Career
He subsequently joined Orient, where he spent eight seasons. In 1967 the entire Orient squad was transfer-listed to ease the financial plight of the club, with the exception of Goddard. In total, he played 278 league games for the O"son
Having kept young reserve keeper Steve Bowtell out of the first team for several seasons, Goddard unluckily lost his place to the newly signed John Jackson in October 1973.
However, he returned to the first team after an injured Jackson was dropped in the O"s failed promotion campaign of "73-"74. He suffered a strained relationship with manager George Petchey after first learning of Jackson"s promotion, and his own demotion, on the team business
Before leaving the O"s he even joined Greenock Morton in Scotland for a month before finally deciding to leave Orient. In November 1974, Goddard joined Millwall, but Petchey became the Lions" boss and after their history, Goddard"s days were obviously numbered.
In February 1978 he joined Wimbledon who had only recently been elected to the league.
In his final match for the Dons, Goddard scored from the penalty spot in a 4-2 defeat against Bury. After leaving Wimbledon, Goddard finished his career at non-league Wealdstone. After his retirement from football, Goddard moved to Spain where he ran a Barometer
He died from a stroke in December 2007, aged 58.