Mark Osborn (born 19 June 1981) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Winslow United. He played in

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for

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

Career

Osborn began his career as a trainee at

in 1999 and made four senior appearances for the club, including a League Cup tie against

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

in September 1999, and a

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match against

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

in October 1999. As playing opportunities were limited at Wycombe, he joined

Conference National The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National League (English football), National Le ...

side Farnborough Town on loan for the 2002–03 season, and then joined them on a permanent basis at the end of the season. He made 47 appearances for Farnborough Town before joining

Conference North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 o ...

club

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Latimer Park. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in 1976, and have ...

in March 2005 soon after Farnborough Town manager Dean Austin was sacked. He spent two seasons at Kettering before being released at the end on the 2006–07 season, and joining

Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which runs eas ...

. He lost his place in the first team to Danny Naisbitt in September 2007 and a month later, joined

Halesowen Town Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Grove Recreation Ground. History The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but rec ...

on a three-month loan. He then joined Halesowen Town on a permanent basis in January 2008. He joined Corby in 2008, having been released by Halesowen Town at the end of the 2007–08 season. Osborn's performances helped Corby finish as champions of the British Gas Premier Division in the 2008–09 season. He then joined

Arlesey Town Arlesey Town Football Club is a football club based in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at New Lamb Meadow. History The club was establishe ...

. He joined Hemel Hempstead Town for the 2012/13 season. He signed for Winslow United in the Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 in 2013 and played his first game for Winslow United in a 3–2 defeat to Welwyn Garden City FC on Wednesday 30 January. In his second game for Winslow United and on his home debut at 'The Gate' he kept a clean sheet in a must win game against Kentish Town in a game Winslow won 2–0 on Saturday 2 February.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborn, Mark 1981 births Living people People from Bletchley Footballers from Buckinghamshire English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Histon F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Corby Town F.C. players Arlesey Town F.C. players Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Winslow United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen