Joe Payne (footballer)

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playername = Joe Payne


fullname = Joseph Payne
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dateofbirth = birth date|1914|1|17|df=y
dateofdeath = birth date|1975|4|22|df=y
cityofbirth = Brimington Common, Chesterfield
countryofbirth = England
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position = Centre forward
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years = 1934-1938 1938-1945
1946
clubs = Biggleswade Town Luton Town
Chelsea
West Ham United
caps(goals) = 72 (83)
36 (21)
10 0(6)
nationalyears = 1937
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(2)
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Joseph Payne (17 January 1914 – 22 April 1975) was an English international football player.

Playing career

Payne, born in Brimington Common near Chesterfield, England, was spotted playing as a centre forward for Bolsover Colliery and signed by Luton Town where he was assigned to the Luton farm team, Biggleswade Town, as a wing half. Due to injuries to other team members Payne was played at centre forward for Luton Town on Easter Monday 1936 in a match against Bristol Rovers and scored 10 goals in that game, an English record to this day. The following season he scored a record 55 goals as the Hatters won the Division 3 (South) championship. In 1937 he made his only appearance for England scoring two goals in the 8-0 victory over Finland. A year later he was bought by Chelsea for a large fee but his career was then interrupted by the second world war.

Payne was also a fine cricketer playing for Luton Town Cricket Club and representing Bedfordshire.

A plaque commemorating Payne, who died on 22 April 1975, aged 61, is affixed to the outside of the Miner's Arms public house in Brimington Common, Derbyshire, adjacent the site of the house, now demolished, where he used to live. Payne was often referred to as ‘Ten Goal Payne’, due to his record-breaking feat of scoring 10 goals in one game (see above). A full account of this can be found in the article [http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Payne%2C_Joe_-_Ten_Goal_Payne 'Payne, Joe: Ten Goal Payne by Peter Seddon]

References

*englandstats|id=739|name=Joe Payne

External links

* [http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Payne%2C_Joe_-_Brimington_Footballer_Played_For_England 'Brimington Footballer Played For England']