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{{Infobox football biography
| name = John Goodall
| image = Preston north end art (Goodall).jpg 
| caption = 1889 sketch of Goodall
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|6|19|df=y}}<ref name="Genreg">"John Goodall in the 1939 England and Wales Register". Via ''1939 England and Wales Register,'' Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Westminster]], London, England<ref name="birth">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:261L-ZPX "John Goodall. Reg District: Westminster St. Margaret, London, England: Year: 1863, P.314, Vol.1A, Qtr 4".] ''England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,'' Family Search. Retrieved 13 October 2021.</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|5|20|1863|6|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Watford]], England
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 
| years2 = 1880–1883
| years3 = 1883–1885
| years4 = 1885–1889
| years5 = 1889–1899
| years6 = 1899
| years7 = 1901–1903
| years8 = 1903–1907
| years9 = 1910–1912
| years10 = 1912–1913
| clubs1 = [[Kilmarnock Burns F.C.|Kilmarnock Burns]]
| clubs2 = [[Kilmarnock Athletic F.C.|Kilmarnock Athletic]]
| clubs3 = [[Great Lever F.C.|Great Lever]]
| clubs4 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]
| clubs5 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
| clubs6 = [[New Brighton Tower F.C.|New Brighton Tower]]
| clubs7 = [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]]
| clubs8 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
| clubs9 = [[RC Roubaix]]
| clubs10 = [[Mardy A.F.C.|Mardy]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| caps4 = 66
| goals4 = 56
| caps5 = 211
| goals5 = 76
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 2
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 8
| caps8 = 62
| goals8 = 14
| caps9 = 
| goals9 = 
| caps10 = 
| goals10 = 
| totalcaps = 380
| totalgoals = 160
| nationalyears1 = 1888–1898
| nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 12
| manageryears1 = 1903–1910
| manageryears2 = 1910–1912
| manageryears3 = 1912–1913
| managerclubs1 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
| managerclubs2 = [[RC Roubaix]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Mardy A.F.C.|Mardy]]
}}
'''John Goodall''' (19 June 1863 – 20 May 1942) was a [[Scots Professional|Scots Professional]] [[association football|footballer]] who rose to fame as a [[centre forward]] for [[England national football team|England]] and for [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] at the time of the development of the [[Football League]], and also became [[Watford F.C.|Watford's]] first manager in 1903. He also played cricket in the [[County Championship]] for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in 1895 and 1896, being one of 19 players to achieve the Derbyshire Double of playing cricket for Derbyshire and football for [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]. He was also a [[curling]] player of some repute.<ref name=Watbio />

==Family and early life==
He was a son of Richard, a soldier in the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers|Scottish Fusiliers]] from [[Fishcross]], near Alloa in Clackmannanshire.<ref>"Richard Goodale. Baptism: 11 July 1835, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland". ''Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929,'' via Find My Past. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref name=b1 /> His mother was Mary (maiden surname of Lees), and his parents were married on 31 December 1860 in [[Tarbolton]], Scotland.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT2L-C82 "Richard Goodall – Mary Lees 31 December 1860, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland".] ''Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910,'' via Family Search. Retrieved 7 October 2021.</ref> Mary Lees was a daughter of Achibald Lees and his wife Elizabeth. She was baptised at Tarbolton on 22 April 1838.<ref>"Surname: Lees. Forename: Mary. Parish Number: 619/ Ref: 30 134. Parish: Tarbolton". Old Parish Registers – Births and baptisms – Search results. Via ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 7 October 2021.</ref>

Goodall had a somewhat cosmopolitan background. He was born in London<ref name=birth /> and his parents' travels were diverse enough to leave him with a younger brother, [[Archie Goodall|Archie]], who was born in Belfast. John and Archie also had a sister named Elizabeth who was born in Edinburgh.<ref name="b1">[https://www.scotsfootballworldwide.scot/newpage4 "The 'CoodNaes': John & Archie".] Iain Campbell Whittle. Via Scots Football Worldwide.</ref><ref name=Athbio />

When he was young John Goodall would play in bare feet with a rubber ball along with his other friends. He later commented that this helped to develop his ball control skills from an early age, which benefitted him when he became a footballer.<ref name="Athbio">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19281105/002/0001 "To-day's Training Methods Are 'All Wrong.' 'Proud Preston' Would Give Any Present Team Six Goals Start". By John Goodall.] ''Athletic News,'' Monday 5 November 1928, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

John's father died when he was young, and by the time that the 1871 census was taken on 2 April, he was living in Kilmarnock in [[Ayrshire]], Scotland. He was in the home listed as aged 7, with his mother Mary, a widow aged 32. And siblings Archibald age 6, and Elizabeth age 4. The address was 13, Glencairn Square.<ref>"Surname: Goodall. Forename: John. Ref: 597/ 23/ 12. RD Name: Kilmarnock. County/City: Ayr". Census returns – 1871 Census – Search results. Via ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 7 October 2021.</ref><ref name=b2 />

When Goodall left school he became an iron turner and later worked at the Glenfield Works in Kilmarnock.<ref>"Gunpowder Accident". ''Irvine Times'', Friday 21 September 1883, p.8. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

His mother married Joseph Barnes in 1880 at Kilmarnock.<ref>"Joseph Barnes – Mary Goodall. Year: 1880. Ref: 597/ 166. RD Name: Kilmarnock (Ayr)". Statutory registers – Marriages – Search results. Via ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 7 October 2021.</ref>

==Club career==
===Early career===
Goodall played for Kilmarnock Burns,<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000962/18800529/016/0003 "Competition For Ornithological Association Badges. Burns v. 2nd Portland".] ''Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald,'' Saturday 29 May 1880, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> and then got into the second eleven team of Kilmarnock Athletic. He made his first team debut for Kilmarnock Athletic in September 1880 in a 3–1 victory over Mauchline, at Holm Quarry Park, Kilmarnock.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000451/18800923/100/0006 "Kilmarnock Athletic v. Mauchline".] ''Ayr Advertiser, or, West Country And Galloway Journal,'' Thursday 23 September 1880, p.6. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref name="bio">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001876/18920331/011/0001?browse=False "Ayrshire Notes On The International".] ''Scottish Referee,'' Thursday 31 March 1892, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He scored four goals in Kilmarnock Athletic's 7–1 win over Ayr on 17 September 1881 in a first round match of the [[1881–82 Scottish Cup]] played at Kilmarnock.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002656/18810924/030/0003?browse=False "Football. Kilmarnock Athletic v. Ayr".] ''Irvine Herald,'' Saturday 24 September 1881, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> In December 1881 he scored three goals for Ayrshire against Renfrewshire at Paisley, and his performance was reviewed very positively in the ''Athletic News''.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18811214/025/0005 "Scotch Football Notes".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 14 December 1881, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> On 28 January 1882, at Cliftonville in north Belfast, he played on the right wing for Ayrshire again, this time against a team composed of players representing the Belfast and district football association. Ayrshire won the game 12–0 and John Goodall scored a goal.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000434/18820130/105/0007?browse=False "Football. Belfast And District v. Ayrshire".] ''Northern Whig,'' Monday 30 January 1882, p.7. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> On 18 February 1882, Kilmarnock Athletic played in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup against [[Queen's Park F.C.]] at Hampden Park. Kilmarnock Athletic lost 3–2.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002664/18820225/047/0003?browse=False "Out-Door Sports. Football. Queen's Park v. Kilmarnock Athletic (Association Cup)".] ''Irvine Times,'' Saturday 25 February 1882, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> But John Goodall gave a very creditable performance.<ref name=bio />

On 17 March 1883 his team played a replayed semi-final of the [[1882–83 Scottish Cup]], but lost 2–0 at home against Vale of Leven.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18830321/033/0005 "Scotch Football Notes".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 21 March 1883, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref name=Athbio />

He represented Ayrshire again on 19 November 1883 at Kilmarnock in a match against a Lancashire representative team. Ayrshire won 6–3, and after the game Goodall was described in one review as being the best forward in the county.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18831121/013/0003 "Lancashire v. Ayrshire".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 21 November 1883, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18831121/028/0005 "Scotch Football Notes".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 21 November 1883, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

Having played for Kilmarnock Athletic, he later joined the [[Scotch Professors|Scotch Professor]] exodus south and ended up at [[Great Lever F.C.|Great Lever]].<ref name="Hayes 2006 96–97">{{cite book|last=Hayes|first=Dean|title=The Who's Who of Preston North End|year=2006|publisher=Breedon Books|isbn=1-85983-516-3|pages=96–97}}</ref> Kilmarnock Athletic played two matches in Lancashire in December 1883. The first was on 22 December 1883 against Great Lever, which resulted in a 3–1 win for Kilmarnock Athletic at the Great Lever ground in Bolton. Goodall scored one goal.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000206/18831224/002/0003?browse=False "Great Lever v. Kilmarnock Athletic".] ''Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,'' Monday 24 December 1883, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> They then played against Preston North End at Deepdale on 24 December 1883 and lost 4–1.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001667/18831226/039/0005?browse=true "Football. North End v. Kilmarnock Athletic".] ''Preston Herald,'' Wednesday 26 December 1883, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> This was the last game that John Goodall played for Kilmarnock Athletic. Along with Lucas, and Walkinshaw of Kilmarnock Athletic, John Goodall decided he did not want to return with his team back to Scotland and decided to stay in Lancashire joining the Great Lever Team because he could earn better wages in England.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/18840102/003/0001?browse=False "En Passant".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 2 January 1884, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

His first appearance for Great Lever took place on 29 December 1883 in a game against Halliwell.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/18840102/021/0005?browse=true "Association Football".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 2 January 1884, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> During the 1883–1884 season Great Lever played 45 matches. Of these, 35 were won, 8 were lost and 2 drawn. And with the help of John Goodall, the team became renowned for scoring lots of goals. They scored 180 goals and conceded 68.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18840507/014/0003 "Great Lever Football Club".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 7 May 1884, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

On 6 September 1884 at Great Lever in a 4–2 win for his team, he scored a goal against Blackburn Rovers.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000206/18840908/001/0003?browse=False "Football. Association. Great Lever v. Blackburn Rovers".] ''Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,'' Monday 8 September 1884, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> A week later he scored four goals at Great Lever in a 6–0 win over Derby County.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18840915/025/0007 "Derby County v. Great Lever".] ''Liverpool Mercury,'' Monday 15 September 1884, p.7. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> On 17 November 1884 at Preston, he made an appearance for Preston North End, his future club, and scored a goal in a 3–1 win against Burnley. Both teams had the assistance of players from outside their usual elevens on this day.<ref>"Preston North End v. Burnley". ''Athletic News'', Wednesday 19 November 1884, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> Goodall scored many goals for the Leverites, and by the end of 1884 was being described as the best forward in Lancashire.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/18841231/017/0004?browse=False "The Association Game".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 31 December 1884, p.4. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He struck four goals against Walsall Swifts on 31 January 1885 in a 7–0 win at the Great Lever ground in Bolton.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001055/18850202/070/0004?browse=False "Football In Lancashire. Great Lever v. Walsall Swifts".] ''The Sportsman,'' Monday 2 February 1885, p.4. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

His last match for Great Lever took place on 16 May 1885 at home against [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.]] and ended in a 1–1 draw. It came just a few days after the same team had defeated the Leverites 5–1 in the final of the Bolton Charity Cup.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18850519/017/0003 "Bolton Wanderers v. Great Lever".] ''Athletic News,'' Tuesday 19 May 1885, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

===Preston North End===
====1885–1888====
It was only by the sheer determination of representatives from Preston North End, that John Goodall agreed to play for them. He had been persuaded to join [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.]] He was at the club's headquarters when Ramsay, one of his teammates from Great Lever, came into the room and said he wanted to speak to him. When he got outside, there were two people from Preston North End. They bundled John Goodall into a cab, sent him to the nearest station and went to Preston via Blackburn. The Bolton representatives worked out what had happened but ended up going to the wrong station.<ref name=Athbio /> Goodall joined Preston North End in August 1885 at the beginning of the [[1885–86 in English football|1885–86]] season.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001667/18850805/092/0006?browse=False "Cricket, &c".] ''Athletic News,'' Wednesday 5 August 1885, p.6. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He claimed a goal in the first game of that season at Preston on 22 August 1885 in a 7–0 win over [[Wednesbury Old Athletic]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002310/18850824/004/0001?browse=False "Football. Preston North End v. Wednesbury Old Athletic. Preston, August 22".] ''The Referee,'' Monday 24 August 1885, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

On 17 August 1887, he scored nine goals in North End's 16–2 win in a friendly match away against [[Strathmore F.C. (Dundee)|Dundee Strathmore]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18870819/036/0004 "Football. Preston North End v. Strathmore (Dundee)".] ''Dundee Courier,'' Friday 19 August 1887, p.4. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> When North End beat [[Hyde United F.C.|Hyde United]] 26–0 on 15 October 1887, John Goodall only claimed the last goal.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18871017/003/0003 "Association. English Challenge Cup. First Round".] ''Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,'' Monday 17 October 1887, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> This may in part be due to the fact that he was playing at half-back in the game.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18871017/078/0004 "Football Association Challenge Cup. Preston North End v. Hyde".] ''Sporting Life,'' Monday 17 October 1887, p.4. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> That season, 1887–88 Preston North end reached the [[1888 FA Cup Final]]. It was played at [[Kennington Oval]] on 24 March 1888 against [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], John Goodall played centre–forward. North End lost 2–1.

====1888–89 season====
John Goodall made his League debut on 8 September 1888 as a forward for Preston North End against [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] at the [[Deepdale]] ground in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]. Preston won 5–2. John Goodall played in 21 of Preston' 22 League Championship matches. As a forward he played in a front–line that scored three or more goals on 13 separate occasions. John Goodall scored 20 League goals in 1888–1889. His debut League goal was scored on 15 September 1888 at [[Dudley Road]], the then home of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]. Preston North End won 4–0. His 20 goals included two hat–tricks. The first was scored on 27 October 1888 at Deepdale, the visitors were Wolverhampton Wanderers. Goodall scored Preston' first, third and fourth in a 5–2 win. The second was scored on 3 November 1888 at [[Trent Bridge]], the then home of [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. Goodall scored Preston' first, third and seventh goals in a 7–0 win over the home team. John Goodall scored two–goals–in–a–match on four occasions. Two against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] on 8 December 1888 in a 5–0 win at Deepdale; two against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] on 22 December 1888 in a 3–0 win at Deepdale; two against West Bromwich Albion on 26 December 1888 in a 5–0 win at [[Stoney Lane]], the then home of West Bromwich Albion and two against Notts County on 5 January 1889 in a 4–1 win at Deepdale. 20 goals in a League Season was [[the Football League]] record as that was the first season of League football. John Goodall played in all five [[FA Cup]] ties in season 1888–89. He played in the Final at Kennington Oval on 30 March 1889 at centre–forward. His team defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0. He scored two goals in the earlier rounds making it 22 for the season.<ref>{{cite web | title= English National Football Archive| url=http://www.enfa.co.uk//| access-date=2018-03-18}} (registration & fee required)</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Metcalf|first=Mark|title=The Origins of the Football League The First Season 1888/89|year=2013|publisher=Amberley|isbn=978-1-4456-1881-4|pages=67–68/74–75}}</ref>

At Preston, Goodall had assumed the responsibility of organising the attack and carried the side's development a stage further by instigating many ploys that would never have otherwise become part of the team's repertoire. By the time of his departure to Derby County, he had achieved all he could hope to do at Deepdale. Goodall made 56 first–team appearance for Preston North End, 21 in the League and he scored 56 goals for the club, 20 in the League.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hayes|first=Dean|title=The Who's Who of Preston North End|year=2006|publisher=Breedon Books|isbn=1-85983-516-3|page=97}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Spartacus Educational| url=http://spartacus-educational.com/PRESTONgoodall.htm| access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>

===Derby County===
Goodall left [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] for Derby County in 1889 at the height of his fame. His brother [[Archie Goodall|Archie]] a centre-half, played alongside John at Derby County.

It was at Derby County where the older Goodall became a mentor to [[Stephen Bloomer]], the best goal scorer of that generation, from the start of the [[1892–93 in English football|1892–93 season]]. Bloomer credited Goodall with his early development.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000327/19040910/011/0002?browse=False "How To Get Goals. By Steve Bloomer"] ''Derby Daily Telegraph,'' Saturday 10 September 1904, p.2. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> And partly as a result of this combination, the 'Rams' came strongly to the fore but were never quite able to convert their talents into silverware finishing third in the League twice, runners-up once (in 1895), [[FA Cup]] semi-finalists twice, and runners-up once (in [[FA Cup Final 1898|1898]]).

He played his last game for Derby County on 8 April 1899 in a 4–0 league defeat away at Liverpool.<ref>[https://www.11v11.com/matches/liverpool-v-derby-county-08-april-1899-54714/ "Liverpool v Derby County, 08 April 1899".] Via 11v11.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.</ref> It was commented in the ''Derby Daily Telegraph'' that he could not keep pace with such fast men in the Liverpool team as [[Alex Raisbeck]] and others.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000327/18990412/004/0002?browse=False "Notes On Out-Door Sports".] Derby Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 12 April 1899, p.2. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

Goodall did not feature in the [[1899 FA Cup Final]] as he was by now fading as a first-time fixture at the [[Baseball Ground]].

In October 1899 he was taken on by [[New Brighton Tower F.C.|New Brighton Tower]], a club based in the Wirral, that pursued an expensive policy of buying ex-internationals in order to strengthen their League status. However, he only played six games with this team.<ref name=b2 />

===Glossop===

On 30 January 1901, John Goodall signed for [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] in Derbyshire, who were in the Second Division. He was a player-manager of the team and moved to the village in the following month.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001348/19010201/086/0006?browse=False "Jonny Goodall Secured By Glossop".] ''Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter,'' Friday 1 Feb 1901, p.6. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He made his debut playing outside left for the team in a match at home against [[Port Vale F.C.|Burslem Port Vale]], on Saturday 8 February 1901. The match had been postponed from the previous Saturday on account of that day being the funeral of [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001348/19010215/066/0006 "Football. English League. – Division II. Glossop v, Burslem Port Vale".] ''Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter,'' Friday 15 Feb 1901, p.6. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

===Watford: Player/manager===
John Goodall moved with his wife to Hertfordshire in 1903 where he took up a position as the first player/manager of [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]].

A reporter for the ''Watford Observer''visited Goodall in May 1903, as he prepared for the new season and, in part, wrote this:
 
{{cquote|Asked as to the prospects in Watford, the new manager saw no reason why Watford, with its good central position and great railway facilities, should not be able to turn out a team to occupy a respectable position on the Southern League ladder. 
 
The moment we got away from the subject of Watford you could hear the rumbling of curling stones, the swish of cricket balls, the rippling of waters "willow-wooed," and the swipes of drivers in the royal and ancient game of "gowf".
Of Goodall's fishing one need say no more than that he is an angler.

But John's achievements in the roaring game cannot be passed over. While at Preston he was the champion curler, and once when playing against the best of Scotia's curlers in the championship of Great Britain at Southport, he ran out second.

With reference to the game of golf, Goodall knows all about long drives and good approaches, bunkers, and other hazards; the secret of keeping your eye on the ball is his, and the language thereof! Pigeon shooting also claimed his attention.
 
The gentler game of bowling has attracted him of a summer's evening and he can put a bowl to lie dead on the jack when required. In the cricket field he has kept wicket for Derby County against Yorkshire and Warwickshire.

In the new manager, Watford have a man who can be relied upon at all times to give a good account of himself in any position, but more particularly in the van.}}<ref name="Watbio">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000616/19030516/196/0011 "Watford Football. Career Of John Goodall. The Player-Manager's Athletic Prowess".] ''Watford Observer,'' Saturday 16 May 1903, p.11. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref>[https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6349000.athletic-prowess-of-clubs-first-ever-manager/ "Athletic prowess of club's first-ever manager".] ''News Shopper,'' 26 March 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2021.</ref>

He made an immediate impact at Watford. The club broke various records in winning Division Two of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] in [[1903–04 in English football|1903–04]]. They went through the campaign undefeated, recording the highest [[FA Cup]] victory in the club's history (6–0 versus [[Redhill F.C.|Redhill]] 31 October 1903) and having both the highest season ([[Bertie Banks]]) (21 goals) and single game goal scorer in the club's history ([[Harry Barton (footballer)|Harry Barton]] (6 goals v. [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] 26 September 1903).

During the 1904–1905 season John Goodall was top scorer for Watford, getting 18 goals from the 42 games that he played for them. Watford played a total of 53 games in that season. He was captain of the team and developed younger players such as [[George Badenoch]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19050501/055/0003 "Watford. A Wonderful Veteran".] ''Athletic News,'' Monday 1 May 1905, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

Goodall played his last football game for Watford on 14 September 1907 at the age of 44 years, 87 days in a Southern League game against [[Bradford Park Avenue F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]], becoming the oldest person ever to have played for Watford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watfordfc.com/page/History/0,,10400~65910,00.html |title=Watford F.C. club records |publisher=Watford F.C. |access-date=27 October 2009 |date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722132803/http://www.watfordfc.com/page/History/0%2C%2C10400~65910%2C00.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref>

==International career==
John Goodall qualified to play for [[England national football team|England]] even though both of his parents were born in Scotland, and he was brought up there from a young age. The reason for this was because at the time he played international football, a rule existed which stipulated that a player was only eligible to play for the country in which he was born. His brother [[Archie Goodall]] was born in Belfast, and for this reason it qualified Archie to play for [[Ireland national football team (1882-1950)|Ireland]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19110130/004/0001 "International Birthright".] ''Athletic News,'' Monday 30 January 1911, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He made his debut on 4 February 1888 in a match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]]. The match was played at the Alexandra ground in Crewe,<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001272/18880211/111/0008 "Sports And Pastimes".] ''Monmouthshire Beacon,'' Saturday 11 February 1888, p.8. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> and England won 5–1. John Goodall scored on his debut. His second international appearance was on 17 March 1888 at [[Hampden Park]] against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]. England won 5–0 and John Goodall scored the fourth goal.<ref name="Hayes 2006 96–97"/><ref>[https://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=33 "Match No. 33 – Saturday, 17th March 1888: Scotland 0 – 5 England".] Via englandstats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2021.</ref>
On 23 February 1889 at [[Victoria Ground]] Goodall scored in a 4–1 victory over Wales. Then on 13 April 1889 he played for England against Scotland but ended on the losing side. Scotland winning 3–2 at Kennington Oval.<ref name="b2"/>

In all, Goodall was capped six times versus Wales, seven times against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], and once against [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]], scoring 12 goals.<ref name="Engstats">{{England Football Online|ref=y|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> He saw his last international in 1898 having appeared at inside right, centre forward, and inside left during his time as an England player.<ref name=Watbio />

==Career statistics==
===Manager===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
|align=left|May 1903
|align=left|May 1910
{{WDL|253|91|64|98}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|144|61|33|50}}
|}

==Cricket==
John Goodall played first-class cricket twice for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]. In the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1895|1895 season]] he made his debut in a match against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] in June when he scored a healthy 32 in his second innings to help Derbyshire to victory. In the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896|1896 season]] he kept wicket against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in July, taking one catch in another victory for Derbyshire.<ref name="John Goodall at Cricket Archive">[https://cricketarchive.com/Derbyshire/Players/29/29688/29688.html John Goodall at Cricket Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105093316/http://cricketarchive.com/Derbyshire/Players/29/29688/29688.html |date=5 November 2013 }}</ref> During his time at Glossop, he played for the cricket team at times in the 1900–1901 season in the Central Lancashire League.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19010909/002/0001 "En Passant".] ''Athletic News,'' Monday 9 September 1901, p.1. Via British Newspaper Archive.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

While at Watford he played five cricket matches for [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club]] in 1905 and 1906.<ref name="John Goodall at Cricket Archive"/>

==Personal life==
He married Sarah Rawcliffe on 4 January 1887 at All Saints Church, Preston. At this stage, he was still working as an iron turner.<ref name="b2">{{England Football Online|ref=y}}</ref> Sarah was born in [[Poulton-le-Fylde]], near Blackpool.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSV9-J7M "Sarah Goodall in household of John Goodall, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom".] Via ''England and Wales Census, 1901,'' database Family Search. Retrieved 7 October 2021.</ref>

==Later years==
He left Watford in May 1910.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002490/19100513/018/0002?browse=False "Sport Notes".] ''Buckinghamshire Examiner,'' Friday 13 May 1910, p.2. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> In the next month he was appointed as the Coach of [[RC Roubaix]] for the 1910–11 season.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000893/19100618/125/0008?browse=False "Football".] ''Sporting Life,'' Saturday 18 June 1910, p.8. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> In May 1912 he was appointed as manager of [[Mardy A.F.C.|Mardy]].<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000563/19120517/102/0005?browse=False "The Latest Football Transfers".] ''Dundee Evening Telegraph,'' Friday 17 May 1912, p.5. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> John played for Mardy away at Swansea Town on 18 January 1913. This was his last ever appearance as a player.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/19130120/075/0006?browse=False "Southern League--Div. II. John Goodall Redivivus".]''Athletic News,'' Monday 20 January 1913, p.6. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> By the end of that season however, Mardy were unable to keep Goodall. The Mardy ground was one of the worst in Wales, they had not played well that season and needed a new ground.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003212/19130424/202/0010?browse=False "Soccer Room. John Goodall And Mardy".] ''Daily News And Leader,'' Thursday 24 April 1913, p.10. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

He became the groundsman of West Herts Sports Club at the Cassio Road enclosure in Watford.<ref name=Athbio /> While at this post in 1927 he became ill and was sent to St. George's Hospital, in London.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19270110/167/0016 "John Goodall's Illness".] ''Athletic News,'' Monday 10 January 1927, p.16. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref> He recovered and in November 1928 gave an interview to the ''Athletic News,'' giving some details about his life and playing career and opinions on training methods in football.<ref name=Athbio />

On 29 September 1939, he was living at 20, Longspring, Watford. He was a retired cricket groundsman.<ref name=Genreg />

==Death==

He died in [[Watford]] on 20 May 1942. The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' detailed his qualities as a footballer in an obituary:

{{cquote|He can be described, I think, as the finest centre forward in history, although he played in a number of his international matches as inside right, and his qualities as a schemer, a subtle finisher, and a scrupulously gentlemanly player are universally acknowledged.}}<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19420523/093/0003 "Sports Causerie. By 'Perseus'. John Goodall Goes".] ''Lancashire Evening Post,'' Saturday 23 May 1942, p.3. Via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

John Goodall was buried at Vicarage Road Cemetery, at first in an unmarked grave but in May 2018, Watford FC provided a headstone adorned with the club crest and text recording Goodall's many sporting achievements.<ref>[https://hornetheaven.com/john-goodalls-gravestone/ Hornet Heaven (no date), John Goodall's Gravestone]</ref>

==Goalscoring record in Football League==
Club appearances and goals by season<ref>{{Cite web |title=1888-89 Season Final Football Tables |url=http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/stats/Report/goal/g1888-89.html |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DT92 ~ John Goodall |url=http://www.doingthe92.com/display_player.asp?step=80&ID=28&pid=55789&ptag=John%20Goodall |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=www.doingthe92.com}}</ref>
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|-
! width="160" |Season
! width="45" |Rank
! width="150" |Club
! width="150" |Division
! width="70" |Goals
! width="50" |Matches 
! width="100" |Goals Ratio
! width="150" |League position
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| align="center" |1888–89|| align="center" |1st||[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |20|| align="center" |21|| align="center" |0.95||Champions
|-
| align="center" |1889–90|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |5|| align="center" |15|| align="center" |0.33||7th
|-
| align="center" |1890–91|| align="center" |8th||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |13|| align="center" |20|| align="center" |0.65||11th
|-
| align="center" |1891–92|| align="center" |11th||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |15|| align="center" |22|| align="center" |0.68||10th
|-
| align="center" |1892–93|| align="center" |12th||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |13|| align="center" |25|| align="center" |0.50||13th
|-
| align="center" |1893–94|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |12|| align="center" |29|| align="center" |0.41||3rd
|-
| align="center" |1894–95|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |19|| align="center" |0.21||15th
|-
| align="center" |1895–96|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |1|| align="center" |25|| align="center" |0.04||2nd
|-
| align="center" |1896–97|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |3|| align="center" |23|| align="center" |0.13||3rd
|-
| align="center" |1897–98|| align="center" |23rd||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |9|| align="center" |19|| align="center" |0.41||10th
|-
| align="center" |1898–99|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |1|| align="center" |14|| align="center" |0.07||9th
|-
| align="center" |1899–1900|| align="center" |?||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?||6th
|-
| align="center" |1899–1900|| align="center" |?||[[New Brighton Tower F.C.|New Brighton Tower]]||[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]|| align="center" |2|| align="center" |6|| align="center" |0.33||4th
|-
| align="center" |1900-01
| align="center" |?
|[[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop North End]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
| align="center" |?
| align="center" |?
| align="center" |?
|5th
|-
| align="center" |1901–02|| align="center" |?||[[Glossop North End F.C.|Glossop North End]]||[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?||8th
|-
| align="center" |1902–03|| align="center" |?||[[Glossop North End F.C.|Glossop North End]]||[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?|| align="center" |?||11th
|}

==See also==
*[[List of English cricket and football players]]

==References==
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'''General'''
*The Golden Boys: A Study of Watford's Cult Heroes By Oliver Phillips, Watford FC Books.

==External links==
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