Geoff Sidebottom
| Geoff Sidebottom | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Geoffrey Sidebottom | |
| birthday | December 29, 1936 | |
| place of birth | Mapplewell , England | |
| date of death | November 3, 2008 | |
| Place of death | Scunthorpe , England | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Wath Wanderers | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1954-1961 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 (0) |
| 1961-1965 | Aston Villa | 70 (0) |
| 1965-1967 | Scunthorpe United | 59 (0) |
| 1967-1968 | New York Generals | 44 (0) |
| 1969-1971 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Geoffrey "Geoff" Sidebottom (born December 29, 1936 in Mapplewell , † November 3, 2008 in Scunthorpe ) was an English football goalkeeper . He was mostly overshadowed by Malcolm Finlayson at Wolverhampton Wanderers before moving to Aston Villa . With the "Villans" he won the league cup in 1961 .
Athletic career
The Yorkshire- born Sidebottom stood in his youth for the Wath Wanderers between the posts, who were connected as a young cadre forge with the Wolverhampton Wanderers. In September 1954 he was taken over into the professional division of the "Wolves" while he was also working in a foundry near Barnsley. In the same year he reached the final of the FA Youth Cup , which was lost to the "Busby Babes" from Manchester United . In the following years, the hoped-for sporting breakthrough failed, which was also due to the competitors Bert Williams and Malcolm Finlayson. On November 1, 1958, he finally made his debut at 1: 2 against West Bromwich Albion and immediately afterwards he completed the two subsequent encounters in the 1958/59 championship season against Preston North End and Burnley FC . In the following year, with a total of ten appearances, Sidebottom rarely got beyond the role of substitute behind Finlayson, although he made an important contribution on the way to winning the cup with a good performance in the fifth FA Cup round against Luton Town (despite the ultimately a clear 4-1 win, the game had been “on the brink” for a long time). He also played the quarter-final second leg in the European Cup , in which Wolverhampton lost to Barcelona 2: 5. In the subsequent 1960/61 season, he represented the injured Finlayson both at Charity Shield and in the first 18 of 22 league games before he said goodbye to Aston Villa in February 1961 .
In Joe Mercer's team , he played 87 competitive games in just under four years, including an appearance in the final second leg of the 1961 League Cup , when a 2-0 first leg defeat against Rotherham United could be turned around with a 3-0 win. In January 1965 he hired Scunthorpe United - there he was given preference over the future national goalkeeper Ray Clemence for a short time . Then Sidebottom ended his active career in the USA with the New York Generals and back in England with Brighton & Hove Albion . After a short time as a coach in North America, he worked as a window cleaner and building contractor away from the soccer business. He died in early November 2008 at the age of 71.
Title / Awards
- English Cup (1): 1960
- English League Cup (1): 1961
- FA Charity Shield (1): 1960 (shared)
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
- Geoff Sidebottom in NASL
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aston Villa, Complete Records, pp. 592f
- ↑ Keeper Passes Away: Death Of Geoff Sidebottom (Wolves Heroes)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sidebottom, Geoff |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sidebottom, Geoffrey (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mapplewell , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 2008 |
| Place of death | Scunthorpe , England |