Mama set to feature at Castle
DANNY Higginbotham, Mama Sidibe and Carlo Nash will lead out a Stoke City XI against Newcastle Town this afternoon (2pm).
The experienced trio will be joined by fellow seniors Michael Tonge and Diego Arismendi in the traditional summer warm-up at the Lyme Valley Stadium.
The five squad members did not travel with manager Tony Pulis and the rest of the players to Germany to take on Greuther Furth.
They will be joined by a host of youth team players to take on manager John Diskin’s Evo Stik League side.
Stoke won last season’s fixture 6-0 with goals from Kenwyne Jones (2), Jermaine Pennant, Glenn Whelan, Jon Walters and trailist Robert Stambolziev, who went on to play in Cyprus.
PETER SMITH