Simon Osborn

Who is Simon Osborn?

Simon Osborn is an English former footballer and football manager. A midfielder, he played 434 league games in a 17-year career in the Football League.

He began his career with Crystal Palace, helping the club to the First Division title in 1993–94, before he made a £90,000 move to Reading. He helped the "Royals" to a second place finish in the First Division in 1994–95, though they were then beaten in the play-off final. He made a £1.1 million move to Queens Park Rangers in July 1995, before being sold on to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £1 million in December 1995. After six years and 185 appearances at Molineux, he was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers, before switching to Port Vale in September 2001. He moved on to Gillingham the following month, before he joined Walsall in July 2003. He joined Hereford United in summer 2006, before moving into non-league football with Bromley. He helped the club to win promotion out of the Isthmian League in 2007, and briefly served the club as manager in 2008. He then joined Croydon Athletic, before scoring the winning goal for Cray Wanderers in the Isthmian League Division One South play-off final.