[1] He began his career with Manchester United but never played for the first team, and spent many years in non-league football.
[4] He made only 15 league appearances in a three-and-a-half-year stay before Brian Clough paid a £20,000 fee in December 1973 to strengthen a struggling Brighton & Hove Albion team.
He did not impress, and left for another Third Division club, Watford, for £10,000,[5] where he found regular first-team football.
He was ever-present in all competitions in the 1974–75 season, which finished with relegation, and extended the run to 69 consecutive matches before a groin injury put an end to his career in the Football League.
[3] After making a return to the game with Wootton Blue Cross on a non-contract basis, Goodeve began five years with Southern League club Bedford Town.