Keith Osgood

Football player infobox
playername=Keith Osgood


fullname=Keith Osgood
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1955|05|08|
cityofbirth=Isleworth
countryofbirth=England
dateofdeath=
cityofdeath=
countryofdeath=
position=Central defender
years=1972–1977
1978–1979
1979–1981
1981–1983
1984–1985

clubs=Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City
Derby County
Leyton Orient
Cambridge United

caps(goals)=113 0 (13)
024 0 (1)
069 0 (10)
036 0 (0)
035 0 (1)
Keith Osgood (born 8 May 1955 in Isleworth) was a former, professional footballer who played Tottenham Hotspur, Coventry City, Derby County, Leyton Orient, Cambridge and represented the England team at youth and schoolboy level. [ Hugman , B, J, (Ed)"The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005" (2005) p472 ISBN 1852916656 Retrieved 06 October 2008]

Football career

Osgood joined Tottenham as an apprentice May 1972. The solid central defender played 127 matches including one as sub, and scored on 14 occasions for the club between 1973–77 in all competitions. Osgood was a member of the team that was relegated in 1977 which began the Keith Burkinshaw era as manager. [ [http://www.spursodyssey.com/articles/burkinshaw.html The Burkinshaw years] Retrieved 07 October 2008] In January 1978 he transferred to Coventry City in £130,000 [ [http://www.topspurs.com/thfc-transfers.htm Transfer deals] Retrieved 06 October 2008] deal where he went on to make 24 appearances and score a solitary goal. He moved to Derby County in October 1979 and featured in 69 games and netting 10 goals between 1979–1981. Osgood left the Baseball Ground in December 1981, when he was transferred to Leyton Orient and made another 36 appearances. Osgood finished his senior career at Cambridge United where he played on 35 occasions and found the net once.

Exterior links

* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=20788 Photo & career information]
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/keithosgood.htm Fact- file]

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