 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Gould akapfuura nekugadzirira 2008 UK Championship, achirova Supoj Saenla 91, Tom Ford 96, uye mumutambo wekupedzisira wekugadzirira wakadzosera 25 kushomeka kuti akunde Dominic Dale 96. Mumutambo wekutanga Gould akatarisana nemukundi wekupedzisira Shaun Murphy, Murphy akaenda 73 pamberi peGould asati agadzira mafuremu mana mumutsara kuti adzorere zvibodzwa ku77, asi Murphy akabata kuti asimbise kukunda kwe97. Gould akabva asvikawo kumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira kekutanga, pa2009 Welsh Open, vachikunda Stephen Hendry 53 mu32 yekupedzisira. Mhedzisiro yakasimba yekukodzera mumwaka wakasara yakamubatsira kupinda pamusoro makumi mana nesere munzvimbo dzepasi rose dzemwaka wa2009-10 zvichireva kuti Gould aifanira kuhwina mitambo miviri chete kuti akwanise kuenda kumitambo. Mumakwikwi eWorld Championship, Gould akakunda Rodney Goggins 107, David Gilbert 108 uye aimbove mutambi wepamusoro 16 Matthew Stevens 104 kuti akwanise kuenda kuWorld Championship, kwaakarasikirwa mumutambo wekutanga. Pasinei nemigumisiro yakaipa mumakwikwi ekutanga emwaka wa200910, akadzoka zvakare kuCrucible gore rakatevera uye akakunda Marco Fu 10-9 mumutambo wekutanga. Mumutambo wechipiri akatungamira Neil Robertson 60, 115 uye 1210, achitamba zvine mutsindo snooker yake yakanakisa, asati arasikirwa ne1213. Robertson akapfuurira kukunda mukwikwidzi gore iroro. 