When you have played football all your life that’s the only thing I know, so sitting on your sofa doing nothing is strange, you don’t know what to do,” he said.

Whelan has connected with the ball more forcefully, and Given will be hugely disappointed with his failure to repel his Republic of Ireland team-mate's relatively tame effort. Results elsewhere ensured their play-off dreams would have to wait another year as Southampton, Wolves and West Brom all won. Correction - 44:57 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Matthew Etherington from the right by-line to the near post, Ricardo Fuller takes a Mamady Sidibe: Stoke City striker joins Tranmere Rovers on loan". BBC Sport . Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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.

Waking up in the dressing room he threw a punch in fury, which landed on a glass window slicing his arm open. Ashley Young sends in a cross, John Carew produces a right-footed shot from close range which goes wide of the left-hand upright. 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) Sidibé snapped his achilles tendon against Tottenham Hotspur which ruled him out the rest of 2010. [26] [27] He returned to first team training in January 2011. [28] He marked his return to the side by scoring in a reserve game against Burton Albion on 8 February. [29] However two days later in a training session Sidibé again snapped his Achilles tendon ending his season. [30] Sidibé admitted he broke down in tears when he snapped his right Achilles tendon for a second time in six months. [31] There was a familiar name on the teamsheet for Stoke City under-18s as Sol Sidibe, son of Mama, made his youth team debut way ahead of schedule.

It does surprise me that we are so close to the bottom but it doesn't concern me because I've seen what this group is capable of.

Mama Mia! Stoke City legend Sidibe tells his life story to inspire students". Stoke Sentinel . Retrieved 29 June 2014. Mamady Sidibé (born 18 December 1979) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Handing out dead-ball opportunities like confetti to Delap and the excellent Liam Lawrence, Mancini's side's self-destructive tendencies were epitomised when Joleon Lescott needlessly handled on his side's left flank. But we fought very well and in the second half when we played with one player more we managed to play better.A moment that should have been one of the highlights of his life turned into a nightmare while on international duty in 2007, away from the heat of Stoke’s promotion charge.