1. John Morgan Oster was born on 8 December 1978 and is a football coach and former professional player who played as a midfielder.
25 Facts About John Oster
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John Oster later moved on loan to Leeds United before joining Burnley permanently.
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John Oster's stay with Burnley was brief and moved to Reading where he helped them earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time, in 2008 he moved to Crystal Palace where he remained for a year before transferring to Doncaster Rovers.
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John Oster departed Rovers in the summer of 2012 and joined League Two side Barnet, prior to his move to the North London club he had played his entire professional football career inside the top two divisions of English football.
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John Oster was renowned for his excellent first touch and wide range of passing.
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John Oster was often deployed on the wing, but played as a deep-lying playmaker later in his career.
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John Oster started his career at Grimsby Town and had progressed through the youth ranks at the club and was inducted into the first team in the same youth squad as players such as Danny Butterfield, Matthew Bloomer and Daryl Clare.
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John Oster had only played twenty-six times in all competitions, scoring four goals upon his departure.
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John Oster scored three times during his spell at Everton; once in the league against Barnsley, once in the League Cup against Scunthorpe United and once in the FA Cup against Coventry City.
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John Oster enjoyed two fruitful and productive spells with the club during that season, but despite this his goals and performances could not save The Mariners from relegation, as the club struggled to stop a slide down the Football League ladder.
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John Oster was released by Sunderland in January 2005, shortly after returning to the Black Cats in disgrace from a loan at Leeds United, where he scored st Millwall.
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John Oster signed an initial six-month contract for Crystal Palace on 11 August 2008, which was extended by a further 18 months.
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John Oster scored on his debut against Hereford United in the League Cup.
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John Oster left Crystal Palace in the summer and joined Doncaster Rovers on a six-month contract.
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John Oster made his Doncaster debut on 8 August 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute against Watford.
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John Oster scored his first goal for Doncaster against Peterborough United on 16 March 2010.
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John Oster agreed and committed to Doncaster for a further two years.
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In May 2012, John Oster was released by the club after the expiry of his contract.
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On 7 September 2012, John Oster signed for Football League Two club Barnet.
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John Oster was released by manager Edgar Davids at the end of the season following Barnet's relegation from League Two.
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On 20 September 2013, John Oster signed for Conference Premier club Gateshead on non-contract terms, the move being his first into Non-league.
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John Oster made his debut the following day as a second-half substitute against Tamworth.
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John Oster made his debut for Wales as an 18-year-old in 1997, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Robbie Savage in a World Cup qualifying defeat in Belgium.
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John Oster played intermittently for the national side between 1997 and 2004, accumulating 13 caps, though only six of these came in competitive games.
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In September 2019, John Oster was appointed as assistant manager of Whickham under manager Matty Pattison.