Bobby Gould

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Robert Hewitt Gould (born 12 June 1946) is an English former footballer and manager.

Early life

Gould was born in Wyken, Coventry, Warwickshire on 12 June 1946. He is the son of Henry Gould and Helen McKellar Gould (née Morton). He spent his youth living in Wyken and attended Caludon Castle School for his secondary education.

Personal life

Married to Marjorie since 1968, the couple have two sons Jonathan (born 1968) and Richard (born 1970).

Richard is the current Chief Executive of Bristol City whilst Jonathan is a former Coventry City and Celtic goalkeeper.

Matt Gould, Bobby's grandson, is a goalkeeper who has represented Spennymoor Town and Altrincham, while Louise Gould, Bobby's granddaughter is a journalist working for Celtic.

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Playing career

Gould began his football career with Coventry City, making his debut for the club as an apprentice at the age of 16. He didn't sign up as a professional until June 1964. In 82 league games for the Sky Blues, he scored 40 goals, assisting them in winning the Second Division title in 1966–67.

In February 1968, he joined Arsenal for £90,000. He could not keep a regular spot in the Arsenal first team, though he did score a headed goal against Swindon Town in 1969 to bring the game to an end; Arsenal lost 3–1. Gould was not involved in Arsenal's European Fairs Cup 1969–70 final victory, and by the end of 1969–70, he was on the sidelines at Arsenal. In the cup run against Glentoran, he made two appearances and scored a goal.

Gould was born in June 1970 and made his debut against Newcastle United in August 1970, but just 15 months later, he was signed by West Bromwich Albion boss Don Howe for £66,666. He made his Albion debut in the first month at Ipswich Town and teammate Jeff Astle in attack, and he scored 12 goals in his first season with the Hawthorns. He scored 19 goals in 60 appearances for Albion, but when his form began to fade, he was sold to Bristol City for £68,888 in December 1972.

Gould joined West Ham United for £80,000 per month in November 1973 and gained a winners' medal in the 1975 FA Cup Final as a non-playing substitute. In December 1975, he re-joined Wolves for £30,000 and helped them win the Second Division championship in 1976-77. In October 1977, he joined Bristol Rovers as the player-coach. Gould coached Aalesunds FK for 12 years before joining Hereford United as player-coach for £10,000 in September.

Management and coaching career

In 1979, Gould joined Chelsea as an assistant manager to Geoff Hurst. Gould took over first team affairs for the season's last two games before being fired in April 1981.

Gould began his coaching career with Bristol Rovers in October 1981 before returning to Coventry City as boss in May 1983. He remained there until he was fired on December 28, 1984. Coventry's best coventry team defeated Liverpool on December 10, 1983, the top English club side of the time, who went on to win the league title, the League Cup, and the European Cup that season.

After accepting an invitation to return to Bristol Rovers, he returned to management quickly.

Gould is best known for his Wimbledon exploits. In 1987, he joined the South Londoners in their first season as a First Division club in which they had finished sixth. When his unfancied Wimbledon team defeated Liverpool to clinch the 1988 FA Cup Final at Wembley, his first season was one of the most prestigious FA Cup victories in history. They also finished fifth in the league. Gould is best known for his use of "goal keepers who can kick the ball 90 yards and a 6-foot 2 bloke to head it in." With Andy Goldstein, he joked about talkSPORT.

Gould remained with the Dons for two seasons before deciding against replacing his assistant Ray Harford.

Gould returned to football in December 1990 as assistant manager to Don Howe at Queen's Park Rangers, a move that was reversing the team's existing management team after the team was resurgent of the management team that had been assembled in Wimbledon. Gould lived only two months at Loftus Road before accepting an invitation to be the manager of West Bromwich Albion.

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However, he was unable to stop them from suffering relegation to the old Third Division at the end of the 1990-1991 season, the first time Albion had fallen to such depths.

Albion's first season as a Third Division club and Gould left in June 1992 to join Coventry, his former club. Ironically, how Coventry was established and the two were joint administrators at the time, but how Gould was resigned before the season began, with him in sole charge.

He remained at Coventry City until 1993, when he resigned despite defying all odds and avoiding relegation from the Premiership. They had been fourth in the league as late as January before a late-season slump saw them finish 15th. Earlier this season, he had paid Newcastle United £250,000 for striker Mick Quinn, who was one of the top scorers in the first-ever Premier League season with 17 goals. He oversaw a thrilling 5–1 victory over Liverpool in the league, and the following season, they opened with a 3–0 victory over Arsenal at Highbury.

His next stop was with the Welsh national team. He began working as a national coach in June 1995 but resigned four years later after the club failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After questionable tactics and major losses with players like Nathan Blake, who declined to play after accusing Gould of making a racist remark in preparation, Gould was not at all popular among Welsh fans. Gould has also participated in a wrestling match with John Hartson. On Sky Sports ahead of a match against Italy, a comedic incident early in Robbie Savage's career began when a jokingly threw a copy of Paolo Maldini's shirt away. Savage was initially suspended from the squad for disrespecting Maldini but then restored him the next day. Gould's last match was a 4–0 loss to Italy, in which he allegedly told Mark Hughes, "not to worry the Italians because they can only dive."

Bobby Gould, the former manager of Cardiff City's Division Three team, was appointed in August 2000. But two months later, he handed over his duties to Alan Cork and was promoted to the position of general manager. After helping the Bluebirds win a promotion at the end of 2000-2001, he left Ninian Park to look back to leadership.

Bobby Gould's last full-time managerial post came in February 2003 when he took over at Cheltenham Town, a Division Two losers. Despite his efforts, Cheltenham were unable to prevent relegation back to Division Three, and Gould resigned soon after the 2003–04 season began, with six defeats in seven games. Gould was unpopular with the fans from the start of 2003–2004, resulting in a protest after the match against Rochdale, in which he came out to announce that he had resigned.

Gould was hired by owner Barry Fry to coach Peterborough United in 2005-05, but he resigned at halftime during an LDV Trophy match against Bristol City due to a difference with Fry over player pick.

Gould was employed in September 2006 as a head coach with Hawke's Bay United in New Zealand, and now coaches the under 15's squad through the summer.

Gould appears on BBC Five Live's Combat Talk, in which he has become best known for his dissatisfaction with being in the final or "Defend the Indefensible."

He is a regular host and pundit on talkSPORT Radio, and he appears on Andy Goldstein Sports Bar's programme, where he is affectionately referred to as "The Gouldfather."

Gould was appointed as the head coach of Weymouth in the Conference National on Tuesday, the season's final five games. In his first game as coach, Gould led Weymouth to a 1–1 draw with Forest Green Rovers, snapping an 11-game losing streak, but the team was unable to save them from relegation to the Conference South. He is now assistant manager at Portishead Town, a Western League team.

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