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Siriki worth his secondchance

by
The LeaguePaper Team
26 November 2017

OPPORTUNITY: Danny Newton, left, and Grimsby’s Siriki Dembele

NO SOONER had I woken up from my midweek trip to Blundell Park than it was announced the star of the previous night’s show had been handed what could be the first of many individual awards.
Dembele is a familiar surname for football fans across the globe right now, but not too many will have seen Siriki.
The Grimsby Town winger was named EFLYoung Player of the Month on Wednesday after a fast start to his maiden season in professional football.
Ever-present in Russell Slade’s starting line-up, the dim...

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