# Mick Gooding > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mick_Gooding > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mick_Gooding.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Gooding > Source revision: 1344810496 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mick Gooding | image = | fullname = Michael Charles Gooding{{Hugman|7433|access-date=14 April 2020}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne), England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/314 314] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/314}} | position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1978–1979 | years2 = 1979–1982 | years3 = 1982–1983 | years4 = 1983–1987 | years5 = 1987–1988 | years6 = 1988–1989 | years7 = 1989–1997 | years8 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = [Bishop Auckland](/source/Bishop_Auckland_F.C.) | clubs2 = [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United_F.C.) | clubs3 = [Chesterfield](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.) | clubs4 = [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United_F.C.) | clubs5 = [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.) | clubs6 = [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) | clubs7 = [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) | clubs8 = [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) | caps1 = | caps2 = 102 | caps3 = 12 | caps4 = 156 | caps5 = 47 | caps6 = 44 | caps7 = 314 | caps8 = 25 | goals1 = | goals2 = 10 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 33 | goals5 = 21 | goals6 = 4 | goals7 = 26 | goals8 = 0 | totalcaps = 700 | totalgoals = 94 | manageryears1 = 1994–1997 | manageryears2 = 1999 | manageryears3 = 2000 | managerclubs1 = [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) | managerclubs2 = [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) | managerclubs3 = [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) }} '''Michael Charles Gooding''' (born 12 April 1959) is a former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) and football [manager](/source/coach_(sport)). In the twilight of a successful playing career, Gooding was appointed joint [player-manager](/source/player-manager) of [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) with [Jimmy Quinn](/source/Jimmy_Quinn_(Northern_Irish_footballer)) when manager [Mark McGhee](/source/Mark_McGhee) acrimoniously left to take the reins at [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.). Under their guidance, Reading finished second in the [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) but was left to battle for a place in the [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) through the [playoff](/source/Football_League_play-offs)s, as the Premier League was being reduced in size from 22 teams to 20. Reading were beaten 4-3 by [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) in the playoff final at [Wembley](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)). Gooding and Quinn remained in charge at [Elm Park](/source/Elm_Park_(stadium)) for two seasons afterward, until they were replaced by [Terry Bullivant](/source/Terry_Bullivant) after failing to mount any further promotion challenges. After Reading, Gooding had a short spell at [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.), before retiring from football. He remained at [Roots Hall](/source/Roots_Hall) for a while as a coach. He has since carved himself a career as a radio [commentary](/source/Voice-over) pundit, performing such roles as co-commentator for [BBC Radio Berkshire](/source/BBC_Radio_Berkshire)'s coverage of Reading's league matches, while also working as an [estate agent](/source/estate_agent) in [Tadley](/source/Tadley). Despite playing 700 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. ==Honours== '''Team''' Reading FC Division 2 Champions 1993/94 '''Individual''' *[PFA Team of the Year](/source/PFA_Team_of_the_Year): [1987–88 Fourth Division](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League){{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}} *Reading FC Player of the Year 1991/92, 1992/93 & 1995/96 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *{{soccerbase (manager)|948|Mick Gooding}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311064324/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/2952/ Profile]}} at {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205233152/http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! 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Hall of Fame}} {{Southend United F.C. managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gooding, Mick}} Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Bishop Auckland F.C. players Category:Reading F.C. players Category:Rotherham United F.C. players Category:Chesterfield F.C. players Category:Peterborough United F.C. players Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Category:Southend United F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:English football managers Category:Reading F.C. managers Category:Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mick Gooding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Gooding) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Gooding?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.