Career
This is still a record in The Football League. Payne later played for Chelsea and, after missing six years of his career to the Second World War, West Ham United. 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 loaned out to Biggleswade Town as a wing-half.
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. Following the war, Payne spent a short spell at West Ham United before retiring.
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, adjacent to the site of the house, now demolished, where he used to live. A lounge at Kenilworth Road stadium is named in honour of Joe Payne.