He returned once more to Gloucester City as assistant manager, originally to Tommy Callinan until he resigned in 2001, and then with Chris Burns who took the chance to begin his football management career. Godfrey retired at the end of the 2002–03 season to start a new life in Cyprus, and saw his long service to football rewarded with a testimonial between Gloucester City and Aston Villa. He died in a hospital in Nicosia near his home in Cyprus after a long battle with leukaemia on 11 February 2010. He was remarried by this time, having previously been married for 32 years with a family of three daughters. Paying tribute to Godfrey, Dave Phillips, then Chairman of Gloucester City, said that Godfrey had "played a dramatic part in the progress of the club." "He took us out of the doldrums during a period when we weren't doing that well. He will be remembered mainly for winning the Southern League Midland Division Championship as manager in 1989. From my experience, he spoke it as it was, and he was a great favourite of the fans because of that. He was football through and through. References 1940 births 2010 deaths British emigrants to Cyprus People from Flint, Flintshire Sportspeople from Flintshire Welsh footballers Wales international footballers Wales under-23 international footballers Welsh football managers Everton F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. managers Aston Villa F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Portland Timbers (1975–1982) players Bath City F.C. players Bath City F.C. managers Exeter City F.C. managers Weymouth F.C. managers English Football League players Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Cyprus Association football forwards Cinderford Town A.F.C. managers Shortwood United F.C. managers Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Welsh expatriate footballers