In his first season in the club's reserve team, Lindsay scored 24 goals in 16 games, and he was fast tracked to the first team at the end of season 1976-77 by manager Willie McLean.

During three seasons at the club, he made 41 league appearances in the Premier Division,[2] and was capped once for the Scotland Under-21 team against the USA in September 1978.

Interim manager in 2005, where he introduced a few of the club's youth players to the team, and after being appointed manager of Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in June 2011, continued as Raith Rovers Academy Director until March 2012.

[3][4] In May 2013 Lindsay was appointed Technical Director, and assistant coach of Kercem Ajax FC in Gozo and in June 2014 he signed a contract to coach at Luxol Sports Club in Malta.

[5] Lindsay re-entered the Scottish Junior game as assistant to newly installed Arthurlie manager Chris Mackie in December 2016, and succeeded him in an interim role following Mackies resignation in October 2017.