V2 Football Podcast 17th October 2013 - Questions for Simon Osborne

This week, we have Simon Osborn who played for Wolves, QPR and Palace plus many more aover a 20 year playing career!

Wiki Bio
Simon Osborn (born 19 January 1972) is an English former footballer who is joint-manager at Isthmian League club Margate, alongside Craig Holloway. 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. In 2010, he became a player-coach at Erith & Belvedere. He joined the coaching staff at Margate in 2013, and was appointed joint-manager with Craig Holloway in April 2013.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Osborn

He also plays for a charity team called UK3Lions which sounds pretty cool - the team is made up a few ex-players and musicians - they play a game then part on a gig after the match

http://uk3lions.wix.com/uk3lions

Please Send Us your Questions!!!

Question

I see you're currently joint manager of Margate FC. What are you're expectations for this season?

I live in Bromley and remember reading about your side's exploits in the local paper. What are your fondest memories of your time at Hayes Lane? Do you still look out for their results?

Any more questions for Simon?

How good was it to get regular football at Walsall after bouncing around Tranmere, Port Vale & Gillingham?