Paul Goddard (footballer)

Paul Goddard (born 12 October 1959 in Harlington, Middlesex, England) is an English former professional footballer and manager.

Paul Goddard
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-10-12) 12 October 1959
Place of birth Harlington, Middlesex, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Queens Park Rangers 70 (23)
1980–1986 West Ham United 170 (54)
1986–1988 Newcastle United 61 (19)
1988–1989 Derby County 49 (15)
1989–1991 Millwall 20 (1)
1991–1994 Ipswich Town 72 (13)
Total 442 (125)
International career
1980–1982 England U21 8 (5)
1982 England 1 (1)
Managerial career
1994 Ipswich Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography and career

During his playing career, he gained caps for England U21s (scoring five times) and earned a single full cap for the England team against Iceland in June 1982 (scoring once).[2] In his fifteen-year career as a centre forward, he played for Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United, Newcastle United, Derby County, Millwall and Ipswich Town.

A QPR youth, Goddard was West Ham's record signing when he moved to Upton Park for £800,000 in 1980.[3] He was West Ham's top scorer in the 1982–83 season, and scored 71 goals in 213 League and Cup matches for the club. One of these goals was in the replay of the 1981 Football League Cup final defeat to Liverpool. At the start of the 1985–86 season he partnered Tony Cottee in the West Ham front line, but injury ruled him out after one game. This led to Cottee being partnered by Frank MacAvennie, and the MacAvennie-Cottee partnership yielded 54 goals in one season, taking West Ham to 3rd place in the league.

He then moved to Newcastle United in October 1986.[3] He almost single-handedly helped the club avoid relegation, scoring in seven consecutive games from 25 March to 18 April 1987.[4]

He then moved on to Derby County in 1988 before signing for Millwall for a club record transfer fee in December 1989.[5]

In 1991, he moved to Ipswich Town on a free transfer and enjoyed a few more years in the Premier League before retiring in 1994. During the 1994/95 season, he was temporarily caretaker-manager with old teammate John Wark between the departure of John Lyall and the arrival of George Burley and went on to become the club's youth team coach.[6]

Later he worked as assistant manager at West Ham United for Glenn Roeder, a former teammate when he played at QPR and Newcastle United. He left that post on 20 January 2004, shortly after the arrival of new manager Alan Pardew.

As of 2008, Paul lives with his family in East Bergholt, Suffolk and since 2005 has worked for the Stellar Group[7][8] for their football agency.

Goddard was capped once for England at senior level, on 2 June 1982, a 1–1 friendly draw against Iceland, during which he scored England's only goal. The game was originally an England B fixture but was subsequently upgraded to full international status meaning Goddard was awarded his cap.[9] Despite this successful appearance, he was not selected for the World Cup squad that summer and never played a senior match for England again.[10]

Honours

West Ham United

Individual

References
  1. "England Players – Paul Goddard". England Football Online. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. "Paul Goddard". The FA. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  3. Dyer, Ken (11 July 2001). "James completes Hammers move". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  4. Morton, David (12 October 2016). "1980s striker who saved Newcastle United from the drop". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. "Record bid turned down". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  6. "Paul GODDARD – Career at Ipswich Town Football Club. – Ipswich Town FC".
  7. "Goddard moves on". Ipswich Town F.C. 27 September 2005. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  8. "Stellar Representatives". The Stellar Group. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  9. "When England first played Iceland, with Bobby Robson acting manager". The Guardian. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. "Paul Goddard". sporting-heroes.net.
  11. "Paul Goddard". 11v11.com.
  12. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
  13. "Skipper scoops annual gong". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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