 The Stags have had their seating capacity reduced |
Mansfield Town FC could face an investigation after Chesterfield fans were given too many tickets for Saturday's local derby. Restrictions imposed by the county council safety officials earlier this year were breached.
The mistake was spotted by officials just before Saturday's game - and the Stags have apologised for the mix-up.
Chesterfield were only supposed to be allocated 1,300 tickets after Field Mill stewarding problems last year.
'Genuine mistake'
The club was mistakenly allocated 1,900 seats.
About 200 Chesterfield fans were allowed to sit in the disused Bishop Street Stand which does not have a safety certificate.
The Stags have a restricted capacity of 6,553 after trouble at last season's final match with Barnet.
Stags chairman James Derry said: "Due to an administrative error - which we have not yet got to the bottom of - they were sent 1,900 tickets. It was a genuine mistake."
"I think we did very well as the game went off without an incident."
He said the club also needed to increase its capacity or the Stags "will go out of business".
"We are losing a quarter of a million pounds a year and we need to resolve this soon," the chairman said.
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