| Jimmy Maidment | |
| Fullname: | James Henry Charlton Maidment |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Southwick, England |
| Death Place: | Rushcliffe, England |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| 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 |
| 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.[1]
Maidment was born in 1901[2] 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.[3] [4] His father died in a mining accident while working at Hylton Colliery during the First World War.[5] [6]
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.[2] After one season, during which he played infrequently, he moved on to Newport County,[7] on the recommendation of his uncle, Billy Charlton, who was already on the club's books.[1] [8] [9] 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.[1] 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.[10] [11] He spent two seasons in the Second Division with Notts County before finishing his career back in the third tier with Accrington Stanley.[1]
He married Georgina Upton in 1924.[12] The 1939 Register finds him living in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and working as a dairyman.[13] He died in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, in 1977 at the age of 75.[14] [15]