Jamey Osborne (footballer)

Jamey Osborne
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-07) 7 June 1992
Place of birth Solihull, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Grimsby Town
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2009 Hednesford Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Hednesford Town 160 (21)
2011 → Rushall Olympic (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Redditch United ? (4)
2016–2017 Solihull Moors 22 (3)
2017– Grimsby Town 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 5 February 2017 (UTC).

Jamey Osborne (born 7 June 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two side Grimsby Town.

A skillful, creative box-to-box midfielder, he is known for his good passing and technical ability as a playmaker. Osborne began his career at Hednesford Town in 2008 where he started as a youngster and established himself in the "Pitmen's" first team in the 2009–10 season, he spent the next four-and-a-half years there. He then joined Redditch United in 2015 before moving to his hometown club Solihull Moors for the start of the 2016–2017 season.

Career

Hednesford Town

Osborne was born in Solihull, West Midlands. He began his career with Hednesford Town as a member of the club's youth system in the under-18s team.[1][2][3] He scored on his full debut in a 3–0 win at Didcot Town, running at pace took him away from his marker, making just enough space for him to strike a breathtaking curling shot from fully thirty yards that swerved past the goalkeeper and into the top far corner of the net.[4]

Osborne joined Evo-Stik Division One Rushall Olympic on a month's loan in February 2011.[5] He was part of the Hednesford side that were promoted in the play-off final 2–1 victory over F.C. United of Manchester, Osborne scoring what turned out to the winning goal.[6] He was part of the team that won the Staffordshire Senior Cup trophy in April 2013 for the first time since 1974, with a man of the match performance in the final, scoring two goals in five minutes after the hour mark in their 5–1 victory over Rushall Olympic.[7] His performances over the 2013–2014 season rewarded him with the Supporters Player of the Year award.[2]

Redditch United

Despite attracting League Two interest from the likes of Crawley Town, Notts County and Crewe Alexandra where he spent time training towards the end of last season but suffered a dislocated shoulder injury;[8] he moved to Southern League Premier Division side Redditch United for the duration of the 2015–2016 season.[9] An approach by former Hednesford manager Rob Smith at AFC Telford United was made in February 2016, however, he decided to stay at Redditch who were mounting a promotion bid from the Southern Premier League.[10] On 25 January 2016, he scored the winning goal in the quarter-final of the Birmingham Senior Cup, a 20-yard strike in the 63rd minute from the left-hand corner of the area flew into the far top corner.[11]

Solihull Moors

The following season in May 2016, he moved to newly promoted National League side Solihull Moors.[12] Before the season started however, he had another trial at Crewe.[8] He scored a brace in the FA Cup second round against Luton Town; in the first five minutes turning on the edge of the box and curled a strike into the top corner, his second came on 35 minutes, good work at the byline by Akwasi Asante who was able pick out a pass to Osborne free at edge of the box who fired a low shot into the bottom corner.[13]

Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town's initial bids were rejected by Solihull, due to falling below Solihull's valuation.[14] However, on 18 January 2017, Osborne signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the newly promoted League Two side for an undisclosed fee.[15] He made his professional debut with Grimsby in the 2–0 home win over Notts County; he provided the assist for the opening goal, his initial cross turned away, then from the byline Osborne cut the ball across the penalty area for Omar Bogle to turn home; Osborne was also involved in the build up to the second goal, placing a through ball to Bogle on the right hand side of the box, with the goalkeeper deflecting into the path of Scott Vernon who slotted home from an acute angle.[16] His performance earning him the Man of the Match award and he was also named in Sky Bets EFL: Team of the Week for the month of January 2017.[17]

Style of play

Osborne is a skilful box to box midfielder, he is not afraid to put in a tackle when needed, but this has got him a few bookings on occasions. Going forward, he likes to run at defenders, creating chances for the forwards by dribbling and winning free kicks and penalties. Osborne likes to get the ball down and bring the full backs into the game and switch the play.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 February 2017.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hednesford Town 2009–10[19] SFL Premier Division 0000—0000
2010–11[20] SFL Premier Division 19220—2[lower-alpha 1]0232
2011–12[21] NPL Premier Division 32330—3[lower-alpha 2]0383
2012–13[22] NPL Premier Division 39220—6[lower-alpha 3]2474
2013–14[23] Conference North 31920—1[lower-alpha 4]0349
2014–15[23] Conference North 39500—00395
Total 1602190—12218123
Rushall Olympic (loan)
2010–11[2] NPL Division One South 10———10
Redditch United
2015–16[24] SFL Premier Division ?4?0—3[lower-alpha 5]135
Solihull Moors
2016–17[23] National League 22342—1[lower-alpha 4]0275
Grimsby Town
2016–17[25] League Two 191——0030
Career total 186281320016321533
  1. ↑ Appearances in Chase Cup
  2. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in NPL Premier Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in NPL Premier Division play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearance in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearance and one goal in Birmingham Senior Cup, two appearances in Worcestershire Senior Cup

Personal life

Osborne is a keen supporter of Aston Villa football club.[18] Prior to being a professional footballer as a semi-pro, Osborne worked within the electrical industry.

Honours

Player

Hednesford Town

Individual

Supporters Player of the Year: 2013–2014[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile - Jamey Osborne". Hednesford Town F.C. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Player Profile - Jamey Osborne". Pitmenweb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Cassidy, Joel (22 December 2016). "Vital Interview - Jamey Osborne". Vital Football. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Didcot 0–3 Hednesford". Pitmenweb.com. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rushall Olympic hoping to sign Jamey Osborne and Ross Dempster". Birmingham Mail. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Hednesford Town promotion party after victory over FC United". The Express & Star. Wolverhampton. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hednesford 5–1 Rushall Olympic". Hednesford Town F.C. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 Morse, Peter (27 July 2016). "Steve Davis given go-ahead to sign another midfielder at Crewe Alex". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Redditch sign highly-rated midfielder Osborne". Redditch Advertiser. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Bucks miss out on move for Jamey Osborne". Shropshire Star. Telford. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Redditch 2–1 Solihull Moors". Solihull Observer. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Highly-rated Jamey Osborne moves to Solihull Moors from Redditch United". Solihull Observer. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Luton 6–2 Solihull". BBC Sport. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Solihull Moors reject bids for Jamey Osborne and Akwasi Asante". BBC Sport. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. ↑ Dannatt, Matt (18 January 2017). "Grimsby Town Transfer News: Agreement reached for Jamey Osborne and Akwasi Asante". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Findlater, James (21 January 2017). "Grimsby 2–0 Notts County". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  17. 1 2 Butcher, Alex (23 January 2017). "Sky Bet EFL: Team of the Week". EFL. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 4 Watson, Joel (1 March 2015). "Jamey Osborne – Interview". Football League Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Jamey Osborne in 2009–10". Pitmenweb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Jamey Osborne in 2010–11". Pitmenweb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Jamey Osborne in 2011–12". Pitmenweb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Jamey Osborne in 2012–13". Pitmenweb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  23. 1 2 3 "J. Osborne". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  24. ↑ "Redditch United Fixtures & Results 2015/16". Aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Jamey Osborne in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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