Ben Gooden

Ben Gooden (born 15 January 1988) is an English football Head Coach who is the current Head Coach of the Senior and U20 Anguilla women's national football team.

Early career
Ben was previously the Head Coach of North West Women's Regional Football League side Blackburn CSC and FA Women's National League North side Chorley Women FC when he joined in April 2020. The highlight being the Women's FA Cup run of 2021 where his Chorley side reached the third round of the competition by beating Chester Le-Street Women, Middlesbrough Women, Bradford City Women before being knocked out by league rivals Newcastle United Women. Ben has also previously been a coach at Manchester City's Academy.

International career
Gooden, besides being the head coach of the women's national team also manages the Elite Academy and will entail many other responsibilities, like working on educational and development programs. Because of this, he will have an overarching influence on Anguillan women's football.

Gooden's first competitive international matches saw the Anguilla WNT beat Sint Maarten 7-0 and St Kitts & Nevis 3-0. This saw the Anguilla WNT record their first win in 13 years and also set a new high scoring record. These results saw the Anguilla WNT climb 2 places and off the bottom of the FIFA World Ranking table.