Mick Gooding

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.

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