Oscar Gobern

Oscar Lee Gobern (born 26 January 1991)[1] is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dover Athletic. He has been capped once by the England U19's.

Oscar Gobern
Personal information
Full name Oscar Lee Gobern
Date of birth (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dover Athletic
Number 18
Youth career
Aston Villa
0000–2008 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Southampton 21 (1)
2009 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2[2] (0)
2011–2015 Huddersfield Town 71 (3)
2014 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2016 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2015 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Mansfield Town 9 (0)
2017 Ross County 0 (0)
2017–2018 Yeovil Town 11 (0)
2018–2019 Eastleigh 44 (1)
2019– Dover Athletic 17 (1)
National team
2009 England U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Career

Southampton

Gobern was born in Birmingham and joined the Southampton F.C. Academy after a brief spell with Aston Villa.[3] He made his league début as a substitute at Deepdale against Preston North End on 1 November 2008,[4] as the "Saints" came from 2–0 down to claim a 3–2 victory.[5]

After making seven appearances the season earlier, Gobern made his first appearance of the 2009–10 season in a 1–1 draw with Millwall, making a further two appearances for the Saints before, on 17 September, he was loaned out to fellow League One side Milton Keynes Dons on a one-month deal,[6] making his debut as a 24th-minute substitute against Walsall on 14 October. After the match, manager Paul Ince commented "We had a young lad in Oscar Gobern playing left-back, who I thought did a fantastic job."[7] Gobern also made a brief appearance as an 89th-minute substitute against Gillingham on 17 October, when he played alongside his elder brother, Lewis, for the first time in a professional match, before returning to Southampton after making just two appearances for the Dons.[8] He went on to make a further four appearances for the Saints that season.

Gobern's first goal in his professional career came in the 87th minute for Southampton against Cheltenham Town, in the FA Cup second round on 27 November 2010.[9] He received his first professional red card in a 3–1 victory at Bournemouth. His first professional league goal for Southampton came on 30 April 2011 in stoppage time of a 3–0 victory at Brentford.[10] Gobern made a total of 13 appearances for Nigel Adkins' side during the 2010–11 season as the Saints gained automatic promotion to the Football Championship, with Gobern's scoring two goals.

Huddersfield Town

On 19 June, it was announced that he was set to join League One club Huddersfield Town, having failed to agree a new deal at St. Mary's when his contract expired at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season, but he has instead opted to move to West Yorkshire. The compensation fee was decided by a tribunal on 5 September 2011 as £275,000, rising to £400,000 on appearances.[3] He signed a two-year deal with the Terriers on 1 July.[11] He made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Bury at the Galpharm Stadium on 6 August 2011.[12] His first goal for the Terriers came in the 3–0 win over Sheffield United at Brammall Lane on 13 September 2011.[13] Gobern scored his second goal of the season in the club's 6–0 thrashing of Wycombe Wanderers away in January 2012 when teammate Jordan Rhodes scored the other 5.[14] Gobern made a total of 21 league appearances scoring twice making a total of 25 appearances in all competitions during his first at Huddersfield as they finished the season as Play-off champions winning promotion to the Championship after beating Sheffield United on penalties in the Wembley final.[15][16]

The following season was disrupted by injury and it wasn't until late February 2013 when Gobern was playing in the first team, however he became a key part of the side that survived relegation and was subsequently offered a new 3-year deal, which he accepted, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2016.

Having become out of favour at Huddersfield Town, on 23 October 2014, Gobern joined Chesterfield on an initial one-month loan deal.[17] His loan was ended early on 12 November.

Queens Park Rangers

On 6 August 2015, Gobern signed a one-year deal with Queens Park Rangers following a successful trial period.[18] On 12 August 2015 Gobern made his competitive QPR debut in a 3–0 win away to Yeovil Town in the first round of the 2015–16 Football League Cup, he started the game and was replaced by Junior Hoilett in the 77th minute.[19]

Mansfield Town

Gobern signed for Mansfield Town in September 2016.[20]

Ross County

On 20 January 2017, Gobern signed for Scottish Premiership club Ross County until the end of the 2016–17 season.[21] He left at the end of the season, making only one appearance as a substitute in the Scottish Cup against Aberdeen.[22]

Yeovil Town

On 1 December 2017, Gobern signed for Yeovil Town until the end of the season.[23] He was offered a new contract by Yeovil at the end of the 2017–18 season.[24]

Eastleigh

On 14 June 2018, Gobern rejected Yeovil's offer of a new contract and instead signed for National League side Eastleigh on a one-year deal.[25]

Dover Athletic

On 6 June 2019, Gobern joined Dover Athletic on a two-year deal from 1 July.[26]

International career

As an international player Gobern has represented the country of his birth England at International level having been capped at England Under-19 Level during his time at Southampton in 2009.[27] Receiving his first call up for a friendly match against Russia Under-19s at Shrewsbury Town's ProStar Stadium in September 2009. He made his début in the match coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute in the 2–1 win over Russia.[28]

Personal life

Gobern is the brother of fellow professional footballer Lewis Gobern.

Career statistics
As of match played 1 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 2008–09[29] Championship 601000—70
2009–10[30] League One 4020100070
2010–11[31] League One 111210000132
Total 211511000272
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2009–10[30] League One 10———10
Huddersfield Town 2011–12[32] League One 21200202[lower-alpha 1]0252
2012–13[33] Championship 1501010—170
2013–14[34] Championship 2301010—250
2014–15[35] Championship 1210000—121
Total 713204020793
Chesterfield (loan) 2014–15[35] League One 30——0030
Queens Park Rangers 2015–16[36] Championship 000020—20
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2015–16[36] League One 50——0050
Mansfield Town 2016–17[37] League Two 9000002[lower-alpha 2]0110
Ross County 2016–17[37] Scottish Premiership 001000—10
Yeovil Town 2017–18[38] League Two 11010002[lower-alpha 2]0140
Eastleigh 2018–19[39] National League 44110—00451
Dover Athletic 2019–20[40] National League 17110—00181
Career total 182611170602067
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Huddersfield Town

  • Football League One play-off winner: 2012

References
  1. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  2. Soccerbase incorrectly credit the appearance against Walsall on 10 October 2009 to Lewis Gobern
  3. "Gobern Fee Set". saintsfc.co.uk. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. "Oscar winning performance". www.saintsfc.co.uk. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  5. "Remember, Remember the 1st of November... McGoldrick, Surman and Pearce!". www.saintsfc.co.uk. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  6. "Ince Recruits Saint Oscar". mkdons.com. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  7. "Full-Time: Mk Dons 1 Walsall 0". www.mkdons.com. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  8. "Full-Time: Mk Dons 2 Gillingham 0". www.mkdons.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  9. "Saints vs Cheltenham Match Facts". saintsfc.co.uk. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  10. "Brentford 0–3 Southampton". BBC News.
  11. "OSCAR GOBERN SIGNS FOR TOWN". htafc.com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  12. "BBC Sport – Huddersfield 1–1 Bury". Bbc.co.uk. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  13. "League One round-up: Huddersfield win knocks Sheffield United off top". The Guardian. London. 13 September 2011.
  14. Woods, Penny (6 January 2012). "Jordan Rhodes's five-goal trick for Huddersfield stuns Wycombe". The Guardian. London.
  15. "Oscar Gobern | Football Stats | Queen's Park Rangers | Age 24". Soccer Base. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  16. Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Oscar Gobern: Chesterfield sign Huddersfield midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  18. "Yeovil 0–3 QPR". BBC Sport. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  19. "QPR sign Oscar Gobern". QPR. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  20. "Mansfield Town: Ex-Huddersfield and QPR midfielder Oscar Gobern joins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  21. "Midfielder Oscar Gobern arrives at the Global Energy Stadium". Ross County F.C. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  22. "Ross County 0-1 Aberdeen". Ross County F.C. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  23. "Oscar Gobern: Yeovil sign midfielder on non-contract terms until end of the season". BBC Sport. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  24. "Yeovil Town retained list: Stuart Nelson signs new deal, while four depart". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  25. "Oscar Gobern: Eastleigh sign former Yeovil midfielder". BBC Sport. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  26. "HESS GETS AN OSCAR". www.doverathletic.com. 6 June 2019.
  27. "Oscar Gobern". TheFA.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  28. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  39. "Games played by Oscar Gobern in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  40. "Games played by Oscar Gobern in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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