Mamady Sidibe: The Luckiest Man in Football

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We needed Wesley, he's a different option because teams like West Brom came (here) last year and jumped all over us and we found it hard to get up the pitch," the Scot added. In August 2002 he joined Gillingham, [13] for whom he scored 13 goals in 115 matches. When Gillingham were relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season, Sidibé declined the offer of a new contract. [14] Stoke City [ edit ] Sidibé has a younger brother, Lassana, who in 2009 signed for Dover Athletic, who were managed by the elder Sidibé's former Gillingham teammate Andy Hessenthaler. In July 2009, Lassana played a pre-season friendly for Stoke's rivals Port Vale, in an attempt to follow Mamady into the Football League. [55] However Lassana was not offered a contract and returned to Dover. His cousin Moussa Sidibé is also a footballer. [56] Sidibé's son Sol, was born in 2007 and signed a professional contract with Stoke in July 2023. [57]

But if - as seems most likely - Wiley felt there had been a foul on Given, replays are likely to persuade him otherwise. Sidibé played at international level for Mali. He was first called up to the national team shortly after his debut for Gillingham, featuring in two unofficial friendlies in the south of France against Istres and Monaco, scoring against the latter. [50] I got unbelievably angry with the referee. I think the QPR chairman and kit man were the only people he didn't book. And had Dempsey himself finished more accurately having collected Murphy's pass over the top minutes later, Stoke's resolve might have been tested a lot sooner as Fulham finally displayed some measure of fight.

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Rangers look at internationals Mamady Sidibe and Hameur Bouazza". Sky Sports . Retrieved 29 July 2013. Danny Murphy has an effort at goal from outside the penalty box which goes wide right of the target. After a slow start during which Stoke enjoyed plenty of possession but did little with it, Villa did threaten briefly to go through the gears.

GOAL - John Carew : Aston Villa 1 - 0 Stoke John Carew finds the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke.Etherington was the key. He had already had a neat finish ruled out - correctly - for offside when his corner was headed goalwards by Robert Huth and turned in at the far post by Tuncay. Having dropped points in the corresponding fixture last March, when they squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 - and subsequently managed just two more wins all season - it was vital to Villa's Champions League aspirations that they held on. Results elsewhere ensured their play-off dreams would have to wait another year as Southampton, Wolves and West Brom all won.

The teenager, named after Mama's dad, is a central midfielder with excellent technical ability and there are high hopes for his potential. He's already been signed up for a boot deal with Adidas while his younger brother Bilal is scoring a lot of goals for the club in under-9s mini-soccer too.

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Preston's Richard Cresswell (right) dives at the feet of Mamady Sidibe of Gillingham, during the Nationwide Division One match at Deepdale, Preston in March 2004. (Image: PA Archive/PA Images)