James Pinnock is an English footballer.

James Pinnock
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-08) 8 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Dartford, Kent, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Maidstone Invicta
Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Gillingham 8 (0)
1999–2000Margate (loan) 4 (1)
2000Dover Athletic (loan) 13 (2)
2001Chesham United (loan)
2001–2003 Kingstonian 58 (4)
2003–2005 Gravesend & Northfleet 60 (11)
2005–2006 Welling United
2006–2008 Margate 83 (40)
2008–2010 Maidstone United 62 (17)
2010–2011 Margate 51 (12)
2011–2012 Maidstone United 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Career

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Pinnock came through the ranks at his local Football League side Gillingham, making 16 first team appearances in total.[1] After loan spells at Margate, Dover Athletic and Chesham United, Pinnock moved permanently from Gillingham to Conference side Kingstonian[2] where he spent two years before joining Gravesend & Northfleet.

Pinnock spent two years at 'The Fleet' before joining Welling United in 2005. Pinnock spent a year at Welling and then moved onto Margate for whom he had previously played for on loan. Pinnock had his most fruitful goalscoring spell while at Margate, averaging nearly a goal every two games in the league.

In the 2008 close season Pinnock made the short trip along the M2 to join Maidstone United. Pinnock stayed at Maidstone for nearly two years, however in March 2010 he and three other players controversially left the club to join Margate, meaning Pinnock was now playing in his third spell for the Thanet side.[3]

In the summer of 2011 Pinnock rejoined recently relegated Maidstone United where he joined up with Jay Saunders who had recently been made player-manager of the club.[4] Pinnock left the club in early 2012 after struggling to hold down a place in the first team.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "James Pinnock". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Pinnock leagues K's for Fleet". Non-League Daily. 12 June 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Pinnock leaves Maidstone for Margate | This is Kent". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Maidstone United Football Club". Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  5. ^ Jay's Journal – 6 January 2012 | Maidstone United Football Club Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today