Goldie was born in
Dalry, Ayrshire, where his father was a miner. He later moved to the
Riccarton area of
Kilmarnock where he played football for Hurlford Thistle, when he was not working as a bonded storeman. In 1895 he was playing for
St Mirren and had been selected for the
Scottish League XI when he was spotted by
Everton, spending two seasons on
Merseyside. He subsequently transferred to
Celtic where he spent 18 months, winning the
Scottish Football League title in
1897–98 but falling out of favour in the next campaign after two heavy losses to
Rangers (1–4 and 0–4) confirmed they would be unable to repeat the achievement. He then had spells at
Dundee,
Barry Town,
Millwall and
New Brompton. During his married life he had four sons and four daughters. His sons Hugh and John both became professional footballers. He died in September 1935 in Kilmarnock. Although from the same district, his family is not closely related to the Goldie brothers (
Archie and
Bill) who played for
Liverpool in the same era. ==References==