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| Date of birth | (1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Shawlands,Barnsley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1975 | Manchester United | 16 | (0) |
| 1975–1978 | Huddersfield Town | 61 | (5) |
| 1978–1979 | Halifax Town | 21 | (2) |
| Total | 98 | (7) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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| Full name | Arnold Sidebottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (age 70) Shawlands,Barnsley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | RJ Sidebottom (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 512) | 11 July 1985 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1991 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1984 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arnold Sidebottom (born 1 April 1954)[1] is an English formerfootballer andcricketer, who played cricket forYorkshire and played oneTest match forEngland.[2]
Sidebottom was born inShawlands,Barnsley,Yorkshire, and started off as a professional footballer, playing as acentral defender. He joinedManchester United as an amateur in January 1971, and turned professional in 1972. He replaced the injuredJim Holton during the1974–75 season in theSecond Division.[3] He helped United win the Second Division Championship in that season, but was transferred in January 1976 toHuddersfield Town, after making 20 appearances for United.[4] He later played forHalifax Town.
Sidebottom also had a cricketing career, and first played for Yorkshire in 1973, but did not win hiscounty cap until 1980. The county's fortunes on the field were adversely affected during his career by in-fighting and by its own regulations, which prevented the fielding of players born from outside of the county; the county only signed its first overseas-born player (Sachin Tendulkar) as Sidebottom's career was coming to an end. A rare highlight came in 1987 when the county won thelimited-overBenson and Hedges Cup, Sidebottom being at the wicket in the final as the win was secured.[5]
Test match cricket seemed to have passed him by when he went toSouth Africa as part of therebel tour led byGraham Gooch in 1982, which also earned him a three-year Test ban.[1] He also played forOrange Free State. After the ban ended, he was a surprise call up for theTrent Bridge Test in 1985 againstAustralia, where he took 1 for 65 before limping off injured. His only wicket was that ofBob Holland. Sidebottom himself admitted that his Test selection came when he was past his prime.[6]
Sidebottom continued playing for Yorkshire until 1991, and then went intocoaching. He finally left Yorkshire in 2003. He now coaches pupils atWoodhouse Grove School,West Yorkshire, in football and cricket, as well as coaching young cricketers at Thongsbridge Cricket Club and the Ryan Sidebottom Cricket Academy.[7]
Sidebottom's son,Ryan, is also a former professional cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he has played cricket for both Yorkshire andNottinghamshire, and has also represented England in both Tests andOne Day Internationals. He retired from international cricket in September 2010 and domestic cricket in 2017.[8]