He was later taken on by Dolmetsch as an assistant. In 1928, a music scholarship from Dolmetsch went to Elizabeth Brown, of Liverpool, who was to become Goble's wife in 1930; he survived her by 10 years.
Goble worked under the tutelage of Dolmetsch initially. Later on, a scholarship for music was awarded to Elizabeth Brown from Dolmetsch, who would eventually marry Goble in 1930; he outlived her by about 10 years.