Jeffrey Colin Goulding (born 13 May 1984) is an English semi-professional

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. He has played for non-league clubs Clapton,

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, Molesey,

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, Yeading,

Fisher Athletic Fisher Athletic F.C. were a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based ...

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

and

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

. Goulding has also made 150 appearances in the Football League, the majority of which were with

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

Club career

Born in

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, Goulding scored on his début for

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

, at home to Bristol Rovers, in the 3–0 victory in the

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on 2 September 2008. On 26 November, Goulding was signed by

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team Eastbourne Borough on a loan deal lasting until 1 January 2009. Goulding was released from Bournemouth on 10 May, after scoring just one during the season. On 10 June 2010 he signed for Cheltenham Town, where he was reunited with former Fisher Athletic teammate

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, 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 Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

in February 2016.

References

External links

Jeff Goulding player profile
at afcb.co.uk (broken link) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goulding, Jeff 1984 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Sutton People from Sutton, London Men's association football forwards English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Molesey F.C. players Croydon F.C. players Clapton F.C. players Egham Town F.C. players Hayes F.C. players Yeading F.C. players Fisher Athletic F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Cray Wanderers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players