Before the start of the Olympic tournament, he was signed by Southampton of the Football League Second Division on amateur terms in July 1960.
[6] Although Lindsay had signed with Southampton in the summer of 1960, his teaching training commitments prevented him from playing for any of the "Saints" teams on a regular basis; furthermore, on most Saturdays he was required to turn out for Kingstonian.
Although manager Ted Bates tried his hardest to persuade him to sign as a professional, he preferred to concentrate on his profession as a teacher.
[3] Lindsay had made one appearance for the reserves in March 1961, when he scored against Norwich City, before Bates called him into the first team in place of the injured Tommy Mulgrew for a match against Leyton Orient on 3 April.
In this match, Bates' tactics were rather unusual, playing winger Terry Paine at centre-forward; as a result the Saints' forward line looked "rather bewildered"[7] and they were lucky to gain a 1–1 draw (with the equaliser coming from a "fluky" free-kick from Tommy Traynor), although match reports show that Lindsay had the "best shot" of the game.