Matt Gould

Matt Gould octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	5
Points total	680
Conundrums solved	3

Matt Gould in Series 84.

Matt Gould was an octochamp in Series 84. He was an Accountant who lives in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, but is originally from Essex. He also became an Apterite after his preliminary games were broadcast.

Starting his run on 6 August 2021, Gould unseated four-time winner and Apterite Jason Dias, after Dias missed a crucial conundrum while being seven points down. Gould followed with seven more wins which included one century. In his seventh game against returnee Roy Gerrish, Gould was 14 points down going into the last numbers game but, after Gerrish declared nothing, Gould scored seven points before solving the crucial conundrum DEARNELLY to stay in octochamp contention. In his last preliminary match, he won with his first nine-letter word, REQUOTING. He amassed 680 points, giving him an average of 85 per game.

Gould returned for the finals in December as the No. 5 seed against fellow octochamp Jeremy Slaney. Despite bowing out with a respectable 94 points, Gould was finally eliminated by virtue of the letters games, allowing Slaney to prevail with 126 points. Gould finished with an overall total of 774 points.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7567	06/08/2021	P	Jason Dias	74 – 81	Matt Gould	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julian Clary	Susie Dent	126
7568	09/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	86 – 55	Phil Palmer	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nina Wadia	Susie Dent	133
7569	10/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	76 – 68	Catherine Williams	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nina Wadia	Susie Dent	122
7570	11/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	70 – 65	Rik Bradley	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nina Wadia	Susie Dent	158
7571	12/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	97 – 46	Jason Bird	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nina Wadia	Susie Dent	133
7572	13/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	101 – 59	Jimmy Downing	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nina Wadia	Susie Dent	157
7573	16/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	80 – 77	Roy Gerrish	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	145
7574	17/08/2021	P	Matt Gould	89 – 62	Jean Dullea	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	145
7663	20/12/2021	QF	Jeremy Slaney	126 – 94	Matt Gould	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Richard Coles	Susie Dent	143