"Jack Palethorpe collection"
A club record haul in 1929/30 season of 65 goals in
just 39 matches sets Jack Palethorpe aside
from any other Maidenhead United player. Although he played just 44 times
for the club, his goalscoring spree is a club record
that will probably never be surpassed.
Palethorpe was born in Leicester but spent most of his life in
Maidenhead. His footballing career began at the age of 17 with Furze
Platt whilst working as a fitter at the local gas works. He joined the
Magpies at the start of 1927/28 season, and was a prolific scorer for the
Reserve team – he progressed to the 1st team towards the end of that
season and made five appearances scoring three times.
In 1929/30 season he scored in thirty of the 39
matches he played and his total of 65 goals included three hat-tricks, one four
goal haul, one five goal haul and a post-Great War 1st team
individual record of goals in one game when scoring seven against Wood Green
Town on 24th April 1930. His efforts were rewarded with a
County Cup winner’s medal that season but his antics had alerted many senior
clubs and he signed for Reading in 1930.
He then moved to Stoke City – where he played with Sir
Stanley Matthews – then onto Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday with
whom he won a FA Cup winners medal in 1935 scoring after just two minutes of
the Owls 4-2 victory against West Bromwich Albion.
After the Second World War, Jack worked as a Cabinet
Inspector for Dynatron Radio at Furze Platt and lived locally in Sunderland
Road and passed away on June 6th 1984 aged 74.
1st team playing record: Appearances 44,
Goals 68
at Stoke City, 1932-33 season
Stoke City celebration dinner. May
1933
-Stoke City celebration dinner. May
1933
at Sheffield Wednesday, 1934-35
season
Telegram from Maidenhead United
FA Cup final 1935 v West Bromwich
Albion
Introduced to the Prince of Wales
Jack Palethorpe
with his FA Cup final shirt
The actual shirt he wore in the 1935
final
The Club Crest on the shirt
The FA Cup winners medal
The FA Cup winners medal
The FA Cup winners medal
1935 FA Cup final Blazer Badge
1935 FA Cup final enamel badge
Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup winners,
1934-35
1935 FA Cup final Sheffield Wednesday
souvenir mug
1935 FA Cup final Sheffield Wednesday
souvenir mug
Supporters Club Cup Final Souvenir
1966 Sheffield Wednesday Cup Final
tie
1966 Sheffield Wednesday Cup Final
Itinerary
Official passes for Mr & Mrs Jack Palethorpe
Jack Palethorpe
Football Card
Jack Palethorpe
Football Card
Jack Palethorpe
Football Card
Jack Palethorpe
Football Card
Former Maidenhead United Captains
reunion 1972 (Palethorpe fourth from left, back row)
