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{{short description|English RL coach and former GB & England international rugby league footballer}}
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|name            = Bobbie Goulding
|fullname        = Robert Dennis Goulding
|image           = Bobbie Goulding.jpg
|image_size      = 150
|caption         = Goulding in 2009
|position        = {{rlp|SO|SH}}
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|2|4}}
|birth_place     = [[Widnes]], [[Lancashire]], England
|death_date      = 
|death_place     = 
|height          =
|weight          =
|club1           = [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]
|year1start      = 1988
|year1end        = 91
|appearances1    = 28+17
|tries1          = 11
|goals1          = 33
|fieldgoals1     = 4
|points1         = 114
|club2           = [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
|year2start      = 1991
|year2end        = 92
|appearances2    = 32+3
|tries2          = 7
|goals2          = 14
|fieldgoals2     = 5
|points2         = 61
|club3           = [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]]
|year3start      = 1992
|year3end        = 94
|appearances3    = 65+2
|tries3          = 9
|goals3          = 89
|fieldgoals3     = 4
|points3         = 218
|club4           = [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]]
|year4start      = 1994
|year4end        = 98
|appearances4    = 117
|tries4          = 25
|goals4          = 548
|fieldgoals4     = 13
|points4         = 1209
|club5           = [[Huddersfield Giants]]
|year5start      = 1998
|year5end        = 99
|appearances5    = 29
|tries5          = 4
|goals5          = 78
|fieldgoals5     = 4
|points5         = 176
|club6           = {{nowrap|[[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]]}}
|year6start      = 2000
|year6end        = 
|appearances6    = 13
|tries6          = 3
|goals6          = 25
|fieldgoals6     = 3
|points6         = 65
|club7           = [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]]
|year7start      = 2001
|year7end        = 02
|appearances7    = 33
|tries7          = 2
|goals7          = 59
|fieldgoals7     = 4
|points7         = 130
|club8           = [[Leigh Centurions]]
|year8start      = 2002
|year8end        =
|appearances8    = 8
|tries8          = 4
|goals8          = 2
|fieldgoals8     = 1
|points8         = 21
|club9           = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|year9start      = 2004
|year9end        = 05
|appearances9    = 11+5
|tries9          = 5
|goals9          = 19
|fieldgoals9     = 1
|points9         = 59
|club10          = [[Barrow Raiders]]
|year10start     = 2014
|year10end       = 
|appearances10   = 3
|tries10         = 0
|goals10         = 0
|fieldgoals10    = 0
|points10        = 0
|teamA           = [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]]
|yearAstart      = 1990
|yearAend        = 97
|appearancesA    = 17
|triesA          = 6
|goalsA          = 26
|fieldgoalsA     = 1
|pointsA         = 77
|teamB           = [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire]]
|yearBstart      = 1991
|yearBend        = 
|appearancesB    = 1
|triesB          = 0
|goalsB          = 0
|fieldgoalsB     = 0
|pointsB         = 0
|teamC           = [[England national rugby league team|England]]
|yearCstart      = 1995
|yearCend        = 96
|appearancesC    = 5
|triesC          = 2
|goalsC          = 18
|fieldgoalsC     = 1
|pointsC         = 45
| coachteam1      = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
| coachyear1start = 2004
| coachyear1end   = 05
| coachteam2      = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
| coachyear2start = 2007
| coachyear2end   = 08
| coachteam3      = [[Barrow Raiders]]
| coachyear3start = 2014
| coachteamA      = [[France national rugby league team|France]]
| coachyearAstart = 2009
| coachyearAend   = 11
| coachgamesA     = 10
| coachwinsA      = 3
| coachdrawsA     = 0
| coachlossesA    = 7
| updated         = 9 March 2021
|source          = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bobby-goulding/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=2871 |title=Bobbie Goulding |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/bobbie-goulding/summary.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043121/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/bobbie-goulding/summary.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2017|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>RL Record Keepers' Club</ref>
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| relatives   = [[Bobbie Goulding Jr.]] (son)
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'''Robert Dennis "Bobbie" Goulding''' (born 4 February 1972), also known by the [[nickname]] of '''"Bobbie Dazzler"''', is an English former professional [[rugby league]] footballer, and [[Coach (sports)|coach]], who played in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and has coached in the 2000s and 2010s.

He played at representative level for [[Great Britain]] and [[England]], and at club level for [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] (with whom he won the [[1990 Challenge Cup]] and [[1991 Challenge Cup]]),<ref name="Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1822|title=Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102545/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1822|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Australia for [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]] ([[Reserve Team|Reserve Grade]]), and [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]], [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]], [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]] (with whom he won the double of the [[1996 Challenge Cup]] and 1996's [[Super League I]] [[Rugby Football League Championship First Division|Championship]]  as [[Captain (sports)|captain]], but lost the [[Rugby League Premiership|Premiership]] to the [[Wigan Warriors]] (the [[League Leaders' Shield]] was not introduced until 2003's [[Super League VIII]]), and the [[1997 Challenge Cup]]), [[Huddersfield Giants]], [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]], [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]], [[Leigh Centurions]],<ref name="They Played For Leigh (Statistics) at leighrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/v2/they-played-for-leigh|title=They Played For Leigh (Statistics) at leighrl.co.uk|publisher=leighrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Heritage Numbers at leighrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/v2/club/heritage-numbers|title=Heritage Numbers at leighrl.co.uk|publisher=leighrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> the [[Rochdale Hornets]] and after a 9-year hiatus the [[Barrow Raiders]], usually as a {{rlp|sh}}, but also as a {{rlp|so}}, and has coached at representative level for [[France national rugby league team|France]], and at club level for the [[Rochdale Hornets]] and the [[Barrow Raiders]].

==Background==
Goulding was born in [[Widnes]], [[Lancashire]], England, and he is the father of the rugby league footballer; [[Bobbie Goulding Jr.]]

==Playing career==
Goulding made his senior début for Wigan at the age of 16, scoring a try in a 20–16 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]. In 1990, he became the youngest ever Great Britain Lions tourist at 18 years of age. In 1991, he moved to Australia to play for [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]], but returned to Wigan a few weeks later without making a first grade appearance.<ref name="Bobbie Goulding jnr looks to succeed where dad failed">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/bobbie-goulding-jnr-looks-to-succeed-where-dad-failed-20140306-349iq.html|title=Bobbie Goulding jnr looks to succeed where dad failed|publisher=smh.com.au|date=6 March 2014|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref> Unable to establish a regular place in the first team ahead of [[Andy Gregory]] and [[Shaun Edwards]], he joined [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] later that year for a fee of £100,000. He spent one season at Leeds before moving to his hometown club [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] in 1992.

Goulding transferred from Widnes to St Helens in 1994 for an initial fee of £135,000, plus an additional £25,000 after four international appearances.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Rugby League: Reilly denies Australian links: Halifax and Great Britain coach is keen to stay at home|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-reilly-denies-australian-links-halifax-and-great-britain-coach-is-keen-to-stay-at-home-1415125.html|website=The Independent|access-date=28 June 2015|date=20 July 1994}}</ref> He once kicked 11 goals in a Super League match for St Helens.<ref>[http://www.superleague.co.uk/records Super League Records]</ref> Goulding captained St Helens at {{rlp|sh}} in the [[1996 Challenge Cup]] Final, kicking four conversions and helping his team to a 40–32 victory over [[Bradford Bulls]].<ref>{{cite web|title=steveprescottfoundation.co.uk|url=http://www.steveprescottfoundation.co.uk/About/StevePrescottStats.aspx|work=Steve Prescott Stats|publisher=Steve Prescott Foundation|access-date=3 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808052156/http://www.steveprescottfoundation.co.uk/About/StevePrescottStats.aspx|archive-date=8 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bobbie Goulding played {{rlp|sh}}, and scored two [[Try (rugby)|conversions]] in [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]]' 16–25 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1995–96 League Cup (rugby league)|1995–96 Regal Trophy]] Final during the [[1995–96 Rugby Football League season|1995–96]] at [[John Smith's Stadium|Alfred McAlpine Stadium]], [[Huddersfield]] on Saturday 13 January 1996.<ref name="13th January 1996: St Helens 16 Wigan 25 (Regal Trophy Final)">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2976|title=13th January 1996: St Helens 16 Wigan 25 (Regal Trophy Final)|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007005311/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2976|archive-date=7 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Goulding represented [[England national rugby league team|England]] at the [[1995 Rugby League World Cup]]. He was selected to play for [[England national rugby league team|England]] in the [[1995 Rugby League World Cup|1995 World Cup]] Final at {{rlp|sh}} but [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] won the match and retained the Cup. He set the record as the highest points scorer in one game for Great Britain – 32 points V Fiji in 1996. At the end of [[Super League]]'s first season, Goulding was named at {{rlp|sh}} in the 1996 [[Super League Dream Team]]. He was the [[1996 Great Britain Lions tour]]'s top point scorer.

Goulding was sent off in the [[1997 Challenge Cup]] fourth round match against Wigan Warriors for a [[Glossary of rugby league terms#high tackle|high tackle]] on [[Neil Cowie]] during February 1997. He initially received an eight-match ban, but this was reduced to six games following an appeal.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Goulding pays a special penalty|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/goulding-pays-a-special-penalty-1237565.html|website=The Independent|access-date=15 July 2017|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> On his return to the side, he helped St. Helens win the Challenge Cup final for the second consecutive year, kicking six goals in a 32–22 victory over the Bradford Bulls. In August 1997, he was stripped of the St. Helens' captaincy for disciplinary reasons, and replaced by [[Chris Joynt]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Irvine|first1=Christopher|title=Goulding's captaincy loss put in perspective - Rugby League|work=The Times|date=14 August 1997|location=London|page=38}}</ref> Two weeks later, he was sent off for the second time in the season (on this occasion for a high tackle on [[Leeds Rhinos]] prop [[Jamie Mathiou]]) and was suspended for a further four games.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Goulding pays a special penalty|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/goulding-pays-a-special-penalty-1237565.html|website=The Independent|access-date=15 July 2017|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> Despite the controversies during the season, Goulding was selected to play for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] at {{rlp|sh}} in all three matches of the [[Super League Test series]] against [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]].

In 1998, following further disciplinary problems, and the emergence of [[Sean Long]] as a replacement for St. Helens at {{rlp|sh}}, he moved to [[Huddersfield Giants]] on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Rugby League: Goulding now made a Giant|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-goulding-now-made-a-giant-1171594.html|website=The Independent|access-date=15 July 2017|date=13 August 1998}}</ref> He went on to play for [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]] and [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]] before ending his career as a [[player-coach]] with [[Rochdale Hornets]], with his final appearance as a player coming in 2005.

On 1 June 2014, Goulding came out of playing retirement (after a nine-year break) to play in for [[Barrow Raiders]] in their [[Championship (rugby league)|Championship]] fixture against fellow strugglers Rochdale Hornets. Goulding played with number 3+4 on his back, because the number 7 squad number was taken by Barrow Raiders Liam Campbell. Goulding helped the team to only their second victory at that point all season and lifted Barrow Raiders off the bottom of the table.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/goulding-returns-as-barrow-raiders-beat-rochdale-font-color-red-with-video-font-1.1139744| title=Goulding returns as Barrow Raiders beat Rochdale| work=North West Evening Mail| date=2 June 2014| access-date=28 June 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145918/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/goulding-returns-as-barrow-raiders-beat-rochdale-font-color-red-with-video-font-1.1139744| archive-date=22 December 2015| df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was sent off for dissent in the next fixture against [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]], and received a five-match suspension for the incident.

==Coaching career==
He joined [[Rochdale Hornets]] initially as [[player-coach]], and his playing career ended in 2005 after a [[biceps]] injury. He left his post at Rochdale Hornets in November 2005, citing frustration at the club's financial problems. During his two seasons in charge at the [[RFL Championship|National League One]] club he had not had a proper contract, despite impressing and twice being nominated for coach of the year.

He rejoined Rochdale Hornets as a coach in September 2007<ref>[http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/4/sport-news/1600/hornets-appoint-goulding Hornets appoint Goulding – Rochdale Online]</ref> before departing again in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/4/sport-news/8915/goulding-leaves-hornets Goulding leaves Hornets  – Rochdale Online]</ref>

On 28 February 2009 Goulding was named the coach of [[France national rugby league team|France]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/4885613/Bobbie-Goulding-appointed-new-coach-of-France.html Bobbie Goulding appointed new coach of France – Telegraph]</ref>

On 31 March 2014 Bobby took charge as head coach of Championship side Barrow Raiders with the club rooted to the bottom of the league. His job is to try to keep Barrow out of the bottom 5 relegation places as the leagues are being restructured in 2015.

==Financial crisis at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats==
In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; [[Andy Fisher (rugby league)|Andy Fisher]], Bobbie Goulding, [[Warren Jowitt]], [[Tony Kemp (rugby league)|Tony Kemp]] (player-coach), [[Steve McNamara]], [[Francis Maloney (rugby league)|Francis Maloney]], [[Martin Masella]], [[Steve Prescott]], [[Bright Sodje]], [[Francis Stephenson]] and [[Glen Tomlinson]].<ref name="Goodway calls for aid package">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1295270.stm|title=Goodway calls for aid package|publisher=BBC|date=24 April 2001|access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=440 Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com]
*[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15429 Statistics at saints.org.uk]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/2999879/Super-League-Team-by-team-guide.html 2001 Super League Team-by-team guide]

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