The Osborns - a story of simple Walsall Folk

By Neil Ravenscroft
July 3 2003

Walsall's central midfield looks a little more populated this afternoon with the signing of Simon Osborn, recently released by Gillingham. The official site is promising another announcement, too!

It was another old boy joining Colin lee today, as Simon Osborn made the central midfield area look a bit stronger (which wouldn't be hard). He has most recently been at Gillingham, but is well known to Midland fans from his time at the Wolves.

He is a passer of the ball, rather than a ball winner.

Career details:-

Simon Osborn
Real name Simon Osborn
Height 5.10
Weight 11.04
Date of birth 19-01-1972
Place of birth Croydon
Position Midfielder
Nationality England

All time playing career

Club From To Fee League FA Cup League cup Other
Gillingham 12-10-2001 02-06-2003 Free 38 (8) 5 2 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Port Vale 05-09-2001 12-10-2001 Free 7 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Tranmere 22-03-2001 08-05-2001 Loan 9 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Wolves 22-12-1995 05-09-2001 £ 1000000 151 (11) 11 11 (1) 0 7 (0) 3 2 (0) 0
QPR 07-07-1995 21-12-1996 £ 1100000 6 (3) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Reading 17-08-1994 07-07-1995 £ 90000 31 (1) 5 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 3 (0) 0
C Palace 03-01-1990 17-08-1994 Trainee 47 (8) 5 2 (0) 0 11 (0) 1 1 (3) 0
Totals £ 2190000 289 (31) 28 15 (2) 0 25 (0) 4 6 (3) 0
goals / game 0.08 0 0.16 0


The official site also says that another announcement is likely to be made later today.