Gould, Robert

Gould began his football career at the club from Coventry City 's hometown at the age of 16. The first professional contract was signed only in 1964. For 5 seasons in the club, he entered the field 82 times, scoring 40 goals. In the 1966/67 season, Gould and his team earned a promotion. ^{[1] [2]}

Robert joined the London Arsenal in February 1968 for £ 90,000. ^[3] He was never able to break into the main structure of the gunners, despite the fact that he scored a goal in the League Cup final of 1969 against the Swindon Town goal, thereby transferring the game to overtime. ^[4] Gould did not take part in the final of the 1969/70 Fairs Cup , which Arsenal won, and at the end of the 1969/70 season he finally pulled away from the team. ^[five]

In June 1970, Robert moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £ 55,000, making his debut in August against Newcastle United . After 15 months, Gould signed a contract with West Bromwich Albion , and head coach Don Howe personally wanted to see him in the team. Transfer cost was £ 66666. ^[3] Paired with Jeff Asl , Gould scored 19 goals in 60 games for West Brom. In December 1972, Robert moved to Bristol City for £ 68,888. ^[3]

In November 1973, Gould signed a contract with West Ham United . The transfer cost was £ 80,000. As part of the Hammers, Gould won the FA Cup , although he spent his entire final on the bench. ^[3] In December 1975, the footballer returned to the Wolves camp for £ 30,000 and helped them win the Second Division title in the 1976/77 season. ^[3] . Since October 1977, Gould tried on the role of playing coach at Bristol Rovers , moving here for £ 10,000. ^[3] From January to April 1978, he had already practiced coaching at the local Alesund football club in Norway , and later, in September of that year, he returned to England to Hereford United again as a player-coach. ^[3]

In 1979, Gould joined the Chelsea coaching staff as assistant coach Jeffrey Hirst . After Hurst’s dismissal in April 1981, Gould took over the team in the last two games of the season, after which he left the club.

Gould began his career as a head coach at Bristol Rovers in October 1981. From May 1983 to December 1984, he coached his native Coventry. ^[6] That season, his club sensationally defeated Liverpool in their field 4-0, while the Merseysides went to their treble .

In 1985, Gould returned to Bristol Rovers, where he worked for two seasons.

In the summer of 1987, Gould took the coaching bridge at Wimbledon , the team just finished its debut season in the top division in sixth place. The very first season with a new coach was marked by a victory in the FA Cup , in the final of which at Wembley there was a bit of Liverpool. ^[7] The team also finished the season in 7th place. Gould remained at the head of the Dons for another two seasons before leaving the position of his assistant coach Ray Harford .

In December 1990, Robert returned to coaching as he entered the headquarters of his longtime acquaintance, Don Howe, at Queens Park Rangers , where he spent 2 months before accepting an offer from West Bromwich Albion. [1] Despite the change of headquarters at West Brom, the team was unable to escape from demotion, and for the first time in its history flew into the third division in the 1990/91 season .

The next season, “Albion” could not even get into the playoff round of the third division, after which Gould left the club to return to “Coventry”. It is noteworthy that Don Howe was just working with Coventry at that time and Gould was to make him a couple in the coaching staff, but Howe left the club before the start of the season, leaving the club to his friend.

Robert worked with his native club until he resigned in October 1993. He was against organizing and participating in the Premier League , but, nevertheless, remained on the post of coach. During the 1992/93 season, Coventry were in 4th position by the end of January, but at the end of the championship the team was only in 15th place. Earlier, Gould had a hand in the transfer of Mickey Quinn , a Newcastle striker who scored 17 goals during the season. The transfer cost £ 250,000. Under the leadership of Gould, Coventry smashed Liverpool with a score of 5: 1, and the 1993/94 season began with a victory over Arsenal at Highbury with a score of 3: 0.

Wales Team

In 1995, Robert Gould was invited as a mentor to the Wales team . Vali fans did not appreciate the results of Gould’s work with the team, noting the strange choice of tactical decisions, as well as internal conflicts in the team. In particular, Nathan Blake refused to work with the head coach, saying that the latter allowed himself racist statements in training. ^{[8] [9]} There was also a conflict between Gould and John Hartson . ^{[10] A} funny episode occurred between Gould and Robbie Savage , when the latter joked about Paolo Maldini 's T-shirt on Sky Sports before the match against Italy in the 2000 European Championship qualifiers . ^{[11] The} coach initially removed Savage from work in the national team for disrespect for the figure of Maldini, but the next day he allowed him to practice. As a result, the match was lost with a score of 0: 4, Gould was fired. Mark Hughes , who was part of Gould’s headquarters and took his place after the defeat of the Italian national team, commented later that Robert gave the command “not especially deal with Italians because they would only dive anyway . ”

Return to Club Soccer

In August 2000, Robert Gould was appointed coach of Cardiff City , who was then in the third division. Two months later, he went on a promotion and became the director of the club. However, Gould left the club after the Azure Birds made it to the second division in the 2000/01 season . ^[12]

In February 2003, Robert Gould became a trainer who fought for survival in the second Cheltenham Town division. ^[13] In the end, the club still flew into the third division, and the next season began with six defeats in seven matches. ^[14] This was one of the reasons why the club's fans did not like Gould, as a result of which, after a home game with Rochdale , Gould announced that he would resign.

On April 12, 2009, the National League club Weymouth announced that Robert Gould would lead the team in the remaining five games of the season ^[15] In the first match, Weymouth tied 1: 1 with Forest Green Rovers , interrupting a series of 11 defeats in a row. However, this did not save the team from relegation to the Southern National League .

As a player

Coventry City ^[1]

• Football League Second Division : 01!   1966/67

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Football League Second Division : 01!   1976/77

West Ham United

• FA Cup : 1975

As a trainer

Bristol Rovers

• Gloucestershire Cup: 1982, 1983

Wimbledon

• FA Cup : 1988 ^[7]