In the next month he was appointed as the Coach of RC Roubaix for the 1910–11 season. In May 1912 he was appointed as manager of Mardy. John played for Mardy away at Swansea Town on 18 January 1913. This was his last ever appearance as a player. By the end of that season however, Mardy were unable to keep Goodall. The Mardy ground was one of the worst in Wales, they had not played well that season and needed a new ground. He became the groundsman of West Herts Sports Club at the Cassio Road enclosure in Watford. While at this post in 1927 he became ill and was sent to St. George's Hospital, in London. He recovered and in November 1928 gave an interview to the Athletic News, giving some details about his life and playing career and opinions on training methods in football. On 29 September 1939, he was living at 20, Longspring, Watford. He was a retired cricket groundsman. Death He died in Watford on 20 May 1942. The Lancashire Evening Post detailed his qualities as a footballer in an obituary: John Goodall was buried at Vicarage Road Cemetery, at first in an unmarked grave but in May 2018, Watford FC provided a headstone adorned with the club crest and text recording Goodall's many sporting achievements. Goalscoring record in Football League Club appearances and goals by season See also List of English cricket and football players External links References The Golden Boys: A Study of Watford's Cult Heroes By Oliver Phillips, Watford FC Books. 1863 births Footballers from Westminster Cricketers from Greater London 1942 deaths English footballers England international footballers Association football forwards Great Lever F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players New Brighton Tower F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Watford F.C. players RC Roubaix players Mardy A.F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players First Division/Premier League top scorers English Football League representative players English football managers Watford F.C. managers English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Anglo-Scots Footballers from Kilmarnock FA Cup Final players English baseball players