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{{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<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|7433|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|12|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]],<ref name=Hugman/> England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| position = [[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 F.C.|Bishop Auckland]] 
| clubs2 =  [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]] 
| clubs3 =  [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]] 
| clubs4 =  [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]] 
| clubs5 =  [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] 
| clubs6 =  [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] 
| clubs7 =  [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] 
| clubs8 =  [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]
| 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 F.C.|Reading]] 
| managerclubs2 =  [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]  
| managerclubs3 =  [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]
}}
'''Michael Charles Gooding''' (born 12 April 1959) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] and football [[coach (sport)|manager]].

In the twilight of a successful playing career, Gooding was appointed joint [[player-manager]] of [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] with [[Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)|Jimmy Quinn]] when manager [[Mark McGhee]] acrimoniously left to take the reins at [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]. Under their guidance, Reading finished second in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] but was left to battle for a place in the [[Premier League]] through the [[Football League play-offs|playoff]]s, as the Premier League was being reduced in size from 22 teams to 20. Reading were beaten 4-3 by [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] in the playoff final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]].

Gooding and Quinn remained in charge at [[Elm Park (stadium)|Elm Park]] for two seasons afterward, 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 F.C.|Southend United]], before retiring from football. He remained at [[Roots Hall]] for a while as a coach.

He has since carved himself a career as a radio [[Voice-over|commentary]] pundit, performing such roles as co-commentator for [[BBC Radio Berkshire]]'s coverage of Reading's league matches, while also working as an [[estate agent]] in [[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==
'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1987–88 Football League#Fourth Division|1987–88 Fourth Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}</ref>

==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! The Peterborough United Database]}}
{{1987–88 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{Reading F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{Reading F.C. managers}}
{{Reading F.C. Hall of Fame}}
{{Southend United F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
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[[Category:Chesterfield F.C. players]]
[[Category:Peterborough United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players]]
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[[Category:English Football League players]]
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