I saw you there LOL. That was a great cup competition.

[@kegalormoon]

I'm a celtic fan and all ways say that to a friend that lower league teams should play a champions league of Britain type thing for the fans and help bring in better stadium for fans and players or even a European system

[@greggyeggy1]

I was there. It went to extra time, then penalties. We had a loan keeper in goal, Martin New from Arsenal. Partick had the Scotland keeper, Alan Rough. So obviously we won the shoot out. This was , and still is, the latest I've ever been in a football match.

[@SteveInskip]

Mansfield is a decent place, the people I know there are good folks and it’s great to see the stadium. They’ve got a good manager with Nigel, he’ll improve them AND look after the finances at the same time. Decent bloke!

[@stephenallen_]

Never knew this about Mansfield. Interesting as always, Sam! Future ideas: the non-league 'Newcastle United', check out Newcastle Blue Star FC. They rack up very decent attendances for their level.

[@BALHAM69]

We need notts county and afc Wrexham back in the football League Edit update, go AFC Wimbledon, Fisher fc because non league Colliers Wood fc and Afc Liverpool because it is a non league team in Liverpool City of Liverpool fc too 😊

[@joegilbert3149]

Could say the same for Chesterfield, Southend, Oldham, Torquay, Hereford, Chester, Kidderminster, Scunthorpe, york and yeovil and replace the likes of Crawley, forest Green, Salford and Harrogate

[@BALHAM69]

@@joegilbert3149 Oldham athletic yes They were in premier league. Salford have a ownership that people took to interest and been stuck in league two for a little while as of 2022.

[@mickharrison9004]

Notts county yes but not Wrexham there Welsh shouldn't be in our leagues ,they hate English just want our money .

[@neilwiltshire1467]

Nice to see you getting a good look aroud an EFL side's ground and have a good chat with one of the staff - can't see that happening too often at aChampionship club at definitely not in the elite Premier League !

[@stevenwilcox8631]

An exciting bit of football history; there Sam. I have never been to Mansfield nor worked; at a game where Mansfield played. I have heard that they have a tremendous fan base that is very respectful towards opposition supporters. I heard the majority stayed on and clapped my team Forest Green Rovers when they clinched the League 2 title their last season.

[@robertchadwick290]

Thanks for that pal always respectfull you deserved the respect last season and good look for this season 👍

[@FCM_Viper]

We did indeed. Most of us watched the whole thing when you won

[@eriks.lundestad9365]

Great stadium, good team and nice town Mansfield. It is time you go to Devon. Torquay and Exeter

[@MTFC.]

Up the stags 💙 💛 should go to a game here was watch it you’ll fully enjoy it Atmosphere is Q block upper

[@haywood-1117]

Dream video by you 😍😍

[@UKatheist1]

Try and get yourself down to the South West! Lots of interesting clubs down here and you can come and visit the mighty Argyle, top of League One.

[@johnwiddowson7240]

No mention of the developments over the years like the levelling of the sloping pitch and the old main stand bought from Hurst Park racecourse

[@AS-mw6pw]

Maidenhead United are moving out of York Road btw mate so get down there if you’ve not been already

[@laurencechrisp2246]

They've got a game set of lads also for the lower league

[@numberthirteen_]

I have played manager mode in FIFA 15 with Mansfield Town. But there was no choice to making my own stadium, but they still didn't give me the original one as well. I regret 🔥🙏. Wanna see you hit 150K subs next month mate 😏

[@martynclough602]

Really enjoyed that video, Sam. I've been there twice with Tranmere (lost on both occasions 😢)

[@RossParker1877]

Anyone who has paid for food at Arsenal knows what's it like to pay for a meal with everything you have

[@stephenjameson4787]

Same could be said for Wembley Stadium. Bought a burger there once for 9 pounds, seven shillings and sixpence, and it was like eating a dry bath sponge

[@markjones6564]

@@stephenjameson4787 😂

[@burningsoul1365]

sheffield uniteds bramall lane is oldest football ground

[@paulbrown2532]

Mansfield have a very nice stadium and pitch,i would like to see cloughie do well and get them promoted.yes I think visiting Wrexham is a good next choice especially with the new American owners taking over should be an interesting visit.

[@yvonnefoster8181]

Field Mill is mentioned as a cricket venue in 1840

[@Sam-dn5hg]

I've recently discoverd your, channel because of your Eredivisie match vlogs. Since i watched some more video's. I can tell you like some smaller clubs. I would recommend you to go to Go Ahead Eagles (Deventer) currently in the Eredivisie. It's unique in the sense that the stadium (Adelaarshorst) is in the middle of an working class neighbourhood, feels like an Scottish stadium. Fans are really close to the pitch and we are sometimes refered to as small Feyenoord, because of the workingclass fans and passion. Last year we won against Ajax at home and lost by a small margin to PSV in the semi-final of the Dutch cup. Oh it's also only an 1 hour traindrive from Amsterdam Central station. Keep up the great content, from another lad with probably the best name in the world ;)

[@smimi2333]

nearly lost means you won but by a small margin

[@Sam-dn5hg]

@@smimi2333 ah well, English isn't my first language. I suppose it's not up to my highschool standards anymore. Changed it otherwise it doesn't really make sense

[@smimi2333]

@@Sam-dn5hg yeah you could still get what you were trying to say. btw it’s not my first language either

[@T.W.K.1993]

And from Deventer you go north to Leeuwarden to visit us. We dont have the english looks that GAE has, but we are a real raw football club with heart and soul. U would enjoy it, we never stop singing even when we are losing! :)

[@T.W.K.1993]

Mansfield till i die 💛💙

[@grantrhines3226]

With the Welcome to Wrexham documentary doing so well, Wrexham would be incredible!

[@alanfox691]

Agreed

[@ThePeakyParkers]

Great video Sam

[@depekthegreat359]

Wow!!!Mansfield Town,which is one of my favourite respective clubs daily and ever in this world and other planetsnthis is a fascinating stadium which is the oldest used stadium in the world for this club,good friends!!!LONG LIVE,MANSFIELD TOWN!!!🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

[@aaronmackenzie64]

Good to see my local club being shown. Simon Coleman, became the record transfer fee for Mansfield town when he moved from Mansfield to Sheffield Wednesday. Now he is a PE teacher at my school 😂

[@iansteel6142]

Brilliant.. City ground next please mate

[@robertwalker4090]

It would be good if you considered visiting County Durham Spennymoor Town who play in the Vanarama North league 👍⚽️🥅

[@matthewatkinson5687]

You should go to the Cambridgeshire derby between Cambridge and Peterborough on the 29th October at Cripple Sidings Lane.

[@brownwhite3444]

My home town man! Would’ve love to met you!

[@paularkell5589]

Well done guys on promotion, come on you stags !!

[@Josh-ql3be]

Good to see Admin Harry when he's not ripping into opposition fans and players 🤣

[@garethdcook]

Come to ipswich. Massive history and fantastic 32000 seated stadium.

[@grahamroberts2893]

Wasn't Bramall Lane a cricket ground where they happened to play football.

[@Martin-88]

Originally a cricket ground but football has been played there since 1862.

[@tjayw03]

WAAAAAY UP THE STAGS

[@johnsteel6601]

Gainsborough Trinity, oldest single club ground in the world, the club once managed 6th in the old 2nd division, most premier sides have played here and Man U played there first ever game here. Had a player in the England team.

[@mattayres5238]

My mate simon is a die hard fan of mansfield football club! 😉👍

[@TerraFirmaTyger]

You should go Enfield town in north London. They would of been as big if not bigger than the tiny tots down the road if they didn’t get fucked over back in the day. Fantastic stadium and fans. A club with a lot of history.

[@mickharrison9004]

Ha ha never what a load of shite Tottenham always the biggest and fanbase in North London ,I aint a fan by the way .

[@TerraFirmaTyger]

@@mickharrison9004 I’m talking way back in the day like end of 19th century times. Enfield was reborn in 2001 but it’s an old club.

[@mickharrison9004]

@@TerraFirmaTyger fair play m8 .

[@becca1927]

Would be great if you did a game in Northern Ireland

[@afcfinners]

If you're coming to the midlands I'd deffo recommend Fairford FC in the Cotswolds, best food you'll ever have at a non-league game or perhaps any game

[@lukewilhelm5829]

Shout out Mansfield Texas

[@SteveMcAllister-mj6ep]

So when are you going to Chesterfield? Plus how can a teams stadium pre-date the club by 36 years? And then 1850, wouldn't pre-date the first Football Club in Sheffield?

[@iohall]

Don’t know if you’ve had this idea but you should do a video on the Roses Derby (Leeds Man United) could be a very interesting video and with your knowledge and research could do a good job with the history and everything

[@ODYSSEYEXTRA]

Chester Till I Die! Come On You Seals! 🔵⚪🦭

[@arsenal15ify]

Love for you to see lincoln city fc

[@kierandoodykd]

Anstey Nomads have the biggest match in our history on Saturday in the FA Cup 3rd qualifying round. We have never been this far into the competition before. Come down and make a vid about that mate 🔴⚪️

[@andybrace4983]

Big up the stags

[@adamcran9859]

Fabulous my brother 💙👍🏻

[@semicharmedlife311]

Everton F.C. has played at Goodison Park since 1892 and has hosted more top flight football matches than any other ground. #uptheToffees

[@grahamroberts2893]

Not for much longer !!

[@semicharmedlife311]

@@grahamroberts2893 Club's doing fine, mate. Cheers.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I think The Northolme (Gainsborough Trinity) is older and they have also played in the football league. Only visited Mansfield Town once and was at the away end which was an open terrace at the time and it rained very heavily, I must have gained several kilos that day with the amount of water.

[@Josh-ql3be]

The stat is that Field Mill is the oldest ground currently in the football league, so Trinity don't count, despite being older and a former FL club. I've been there with Stags pre season. Nice ground.

[@owls1992]

Bramall Lane is older than Field Mill

[@alexvitsileos2441]

Go back too villa park and do more on villa you’ll have a good time

[@MC-cw4gb]

Can you come to Shrewsbury Town. We have the new stadium which we have been in since 2007 and the old stadium which was by the river which was called the Gay Meadow. My mum actually now moves in one of the apartments that is sat on the old ground which is cool. There is a video on BBC Archive about the man in the coracle Fred Davies when he had to fetch the balls from the river if they went in during the games. Great videos too. Keep them up. Cheers. Mark.

[@birdman1977]

Notts county is the oldest club, Deepdale the oldest Continuous used site for a Stadium and Maidenhead the oldest continuously use Ground for football and Mansfield oldest sports ground, not football ground.

[@Finalplayoffs]

There’s an older field/stadium in Australia, most recently held over 100,000 for the AFL Grand Final.

[@mickharrison9004]

Yeah but not the oldest football stadium eh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍺

[@bigg1318]

What about Hull City? Not a city fan but live in Hull

[@prestonnevlogs1462]

The oldest continuously used professional football stadium in the world is Deepdale.

[@stbu9709]

I think my club Grimsby Town FC have the oldest in use stand in the EFL, the Main Stand!

[@WorthamShrimper]

Cover Southend Sam, I think we have the record for the longest stadium move not to have happened!

[@walsalltilidie]

Come to Walsall ground

[@billytompkins6694]

Surely the scottish team in London. Thr mighty Millwall has to be there 😃

[@patspadd8243]

Hiya Sam and everybody just a few or so interesting and fascinating facts about the mentioned subject such as I remember seeing that ground (field mill) lovely name for a ground on television many years ago when it looked rather different like it had some type of track around the outside of the pitch and at the time in the latter 1970s they had one or two seasons in the division two where they played a memorable match v spurs also talking of grounds Saltergate the former ground of local rivals chesterfield was one of the oldest grounds along with Stamford bridge and st James pk Newcastle also about the town of Mansfield it’s great that it now has a railway station with services to Nottingham (the Robin Hood line) as before it was the biggest town in England to not have a railway station after what happened during the beeching era as there was a massive reduction in railway services and now one final and endearing fact that the signature colours of Mansfield town fc blue and yellow are of course the same colours of the flag of Ukraine so there you have it hey

[@upthewhites8592]

My gosh. Someone needs to put some respect on Deepdale and PNE. Deepdale is widely recognised as the "oldest continuously used professional football ground in England" granted its contested but they never ever get a mention. Never mind your Stoke's, Maidenhead's and Mansfield, at least North End have a illustrious, rich history with real silverware and honours to boot...

[@Martin-88]

No it isn't. Deepdale was built in 1875, yet football has been played at Bramall Lane since 1862.

[@grahamroberts2893]

@@Martin-88 Preston played at Bramall Lane in 1888 in an FA Cup semi final before Sheffield United played at Bramall Lane did as Sheffield Utd didn't exist in 1888.

[@Martin-88]

@@grahamroberts2893 I don't see what that has to do with my original comment.

[@joegilbert3149]

Come down to Devon and do Plymouth, Exeter, Torquay and tiverton

[@gordypattison3543]

Is Brian Jackson still there ?

[@grahamroberts2893]

Deepdale is the oldest purpose built football stadium to host professional football continuously by the same team in the WORLD!!!!

[@FootyAdventures]

Preston also the first champions of England. The first to defend the title. The first to win the double. And the first to go unbeaten! Loads of different video titles for PNE when I get round to making that vlog haha!!

[@tyronesmith1027]

Forest love living in the past

[@Oliver-The-Mighty]

Pretty sure the oldest continually used football league ground is Bramall Lane right?

[@richarddove7823]

no, hence this video

[@Oliver-The-Mighty]

@@richarddove7823 Ah didnt realise things were that simple. Otherwise I wouldn't have commented, numpty

[@ianlayton6949]

Bramall Lane is officially the oldest football "stadium" in the world, the first ground to have floodlights, the oldest international sporting arena still in use etc. Field Mill might have been a field that was used for football 5 years sooner.

[@craigy8559]

How about some conference league clubs specially my fav eastleigh

[@fhlostonparaphrase]

"Napoleon coming to power in France..." I hate to break it to you, but that would be Napoleon the 3rd, who came to power (as president) in 1848. So that's either very sloppy, mixing up Napoleon 3 with Napoleon Bonaparte, or you just didn't bother to clarify. Why does it matter? Because it makes me doubt everything you say for the rest of the video. Could have done without the whole Sherwood thing, but tastes vary there.

[@KamikazePrimate]

Will you visit Coventry City or Coventry United?

[@mikejenkins286]

Welsh premier league would be good

[@mazkcrew]

stadium and shop of millwall please.....

[@alanfox691]

Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. Plymouth Argyle , Portsmouth, Wolves , Newport County, Cardiff City , Swansea City , Wrexham are my suggestion off the very top of my head.

[@jamesahmed7036]

Categorically Field Mill is not the oldest professional football ground, thats Bramall Lane, the oldest Football ground is Sandy Gate home of Hallam FC

[@malcolmhunt7108]

Bramall Lane didn't hold it's first football match untill the 29 December 1862, so yes Field Mill(One Call Stadium) is the oldest professional football ground in the world.

[@Martin-88]

@@malcolmhunt7108 Were those games played prior to1862 'professional' though?

[@cryz5044]

should come to chesterfield

[@mickharrison9004]

Come and see the English play off kings ,and other great history like only player ever to score fa cup final hatrick ,was a Blackpool player in the best fa cup final Stan mortensen,and some great players started careers at Bloomfield road, Alan ball in England's world cup win ,emlynn Hughes ended up captain of Liverpool ,and many more former Anglo Italian cup winners beating mighty Roma on the way ,former England captain Jimmy armfield only played for us ,the world's first attacking full back and much more history ,famous Blackpool fc .

[@sean-rl3xr]

go to wrexham plz sam

[@geoffpoole483]

I think Mansfield is the largest town in England without a railway station...... and I need to get out more.

[@lifelongstag]

Probably around 20 years ago the railway station re opened

[@mattayres5238]

Mansfield!!!!! 😉👍😉👍

[@captainanopheles4307]

They wouldn't have eaten wild rabbits as they were only kept on farms and didn't become feral until centuries later. Rabbits aren't native to Britain.

[@bostonboygaming]

Come to Sutton United. I'll buy you a beer

[@venomousx8964]

Super stags yellows

[@joshshore7976]

Get yourself to Basford United tonight , Sam!

[@dpt6849]

3:10 you will own nothing and be happy.

[@DDV1]

Hi, great video. Would you be interested in visiting the oldest international stadium still in use? If so, and having a ticket with us to watch a match at Wrexham FC, message me back. Cheers.

[@Anthony-vt6px]

stoke don't play on there original ground, so they don't count.

[@ryanoconnor5612]

Tim Forest 😂

[@Eli-gg3po]

4:47 *1897

[@stevesteele6708]

Not really much of a clear history lesson the media guy said oldest in country which I thought was hallam fc (used stadium) no history about stadium before Mansfield went there, media guy needs sacking he's s**t and guy making video didn't ask the questions

[@cbenny0686]

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