Jack Goldie

John Wyllie Goldie (10 October 1889 – 26 February 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half or right half.[1][2]

Jack Goldie
Personal information
Full name John Wyllie Goldie
Date of birth 10 October 1889
Place of birth Hurlford, Scotland
Date of death 26 February 1958(1958-02-26) (aged 68)
Place of death Middlesex, England
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Hurlford Thistle
1908–1911 Fulham  31 (0)
1911–1912 Glossop  
1912–1920 Bury  
1916–1917 → Kilmarnock (loan)  69 (2)
1919 → Kilmarnock (loan)  11 (0)
1920–1923 Kilmarnock  92 (3)
1922 → Clyde (loan)  0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He began his career with junior club Hurlford Thistle before moving to England with Fulham of the Football League Second Division,[3] where he briefly played alongside older brother Bill (another brother, Archie, was also a professional). A move to Glossop in 1911 led to move playing time, and he soon moved on to Bury. During World War I, when official English competitions were halted but the Scottish Football League continued, Goldie was loaned to Kilmarnock.[4] At that time there were also two other locally-born players named Goldie at Killie, Alex and George, who were brothers but not closely related to Jack's family.[lower-alpha 1]

He returned to Bury when the English league restarted in 1919–20, then signed for Kilmarnock on a permanent basis.[4] In 1922 he was loaned to Clyde purely to play in the Glasgow Cup final.[5] His career was brought to an end in 1923 (although he was already 33 by that stage) when he was implicated in a match fixing scandal from three years earlier when it was found Bury had accepted payments from Coventry City to prevent the latter's relegation, and Goldie was banned for life along with several others.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. The 'John Litster files' list 11 appearances made in the 1918–19 season as having been made by winger George Goldie,[1] but the FitbaStats website attributes these to Jack,[4] and its itemised match reports indicate the relevant player was deployed at centre half.
  1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Goldie Jock Image 1 Fulham 1910, Vintage Footballers
  3. John Goldie - Player Profile, Fulhamweb
  4. (Kilmarnock player) Goldie, John, FitbaStats
  5. Football. | Glasgow Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 5 October 1922
  6. Blast From The Remote Past: On This Day 1920: CCFC Survive In What Became ‘The Bury Affair’, Coventry City Former Players' Association, 1 May 2019
  7. Coventry Match-Fixing Scandal Relegates Imps, The Stacey West, 17 November 2017
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