Eric Odhiambo

[Alex MacLeod]

is now training at Torquay http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/story-17435077-detail/story.html

[lukemackay]

''before joining Inverness in January 2009. He helped Caley into the SPL that season, but he opted for a move to Turkey when his contract at Inverness ended in 2011''

1. no he didnt help us into the spl that season. he helped us out of it.

2. it fails to mention the season and a half of spl football he played for us.

3. he did not opt to leave he was told to leave.

why are these columns always so brief? its literally an extra 5 minutes work.

butcher out!

Edited November 27, 2012 by lukemackay

[Yngwie]

Turkey to Torquay?

[Alex MacLeod]

butcher out!

Is that no a bit harsh. I dont think it was Butcher who wrote the column.

[madsooz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20514404

[JohnWiseman]

According to Sporting Life in the Skrill Premier result today for Hereford v Dartford,  Eric Odhiambo was an unused sub for Hereford.  This is shown in the Match Centre for the fixture.  Don't know how to provide a link for it.

[Sneckboy]

Seemingly he's been released by Hereford United and is rumoured to be heading to the League of Ireland with Sligo Rovers. He gets about!

[Renegade]

I only found out recently that he was capped for Kenya while he was with us in 2009.  That certainly wasn't reported at the time!

[PerfICT]

....could have sworn he was from Tanzania??

Edited January 24, 2014 by PerfICT

[Yngwie]

It's a strange one, as I don't recall us knowing anything about it at the time. But it appears he played in a defeat in Iran in March 2009. He certainly wasn't in ICT's matchday squad that weekend.

 

There's also an Eric Odhiambo who plays cricket for Kenya, and was in the team that beat Scotland recently.

[Renegade]

....could have sworn he was from Tanzania??

 

I believe he has some connection there as well.  His brother was born there, or capped for them, or something like that.

 

It's a strange one, as I don't recall us knowing anything about it at the time. But it appears he played in a defeat in Iran in March 2009. He certainly wasn't in ICT's matchday squad that weekend.

 

There's also an Eric Odhiambo who plays cricket for Kenya, and was in the team that beat Scotland recently.

 

I looked that up recently as well.  I certainly don't recollect any talk of it at the time which is strange.

 

EDIT

Hang on a second!  I just discovered something!  It might be a different Eric Odhiambo.

 

http://www.footballzz.com/jogador.php?id=259343&epoca_id=0

 

I see this fellow called Eric Ray Odhiambo was playing in his native Kenya in 2009.  Could it actually be him who was the Eric Odhiambo who was capped?

Edited January 24, 2014 by Renegade

[Yngwie]

Wouldn't surprise me.  I mentioned earlier that our Eric wasn't in ICT's matchday squad that day, but looking back he was subbed off in the first half of our previous game, so might just have been missing due to injury.

 

Edit to add: this supposed cap only got added to his Wikipedia page on 13th October 2013, more than 4 years after the event.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Yngwie

[Kingsmills]

It's a strange one, as I don't recall us knowing anything about it at the time. But it appears he played in a defeat in Iran in March 2009. He certainly wasn't in ICT's matchday squad that weekend.

 

There's also an Eric Odhiambo who plays cricket for Kenya, and was in the team that beat Scotland recently.

 

Somewhat bizarrely, I was chatting to the cricketing  Odhiambo, one of two unrelated Odhiambos currently playing international cricket for Kenya in the summer . Neither are related to our Eric. The surname is, seemingly, common in Kenya and in East Africa generally.

 

Not convinced that the Eric Odhiambo capped for Kenya was the one who played for ICT.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Kingsmills

[Sneckboy]

It may be one of those instances where similar names have caused confusion on internet football databases. Gary Warren still has appearances for Arbroath earlier in his career listed on Soccerbase and lots of other websites. But it wasn't 'our' Gary!

I remember finding out that there was a GaRRy Warren that played a few times for Arbroath at the specified time but he was a winger who'd signed from a Tayside junior club!

 

[Yngwie]

The plot thickens.

 

I've found full team listings from the Iran game in question, and there was nobody in the squad called Odhiambo.

 

http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2009/03/14/world/friendlies/iran/kenya/761810/

[PerfICT]

I'm sure our Eric was Tanzanian and not Kenyan!

[Yngwie]

Yes, this recent article in the Hereford Times says he is Tanzanian and still hopes to get called up by his country.

 

http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/local/10757042.Eric_Odhiambo_eyes_starting_place_at_Hereford_United/

[Sneckboy]

That article from Yngwie is interesting as it corroborates the Tanzania link. However, It's the only place I've read that he was actually born in Africa. Most other sites have him as being Oxford. Confusing! I notice Victor Wanyama was playing in the game. Somebody Twitter him and ask!

[IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER]

I thought he was from Crapsville and was adopted by a butcher.

[Renegade]

And lo and behold, today he signs for Sligo Rovers, who are claiming that he was capped for Kenya!

 

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2014/0124/500018-sligo-rovers/

[Sneckboy]

To quote Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory after Leonard revealed their Chinese food was coming from 'Hong Kong Palace',

"I don't know what to believe! What's real?, what isn't?" !!!

 

[Alex MacLeod]

Our Eric Geno Sije Odhiambo who was born in Oxford of Tanzanian origin should not be confused with  Eric Ray Odhiambo who is Kenyan. There is no record of our one ever having played at international level. He now plays for Sligo under his brother-in-law Ian Baraclough.

 

Great what you find in Wiki.

[Yngwie]

Yes but who updates Wikipedia? 

[ictchris]

Odi Odi Hambo

Odi Odi Hambo

Odihambo

[Renegade]

Really on the whole, he wasn't very good was he?