At club level he played with Macroom and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.
Goold first played Gaelic football with the Macroom minor team that won the Cork MFC title in 1948.
[2] Goold later lined out at senior level with Macroom and captained the team to the Cork SFC in 1958 before winning a second title in 1962.
He enjoyed further inter-county success throughout the 1956-57 seasons, winning a second National League title and consecutive Munster SFC medals.
[5] The ultimate success eluded Goold as Cork suffered back-to-back All-Ireland final defeats by Galway in 1956 and Louth in 1957.