James Pinnock
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Pinnock
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dartford, Kent, England
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthclubs1 = Maidstone Invicta | youthyears1=
| youthclubs2 = Gillingham | youthyears2=
| years1 = 1996–2000 | clubs1 = Gillingham | caps1= 8 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1999–2000 | clubs2 = → Margate (loan) | caps2= 4 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2000 | clubs3 = → Dover Athletic (loan) | caps3= 13 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2001 | clubs4 = → Chesham United (loan) | caps4= | goals4 =
| years5 = 2001–2003 | clubs5 = Kingstonian | caps5= 58 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2003–2005 | clubs6 = Gravesend & Northfleet | caps6= 60 | goals6 = 11
| years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = Welling United | caps7= | goals7 =
| years8 = 2006–2008 | clubs8 = Margate | caps8= 83 | goals8 = 40
| years9 = 2008–2010 | clubs9 = Maidstone United | caps9= 62 | goals9 = 17
| years10 = 2010–2011 | clubs10 = Margate | caps10= 51 | goals10 = 12
| years11 = 2011–2012 | clubs11 = Maidstone United | caps11= 17 | goals11 = 2
| club-update = 19:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
}}
James Pinnock is an English footballer.
Career
Pinnock came through the ranks at his local Football League side Gillingham, making 16 first team appearances in total.{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10716|title=James Pinnock|work=Soccerbase|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=29 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629074653/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=10716|url-status=live}} After loan spells at Margate, Dover Athletic and Chesham United, Pinnock moved permanently from Gillingham to Conference side Kingstonian{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=10678 |title=Pinnock leagues K's for Fleet |work=Non-League Daily |date=12 June 2003 |accessdate=25 January 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926215030/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=10678 |archivedate=26 September 2012 }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Pinnock-leaves-Maidstone-Margate/story-12012011-detail/story.html |title=Pinnock leaves Maidstone for Margate {{!}} This is Kent |access-date=12 June 2011 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402234136/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Pinnock-leaves-Maidstone-Margate/story-12012011-detail/story.html |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/newsite/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1307881656&archive=&start_from=&ucat=31& |title=Maidstone United Football Club |access-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626123442/http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/newsite/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1307881656&archive=&start_from=&ucat=31& |archive-date=26 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} Pinnock left the club in early 2012 after struggling to hold down a place in the first team.[http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/2012/01/jays-journal-6-january-2012/ Jay's Journal – 6 January 2012 {{pipe}} Maidstone United Football Club] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804163033/http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/2012/01/jays-journal-6-january-2012/ |date=4 August 2012 }}
References
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Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Dover Athletic F.C. players
Category:Maidstone United F.C. players
Category:Welling United F.C. players
Category:Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
Category:Kingstonian F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Chesham United F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers