Jimmy Maidment

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.^[4][5] His father died in a mining accident while working at Hylton Colliery during the First World War.^[6][7]

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,^[8] on the recommendation of his uncle, Billy Charlton, who was already on the club's books.^[1][9][10] 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.^[3][11][12] 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.^[13] The 1939 Register finds him living in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and working as a dairyman.^[14] He died in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, in 1977 at the age of 75.^[3][15]