Mick Gooding

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Mick Gooding
Full name	Michael Charles Gooding
Date of birth	12 April 1959 (1959-04-12) (age 49)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
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(0) 156 (33) 047 (21) 044 0(4) 314 (26) 025 0(0)
Teams managed
1994–1995 1999 2000	Reading Southend United Southend United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

In the twilight of 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.

Gooding and Quinn remained in charge at Elm Park for two seasons afterwards, until they were replaced by Terry Bullivant after failing to mount any further promotion challenges.

After Reading, Gooding had a short spell at Southend United, before retiring from football. He has since carved 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, while also working as an estate agent in Bracknell.^{[citation needed]}

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Southend United F.C. – Managers

B Jack (1906–10) • Molyneux (1910–11) • Howard (1911–12) • Bradshaw (1912–19) • Liddell (1919–20) • Mather (1920–21) • Birnie (1921–34) • D Jack (1934–40) • Warren (1946–56) • Perry (1956–60) • Broome (1960) • Fenton (1961–65) • Williams (1965–67) • Shepherd (1967–69) • Hudson (1969–70) • Rowley (1970–76) • Smith (1976–83) • Morris (1983–84) • Moore (1984–86) • Webb (1986–87) • Bate (1987) • Clark (1987–88) • Webb (1988–92) • Murphy (1992–93) • Fry (1993) • Taylor (1993–95) • Thompson (1995) • Whelan (1995–97) • Martin (1997–99) • Gooding (1999) • Little (1999–2000) • Gooding (2000) • Webb (2000–01) • Newman (2001–03) • Robson (2003) • Wignall (2003) • Webb (2003) • Tilson (2003–)

Persondata
NAME	Gooding, Michael Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gooding, Mick
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1959-04-12
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH