Wally Gould

Walter Gould (25 September 1938 – 10 March 2018) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger in the Football League for Sheffield United, York City and Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] He later played for Durban United and Hellenic in South Africa.[3][4]

Wally Gould

Gould in the early 1970s
Personal information
Full name	Walter Gould[1]
Date of birth	(1938-09-25)25 September 1938[1]
Place of birth	Thrybergh,[1] West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death	10 March 2018(2018-03-10) (aged 79)[1]
Place of death	Greenwich,[1] Greater London, England
Position(s)	Right winger[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Rawmarsh Welfare
1958–1961	Sheffield United	5	(1)
1961–1964	York City	120	(25)
1964–1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	168	(45)
1967	→ Hellenic (loan)
1968	Durban United
1969	East London Celtic
1969–1973	Hellenic
1973–1974	Guildford City
1974	Hellenic
1975	East London United
1976–1977	Durban City
1977–1978	Chelmsford City
Total		293	(71)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gould arrived on the Stoke City coaching staff at the start of the 1977–78 season to team up with George Eastham who had become manager. He was reserve-team coach when Cyril Lea resigned in New Year 1980. Gould then stepped up to be number two to Alan Durban. He subsequently served Richie Barker when he became manager, but left in March 1982. There were rumoured to be differences between Gould and some of the senior players at this time, with one `training ground incident` resulting in Ray Evans, the captain, being suspended for two weeks. Days later Gould was replaced by Bill Asprey.[5]