Isaiah George Osbourne (born 5 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Barwell.

[2][3] In a follow–up match against Leicester City in the third round of the League Cup, Osbourne made his first start for the club, playing 107 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–2 win.

[11] On 10 January 2008, Osbourne agreed to join Ian Holloway's Leicester City on loan, however just a few days later Villa manager Martin O'Neill was forced to cancel the proposed deal because of mounting injury concerns.

[12] Following this, he continued to find his first team appearances, all coming from the substitute bench, including showing his talent with an impressive cameo for Villa in a 1–1 draw at Arsenal on 1 March 2008.

At the start of the 2008–09 season, Osbourne found himself behind the pecking order in the first team, due to competitions in the midfield position.

[21][22] Following his release by Aston Villa, Osbourne joined Leeds United on trial in July, appearing in friendlies against Rochdale and Sheffield Wednesday, but was unable to earn a permanent deal.

[22][23] On 2 March 2009, Osbourne became the first player to move to Nottingham Forest under Billy Davies' reign, joining on loan until the end of the season.

[30] The loan signing made his debut for the club two days later in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

[34] The club wanted to extend his loan spell, but Osbourne was recalled by Villa due to an injury crisis.

[35] By the time he departed from Middlesbrough, Osbourne made nine appearances in all competitions, Shortly after, he was expected to join Queens Park Rangers on loan but the deal was not completed.

[22][42] Osbourne made his Hibernian début on 14 August 2011 in a 4–1 away loss at Kilmarnock, coming off the bench at half-time to replace Lewis Stevenson.

[44] On 24 September 2011, Osbourne scored with a deflected shot in a 3–3 home draw with Dundee United, but it was officially recorded as a Scott Robertson own goal.

[47] Following his return from injury, he continued to regain his first team place for the rest of the 2011–12 season, playing in the midfield position.

[52][53] EFL Championship side Blackpool signed Osbourne in July 2012 on a one-year contract, with an option for a second year.

[58] It wasn't until on 24 November 2012 when Osbourne made his return from injury and scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–2 draw against Watford.

[65] Osbourne made his return from injury, starting a match and played 53 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–0 loss against Barnsley on 18 January 2014.

[70] Osbourne made his debut for the club, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 1–1 draw against Colchester United on 18 October 2014.

[78] Shortly after joining the club, he was presented by Walsall's supporters prior to the kick off match against Bury on 5 September 2015.

[92] On 22 September 2017 Osbourne signed a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season for newly promoted League Two side Forest Green Rovers.

[94] Since joining Forest Green Rovers, Osbourne quickly became a first team regular, starting in the midfield position for the next ten matches.

[95] This lasted until a match against Cheltenham Town on 25 November 2017 when he suffered an injury and was substituted at half time, in a 1–1 draw.

[96] After being sidelined for weeks, Osbourne made his return to the starting line–up against Carlisle United on 23 December 2017 and played the whole game, as the club lost 1–0.

[110] However, Osbourne was unable to help the club avoid relegation after drawing 0–0 in the last game of the season against Shrewsbury Town.

[113] He made his debut for the club, starting the match and played 76 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–0 loss against St Ives Town on 5 October 2019.

[118] His only 2020–21 appearance came on 24 October 2020 against Redditch United, which Osbourne received a straight red card in the 15th minute, losing 2–0.

[124] Growing up, he supported Arsenal and named former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira as one of his footballing role models.

[130] Osbourne says that the arrest was as a result of a Mercedes Benz which he had tried to sell on Auto Trader – which a group of men had attempted to purchase with counterfeit money.

Despite nothing ever coming of the arrest, Osbourne considers it something that has had a negative effect on his footballing career and later described his move to the SPL was partly down to a need to "get away from it all".