Mick Gooding

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Mick Gooding
Full name	Michael Gooding
Date of birth	April 12, 1959 (age 47)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 9 in
Position	Midfielder
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1978-1979 1979-1982 1982-1983 1983-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1997 1998-1999	Bishop Auckland Rotherham United Chesterfield Rotherham United Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading Southend United	102 (10) 012 (0) 156 (33) 047 (21) 044 (4) 314 (26) 025 (0)
Teams managed
1994-1995	Reading
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Michael Gooding (born 12 April 1959 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former professional footballer and football manager.

Following a successful playing career, Gooding was appointed joint player-manager of Reading with Jimmy Quinn when manager Mark McGhee acrimoniously left to take the reins at Leicester City. Under their guidance, Reading finished second in the First Division, but were left to battle for a place in the Premier League through the playoffs, as the Premier League was being reduced in size from 22 teams to 20. Reading were beaten 4-3 by Bolton Wanderers in the playoff final at Wembley.

After struggling to keep Reading in the First Division the following season, Gooding and Quinn were not offered new contracts, and left the club.

After Reading, Gooding had a short spell at Southend United, before retiring from football. He has since started to carve himself a career as a radio commentary pundit, performing such roles as co-commentator for BBC Radio Berkshire's coverage of Reading's Premier League matches.