John Goddard (footballer)

John Goddard
Personal information
Full name John Robert Goddard[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993
Place of birth Sandhurst, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Bromley
(on loan from Stevenage)
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2012 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Hayes & Yeading United 35 (0)
2013–2016 Woking 116 (25)
2016–2018 Swindon Town 55 (4)
2018– Stevenage 11 (0)
2018– → Bromley (loan) 8 (0)
National team‡
2016 England C 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:02, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

John Robert Goddard (born 2 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League club Bromley, on loan from Stevenage.

Goddard began his career at Reading, progressing through the youth system before signing his first professional contract in 2011. He was released a year later and spent one season at Conference South club Hayes & Yeading United. Goddard then signed for Conference Premier side Woking in September 2013 after a successful trial period. He spent three years at Woking before returning to the Football League when he signed for Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee in May 2016. He subsequently signed for Stevenage in January 2018.

Club career

Early career

Goddard joined Reading at the age of eight in 2001.[2] He progressed through the youth ranks at the Berkshire club before signing his first professional contract in the summer of 2011, a one-year deal.[2] He spent the majority of the 2011–12 season playing for Reading's development side, although ultimately did not make any first-team appearances for the club.[2] Reading won promotion back to the Premier League that season, and Goddard was told that he would be released upon the expiry of his contract on 30 June 2012.[2][3]

Ahead of the 2012–13 campaign, Goddard joined Conference South side Hayes & Yeading United on a one-year deal.[4] He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw away at Weston-super-Mare, featuring for the first 70 minutes before being replaced by Tobi Joseph.[5] Goddard scored once during the season; his solitary goal came from close-range in a 4–1 away win over Eastleigh in the FA Trophy on 10 November 2012.[6] He made 37 appearances in all competitions as Hayes & Yeading finished the season in 17th-place.[7]

Woking

Goddard spent time on trial at Conference Premier side Woking in July 2013, hoping to secure a contract with the club for the 2013–14 season.[8] He was described as "the pick of an unfamiliar bunch" when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in a 3–2 pre-season friendly defeat to Staines Town.[8] Despite impressing during the trial period, Goddard did not sign for Woking until two weeks into the new season, joining on an initial one-year deal on 1 September 2013.[4] He made his competitive Woking debut in a 2–0 victory over Hyde United on 17 September 2013, replacing Gavin Williams with eight minutes remaining.[9][10] Goddard scored his first Woking goal in a 2–0 away victory over Gateshead on 15 February 2014, doubling Woking's advantage when he scored from Kevin Betsy's cross in the 70th minute.[11] He went to score three times in 36 appearances during his first season with the club.[4][12] Shortly after the end of the season, on 5 May 2014, Goddard signed a one-year contract extension to remain at Woking for the 2014–15 season.[13] He scored seven times during his second season with the club, including the first brace of his career in a 3–1 win at Dartford in March 2015,[14][15] as he made 46 appearances in a campaign that saw Woking narrowly miss out on the Conference Premier play-off places after finishing in seventh-place.[4][16][17]

The 2015–16 campaign, Goddard's third year at Woking, would ultimately prove to be his breakthrough season.[18] Two goals in the club's second game of the season, a 2–0 victory over Bromley at Kingfield Stadium on 11 August 2015,[19] would serve as the catalyst for Goddard's most prolific goalscoring form of his career as he went on to score seven goals in nine games from midfield.[4][18] Included in this run of goals was another brace in a 4–4 draw away at Guiseley on 12 September 2015,[20] as well as the winning goal in a 2–1 win against Forest Green Rovers three days later to end the league leaders' unbeaten start to the campaign.[21][22] He scored two goals within the space of six days in two narrow victories against local rivals Aldershot Town when the two sides met over the festive period.[18] The first came courtesy of the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away win at The Recreation Ground on 26 December 2015,[23] followed by scoring the deciding goal when he beat the offside-trap as Woking secured a 2–1 home win on 2 January 2016.[24] Goddard continued his good form into the second half of the season, despite Woking's dip in form that ultimately resulted in a mid-table finish, and scored in successive games to end the season.[18][25][26] He scored 17 goals in 46 appearances from midfield during the campaign.[18] He was named as Woking's Player of the Year at the end of the season.[27]

Swindon Town

Two weeks after the conclusion of the season, on 13 May 2016, Goddard signed for League One side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee and on a three-year deal.[28][29] Swindon stated they had secured Goddard's signature ahead of a number of Championship and rival League One clubs.[29] He made his Swindon debut on the opening day of the 2016–17 season, in a 1–0 victory against Coventry City, playing the full 90 minutes.[30] Goddard scored his first goal for Swindon in a 1–1 draw away at Shrewsbury Town on 1 October 2016, heading in a cross to open the scoring.[31] His second goal of the season came in Swindon's comfortable 3–0 home win over Charlton Athletic on 12 November 2016, scoring Swindon's third goal of the match courtesy of a powerful strike from eight yards.[32] Goddard's third and final goal of the season came in the reverse fixture against Shrewsbury Town on 7 January 2017, who he had scored against three months earlier, in another 1–1 draw.[33] His goal in the match came from the penalty spot.[33] Goddard made the most number of appearances for Swindon during his debut season in the Football League, scoring three times in 48 appearances, as Swindon were relegated to League Two.[34]

Goddard suffered a foot injury in Swindon's opening day win at Carlisle United on 5 August 2017,[35] with the injury keeping him out of first-team action for the opening six weeks of the 2017–18 campaign.[36] He scored his first goal of the season on 14 October 2017, "putting the finishing touches to a superb team move" to double Swindon's advantage in an eventual 3–1 away victory over Mansfield Town.[37] He scored in Swindon's 4–2 win over Bristol Rovers in an EFL Trophy group-stage match on 8 November 2017.[38] Despite returning to the first-team picture, 10 of Goddard's 17 appearances during the season had come from the substitute's bench,[4] and he did not play for the final six weeks of his time at Swindon before his exit.[39] He made 65 appearances during his one-and-a-half-year spell, scoring five goals.[4]

Stevenage

Goddard signed for fellow League Two side Stevenage on 31 January 2018, joining on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[40] He made his Stevenage debut on 3 February 2018, playing the opening 74 minutes in a 3–2 away loss at Accrington Stanley.[41] Following the arrival of new manager, Dino Maamria, Goddard fell down the pecking order at Stevenage and only managed to make three further appearances before being transfer listed at the end of the campaign.[42]

Goddard joined National League club Bromley on loan at the start of the 2018–19 season, on 17 August 2018, on a deal until January 2019.[43] He made his Bromley debut a day after signing for the club, starting the match and playing 92 minutes in Bromley's first win of the season, a 1–0 home victory over Gateshead.[44]

International career

Goddard received his first call-up for the England C squad by manager Paul Fairclough on 4 March 2016, ahead of a fixture against Ukraine U20 on 22 March 2016.[45] He made his England C debut in a 2–0 win, in which he played the full 90 minutes, playing a part in both goals.[46] Goddard received his final England C team call-up for their game against Slovakia U21 on 18 May 2016,[47] playing the whole match in a 4–3 defeat.[48]

Honours

Individual

Career statistics

As of match played 22 September 2018
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hayes & Yeading United 2012–13[4][6] Conference South 35010—1[lower-alpha 1]1371
Woking 2013–14[4][12] Conference Premier 34310—1[lower-alpha 1]0363
2014–15[4][16] Conference Premier 41520—3[lower-alpha 1]2467
2015–16[4][18] National League 411710—4[lower-alpha 1]04617
Total 1162540—8212827
Swindon Town 2016–17[34] League One 42320004[lower-alpha 2]0483
2017–18[39] League Two 13120002[lower-alpha 2]1172
Total 554400061655
Stevenage 2017–18[39] League Two 110000000110
Bromley (loan) 2018–19[49] National League 8000—0080
Career total 22529900015424933
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/05/2014 and 31/05/2014". The FA. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Reading player uses YouTube to market himself". Get Reading. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Griffin Heads Reading Departures". Sporting Life. 19 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Soccerway – John Goddard". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Weston-super-Mare 1–1 Hayes & Yeading United". Soccerway. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Eastleigh knocked out of the FA Trophy". Eastleigh F.C. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Conference South – 2012–13". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Goddard wants Cards to deal him in after double strike". Get Surrey. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hyde 0–2 Woking". Woking F.C. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hyde United 0–2 Woking". Soccerway. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Gateshead 0–2 Woking". BBC Sport. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by John Goddard in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "John Goddard signs new contract". Woking F.C. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Dartford 1–3 Woking". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Midfielder John Goddard stars as Woking FC shoot down Dartford". Get Surrey. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by John Goddard in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "Conference Premier – 2014–15". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Games played by John Goddard in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  19. ↑ "Woking 2–0 Bromley". BBC Sport. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "Guiseley 4–4 Woking". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  21. ↑ "Woking FC's John Goddard making 'good habit' of scoring goals". Get Surrey. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  22. ↑ "Woking 2–1 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  23. ↑ "Aldershot Town 0–1 Woking". BBC Sport. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  24. ↑ "Woking 2–1 Aldershot Town". BBC Sport. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  25. ↑ "Lincoln City 2–3 Woking". BBC Sport. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  26. ↑ "Woking 2–1 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  27. 1 2 "Transfer deadline day – Stevenage sign John Goddard for undisclosed fee from Swindon Town". The Comet. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  28. ↑ "John Goddard signs for Swindon Town". Woking F.C. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  29. 1 2 "Town sign Woking midfielder, Goddard". Swindon Town F.C. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  30. ↑ "Swindon Town 1–0 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  31. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  32. ↑ "Swindon Town 3–0 Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  33. 1 2 "Swindon Town 1–1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by John Goddard in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  35. ↑ "Carlisle United 1–2 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  36. ↑ "Swindon Town midfielder John Goddard happy to be back after niggling foot injury". Gazette & Herald. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  37. ↑ "Mansfield Town 1–3 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  38. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 2–4 Swindon Town". Soccerway. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  39. 1 2 3 "Games played by John Goddard in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  40. ↑ "Johnny Goddard makes Deadline Day move to Stevenage". Stevenage F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  41. ↑ "Accrington Stanley 3–2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  42. ↑ "Stevenage manager Dino Maamria releases seven players". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  43. ↑ "Johnny Goddard joins Bromley on loan". Stevenage F.C. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  44. ↑ "Bromley 1–0 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  45. ↑ "Grimsby Town News: Mariners duo receive England C call-up". Grimsby Telegraph. 4 March 2016.
  46. ↑ "England C see off Ukraine U20s in ICT opener". The Non-League Paper. 22 March 2016.
  47. ↑ "England C Squad Announced". The National League. 18 May 2016.
  48. ↑ "England C edged out 4–3 by Slovakia U21s in ICT thriller at Sutton United". The FA. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  49. ↑ "Games played by John Goddard in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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