{{Short description|English footballer (1901–1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use British English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jimmy Maidment | image = | caption = | fullname = James Henry Charlton Maidment<ref name=ENFA/> | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|9|28|df=y}}<ref name=Joyce/> | birth_place = Southwick, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|2|12|1901|9|28|df=y}}<ref name=LCFCarchive/> | death_place = Rushcliffe, England | height = | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = |clubs1 = Robert Thompson's | years2 = 1923–1924 |clubs2 = Southend United | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1924–1930 |clubs3 = Newport County | caps3 = 220 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1930–1931 |clubs4 = Lincoln City | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1931–1933 |clubs5 = Notts County | caps5 = 44 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1933–1934 |clubs6 = Accrington Stanley | caps6 = 37 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 355 | totalgoals = 3 }} '''James Henry Charlton Maidment''' (28 September 1901 – 12 February 1977) was an English footballer who made 355 appearances in the Football League playing for Southend United, Newport County, Lincoln City, Notts County and Accrington Stanley. He played as a goalkeeper.<ref name=ENFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php |title=Maidment, JHC (Jimmy) |website=English National Football Archive |accessdate=30 June 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Life and career== Maidment was born in 1901<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=175 |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref> in Southwick, County Durham, the eldest son of Charles Kirtley Maidment, a labourer in a glassworks, and his wife, Amelia ''née'' Charlton. At the time of the 1911 Census, Maidment had two younger brothers living; the younger of the two, Tom, also became a professional footballer.<ref name=1911Census>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_30235_0375_03?pid=35219490 |title=James Maidment |work=Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 |at=RG14/30235 |via=Ancestry Library Edition |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://search.ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9852&h=37012406&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8913 |title=Charles Maidment |work=England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 |via=Ancestry Library Edition |url-access=subscription |accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref> His father died in a mining accident while working at Hylton Colliery during the First World War.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/h013.htm |title=Hylton Colliery |publisher=Durham Mining Museum |accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pit shaft fatality. Evidence at a Southwick inquest |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |date=8 June 1916 |page=6}}</ref>
Maidment began his football career with Robert Thompson's works team before moving south to join Football League Third Division South club Southend United in 1923.<ref name=Joyce/> After one season, during which he played infrequently, he moved on to Newport County,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=82 |title=Jimmy Maidment 1923–1924 |website=sufcdb.co.uk |publisher=Robin Michel |accessdate=26 November 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221652/http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=82 |archivedate=2 December 2013}}</ref> on the recommendation of his uncle, Billy Charlton, who was already on the club's books.<ref name=ENFA/><ref name=NCAFCprog>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newport-county.co.uk/prog/_eprog/201314/accringtoneprog.pdf |magazine=County: Official matchday programme 2013–14 |first1=Phil |last1=Tanner |first2=Richard |last2=Taylor |title=Welcome to Rodney Parade... Accrington Stanley |page=77 |date=3 August 2013 |publisher=Newport County A.F.C. }}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Satisfied |newspaper=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=13 September 1924 |page=4}}</ref> Over the next six years, he played 220 League matches, missing only two league matches over his first three seasons and, unusually for a goalkeeper, scored three goals, all from the penalty spot.<ref name=ENFA/> He then spent the 1930–31 season with Lincoln City as their regular goalkeeper, playing alongside his younger brother Tom as Lincoln finished as runners-up in the Third Division North.<ref name=LCFCarchive/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=maid01 |title=Tom Maidment |website=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222215/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=maid01 |archivedate=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/LINCOLNC.HTM |title=Lincoln City |website=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> He spent two seasons in the Second Division with Notts County before finishing his career back in the third tier with Accrington Stanley.<ref name=ENFA/>
He married Georgina Upton in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ5-688N |title=James H C Maidment |work=England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005 |via=FamilySearch.org |url-access=registration |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref> The 1939 Register finds him living in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and working as a dairyman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk/interactive/61596/tna_r39_6244_6244e_006?pid=37710559 |title=James Maidment |work=1939 Register |at=RG101/6244E RNSL |via=Ancestry Library Edition |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He died in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, in 1977 at the age of 75.<ref name=LCFCarchive>{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=maid02 |title=Jim Maidment |website=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |accessdate=26 November 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085610/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=maid02 |archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCP-DX5G |title=James Henry C Maidment |work=England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007 |via=FamilySearch.org |url-access=registration |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maidment, Jimmy}} Category:1901 births Category:1977 deaths Category:Footballers from Sunderland Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Southend United F.C. players Category:Newport County A.F.C. players Category:Lincoln City F.C. players Category:Notts County F.C. players Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen