# Jimmy Maidment

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{{Short description|English footballer (1901–1977)}}
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{{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](/source/Southwick%2C_Sunderland), England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1977|2|12|1901|9|28|df=y}}<ref name=LCFCarchive/>
| death_place = [Rushcliffe](/source/Borough_of_Rushcliffe), England
| height      = 
| position    = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| years1      =           |clubs1 = Robert Thompson's
| years2      = 1923–1924 |clubs2 = [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.)              | caps2 = 13  | goals2 = 0
| years3      = 1924–1930 |clubs3 = [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.)              | caps3 = 220 | goals3 = 3
| years4      = 1930–1931 |clubs4 = [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.)                    | caps4 = 41  | goals4 = 0
| years5      = 1931–1933 |clubs5 = [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.)                    | caps5 = 44  | goals5 = 0
| years6      = 1933–1934 |clubs6 = [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)) | caps6 = 37  | goals6 = 0
| totalcaps   = 355 | totalgoals = 3
}}
'''James Henry Charlton Maidment''' (28 September 1901 – 12 February 1977) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who made 355 appearances in the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) playing for [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.), [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.), [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.), [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) and [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)). He played as a [goalkeeper](/source/goalkeeper_(association_football)).<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](/source/Southwick%2C_Sunderland), [County Durham](/source/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](/source/1911_Census), Maidment had two younger brothers living; the younger of the two, [Tom](/source/Tom_Maidment), 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](/source/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](/source/J.L._Thompson_and_Sons) works team before moving south to join [Football League Third Division South](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_South) club [Southend United](/source/Southend_United) in 1923.<ref name=Joyce/> After one season, during which he played infrequently, he moved on to [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.),<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](/source/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](/source/Penalty_kick_(association_football)).<ref name=ENFA/> He then spent the 1930–31 season with [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) as their regular goalkeeper, playing alongside his younger brother Tom as Lincoln [finished as runners-up](/source/1930%E2%80%9331_Football_League) in the [Third Division North](/source/Football_League_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](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) with [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) before finishing his career back in the third tier with [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)).<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](/source/1939_Register) finds him living in [West Bridgford](/source/West_Bridgford), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), and working as a [dairyman](/source/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](/source/Borough_of_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>

==References==
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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

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