Mick Gooding

Mick Gooding
Personal information
Full name	Michael Charles Gooding
Date of birth	12 April 1959 (1959-04-12) (age 52)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1978–1979	Bishop Auckland
1979–1982	Rotherham United	102	(10)
1982–1983	Chesterfield	12	(0)
1983–1987	Rotherham United	156	(33)
1987–1988	Peterborough United	47	(21)
1988–1989	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	(4)
1989–1997	Reading	314	(26)
1998–1999	Southend United	25	(0)
Teams managed
1994–1997	Reading
1999	Southend United
2000	Southend United
* 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 remained at Rootes Hall for a while as a coach.

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 Mortimer.

Despite playing 701 league games in a career stretching 20 years, Gooding never played top division football - the closest he came to reaching the top flight was with Reading when they narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in 1995.

External links

1987–88 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Mark Kendall DF: Phil Brown DF: Terry Boyle DF: Keith Day DF: Kevin Dickenson MF: Mick Gooding MF: Alan Davies MF: Paul Wimbleton FW: Steve Bull FW: David Currie FW: Andy Mutch

Reading F.C. Player of the Season

Reading F.C. – managers

Sefton (1897–1901)
Sharp (1901–02)
Matthews (1902–20)
Marshall (1920)
Jack Smith (1920–22)
The Board (1922–23)
Chadwick (1923–25)
Bray (1925–26)
Wylie (1926–31)
Joe Smith (1931–35)
Butler (1935–39)
Cochrane (1939)
Edelston (1939–47)
Drake (1947–52)
Jack Smith (1952–55)
May & Carter (1955^c)
Johnston (1955–63)
Bentley (1963–69)
Henderson (1969^c)
Mansell (1969–72)
Wallbanks (1972^c)
Hurley (1972–77)
Evans (1977–84)
Branfoot (1984–89)
Chatterley (1989^c)
Porterfield (1989–91)
Niedzwiecki (1991^c)
Haselden (1991^c)
McGhee (1991–94)
Gooding & Quinn (1995–97)
Bullivant (1997–98)
Burns (1998–99)
Pardew (1999–03)
Dillon (2003^c)
Coppell (2003–09)
Rodgers (2009)
McDermott (2009–)

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 (2003–10)
Sturrock (2010–)

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