He plays Gaelic football with his local club Macroom and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2005.
Goold lined out in a second consecutive county final in that grade in 2007, however, on this occasion Castlehaven defeated Macroom.
[citation needed] Goold first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in the early 2000s.
He made it three Munster titles in-a-row in 2007; however, on this occasion Goold later added an All-Ireland medal to his collection.
Kerry subsequently trounced their greatest rivals by 1–19 to 0–9 in the All-Ireland semi-final; however, Goold played no part in this game.
James Masters proved the hero of the day, as he scored 1-7 and Goold came on as a substitute to win his first Munster title.
In a similar pattern to the previous year Cork failed to beat Kerry at Croke Park.