Jeff Goulding

Jeff Goulding
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Colin Goulding[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-13) 13 May 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Sutton, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Reading
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Molesey 5 (0)
2002 Croydon 21 (0)
2002–2003 Clapton 22 (8)
2003–2005 Egham Town 19 (8)
2005 Croydon 5 (1)
2005–2006 Hayes 24 (8)
2006–2007 Yeading 27 (9)
2007–2008 Fisher Athletic 40 (12)
2008 → Grays Athletic (loan) 9 (2)
2008–2010 Bournemouth 44 (4)
2008–2009 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2013 Cheltenham Town 93 (18)
2013 Aldershot Town 11 (1)
2013–2014 Chelmsford City 12 (3)
2014 Dover Athletic 17 (9)
2016 Cray Wanderers 1 (0)
International career
2008 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Jeffrey Colin Goulding (born 13 May 1984) is an English semi-professional footballer. He has played for non-league clubs Clapton, Croydon, Molesey, Hayes, Yeading, Fisher Athletic, Dover Athletic and Grays Athletic. Goulding has also made 150 appearances in the Football League, the majority of which were with Cheltenham Town.

Club career

Born in Sutton, London, Goulding scored on his début for Bournemouth, at home to Bristol Rovers, in the 3–0 victory in the Football League Trophy on 2 September 2008.[2]

On 26 November, Goulding was signed by Conference team Eastbourne Borough on a loan deal lasting until 1 January 2009.[3] Goulding was released from Bournemouth on 10 May, after scoring just one during the season. On 10 June 2010 he signed for Cheltenham Town,[4] where he was reunited with former Fisher Athletic teammate Wesley Thomas, with whom he formed an effective partnership, scoring 10 goals. Goulding's season was cut short by an ankle injury suffered on 2 April 2011, during an 8–1 defeat against Crewe Alexandra.

On 13 February 2013, he signed for Aldershot Town until the end of the 2012–13 season.

On 26 November 2014, he had his contract cancelled by mutual consent by Dover Athletic having not featured in the 2014–15 season.

He made one appearance as a substitute for Cray Wanderers in February 2016.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (200). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ "AFC Bournemouth 3–0 Bristol Rovers". AFC Bournemouth. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Eastbourne sign striker Goulding". BBC Sport. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Cheltenham Town sign Bournemouth striker Jeff Goulding". BBC Sport. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Cray welcome two new arrivals". Cray Wanderers. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2016.