Eddie Odhiambo

Oxford City Football Club are proud to announce that Eddie Odhiambo has been appointed as the club’s first Head of Football, Community & Culture.

The new role has been created by Oxford City FC and its partners Ignite Sport UK and Velocity Football, to positively develop everyone at the club both on and off the pitch. 

Eddie will play a pivotal role within our Junior, Youth & Education programmes including our school and holiday camp programmes with Ignite Sport and the club’s charity arm The Hoops Foundation. 

Eddie, who has been working as Head of Football at our sister company Velocity, will now ensure that there is a place for everyone at The MGroup Stadium from our City Tots through to Velocity Education programmes. 

With over 380 professional appearances during his 17-year playing career where he represented clubs including Southampton, Oxford United and Newport County, Eddie continues to be a huge inspiration to the students and players he mentors. 

Following retirement, Eddie worked as Head of Year at St Birinus School in Didcot, and was Oxford United Academy’s Head of Player Care before joining Velocity Football.

During his time at Velocity Football Eddie has overseen a golden period of development which has seen numerous players from the programme progress into Oxford City FC’s Men’s & Women’s First Teams and others into external professional academies. 

Oxford City Owner Justin Merritt said: 

“This new role is part of our wider strategy to further focus on our people and our community. Developing footballing opportunities through education, coaching and culture. 

This step up is hugely deserved and Eddie is the perfect person to lead the club into the inspiring, inclusive and impactful place we strive to be.”

Eddie Odhiambo added: “I’m super excited. We’ve had a fantastic couple of years in creating pathways with young people. We’ve had aspirational learners of players who have gone on to university, full-time employment or professional football.

“Going forward, we want people to engage with us, and we want to develop players, people in their roles and improve the provision we provide even more. 

“We want to build this community football club, make it even more inclusive, develop and create opportunities for all.”