Mansfield Town FC have revealed that their 100-bedroom hotel plans at the One Call Stadium will be for a Hampton by Hilton.

After the plans were unveiled and put on view for residents, club chairman John Radford said: “Everything has been so positive. We’ve had no objections.

“There has been much talk about hotels in Mansfield for a long time and I want to build a hotel of this calibre at the oldest professional football ground in the world for the good of the club and the town.”

Stags’ chief executive Carolyn Radford added: “It has been a really positive day. Everybody’s enthusiastic about this project. We have a fantastic brand, the best builders, architects and constructors we can find. It will be of real quality.

“It’ll be a unique destination for Mansfield.”

Andrew Plant, owner of Acorn Signs & Engraving Ltd in Mansfield, said: “The plans look absolutely fantastic. It’ll be very good for the town.

“It’s a step forward. It will attract business people to look at Mansfield and think ‘they’re going places’ and perhaps use organisations in Mansfield as opposed to those outside of the area.”

Patrick Rogerson, managing director of Park Lane Self-Drive, Mansfield, said: “This is something the town has needed. It will improve the look of the town and the facilities in the area.

“The design has been thought through carefully. To put it in the corner [between the Ian Greaves and Quarry Lane tands] is brilliant.”

If the plan gets the go-ahead from Mansfield District Council, it is expected the hotel could be open for the start of the 2020/2021 season.