Mitch Pinnock
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mitch Pinnock
| image =
| fullname = Mitchell Bernard Pinnock{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/201920/squad-numbering-report-season-2019-20-07.02.20.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Wimbledon |publisher=English Football League |page=2 |accessdate=14 April 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|12|df=y}}{{ENFA}}
| birth_place = Gravesend, England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}{{Soccerbase}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Northampton Town
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Glebe{{cite web|url=https://www.scefl.com/glebe-super-league-tweet-goes-viral|title=Glebe 'Super League' Tweet goes 'Viral'|publisher=Southern Counties East Football League|date=19 April 2021|accessdate=31 May 2023}}
| youthyears2 = 2003–2010 | youthclubs2 = Arsenal
| youthyears3 = 2010–2013 | youthclubs3 = Southend United
| years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Southend United | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → East Thurrock United (loan) | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Bromley | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = → Concord Rangers (loan) | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2015 | clubs6 = → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = Maidstone United | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2015 | clubs8 = → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2015–2016 | clubs9 = Dover Athletic | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2016 | clubs10 = Kingstonian | caps10 = 8 | goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2016–2018 | clubs11 = Dover Athletic | caps11 = 65 | goals11 = 8
| years12 = 2018–2020 | clubs12 = AFC Wimbledon | caps12 = 59 | goals12 = 6
| years13 = 2020–2021 | clubs13 = Kilmarnock | caps13 = 30 | goals13 = 4
| years14 = 2021– | clubs14 = Northampton Town | caps14 = 180| goals14 = 24
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = England C
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 22:07, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 22:32, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
}}
Mitchell Bernard Pinnock (born 12 December 1994) is an English footballer who plays for {{English football updater|NorthamT}} club Northampton Town.
Career
Pinnock began his career with Southend United and made his professional debut on 16 April 2013 in a 2–0 victory against Aldershot Town.{{cite web|title=Aldershot 0–2 Southend|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22075598|work=BBC Sport|date=15 April 2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Mitchell Pinnock planning to seal first team spot at Southend United|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/10389136.Mitchell_Pinnock_planning_to_seal_first_team_spot_at_Southend_United/|work=Southend Echo|date=30 April 2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}} He had a loan spell at East Thurrock United of the Isthmian League Premier Division in 2014.{{cite news|title=Full-time: Lowestoft Town 3 East Thurrock United 0|url=http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/sport/full-time-lowestoft-town-3-east-thurrock-united-0-1-3232042/|work=The Lowestoft Journal|date=21 January 2014|accessdate=6 August 2018}} Following his release from Southend, he joined Bromley. He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 home win over Bath City on 18 October, coming on as a second-half substitute. In a home fixture against Hemel Hempstead Town, Pinnock played over 45 minutes as goalkeeper, following Seb Brown's sending off. He made two further league appearances for Bromley, before joining Concord Rangers on loan in December. In February 2015, he moved to Tonbridge Angels on a month's loan.{{cite web|title=Tonbridge Angels boss Steve McKimm hopes to make a third signing before his side take on East Thurrock United|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/sport/tonbridge-lifted-by-signings-31775/|work=Kent Online|accessdate=17 February 2015|date=13 February 2015}} He was recalled from his loan early by Bromley, due to injuries to several attacking players. However, he returned to Tonbridge at the end of March, on loan for the remainder of the season.
During the summer of 2015 he joined Maidstone United, subsequently going out to Tonbridge Angels for a third loan spell in September.{{cite web|title=Maidstone United boss slams agents after advising Pinnock to rejoin Tonbridge Angels|url=http://www.courier.co.uk/Maidstone-United-boss-slams-agents-advising/story-28247382-detail/story.html|work=Kent and Sussex Courier|accessdate=26 November 2015|date=26 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212113301/http://www.courier.co.uk/Maidstone-United-boss-slams-agents-advising/story-28247382-detail/story.html|archive-date=12 December 2015|url-status=dead}} Following his release by Maidstone United in November, he was signed by Dover Athletic later that same week.{{cite web|title=Dover Athletic complete second signing in two days as striker Mitchell Pinnock joins from Maidstone United|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/sport/dover-swoop-for-stones-striker-47008/|work=Kent Online|accessdate=26 November 2015|date=26 November 2015}}
After a brief spell with Kingstonian, he re-signed for Dover Athletic in July 2016 until the end of the 2016–17 season.
In the summer of 2018, he signed with AFC Wimbledon on a permanent transfer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2018/june/mitch-pinnock-joins-afc-wimbledon/|title=New signing: Mitch Pinnock joins Wimbledon|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en-gb}}
=Kilmarnock=
In the summer of 2020, he signed a one-year deal with Kilmarnock.{{Cite news|date=2020-07-08|title=Mitch Pinnock: Kilmarnock sign winger after Wimbledon exit|language=en-gb|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53335308|access-date=2020-07-09}}{{cite web|title=MITCH PINNOCK BECOMES SECOND SUMMER ARRIVAL|url=https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/mitch-pinnock-becomes-second-summer-arrival/|date=8 July 2020|website=kilmarnockfc.co.uk}} Pinnock scored his first goal for the club in November 2020 in a Betfred Cup victory over Dumbarton, cutely finishing over the goalkeeper on the brink of half-time.{{cite web|url=https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/kilmarnock-2-0-dumbarton-mitch-is-off-the-mark/|title=Kilmarnock 2–0 Dumbarton: Mitch is off the Mark|website=kilmarnockfc.co.uk|date=14 November 2020|accessdate=8 June 2021}}
On 4 June 2021, it was announced that Pinnock would be leaving the club after one season after he had turned down the offer of a new contract.{{cite web|url=https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/squad-update-following-2020-21-season/|title=SQUAD UPDATE FOLLOWING 2020/21 SEASON|website=kilmarnockfc.co.uk|date=25 May 2021|accessdate=8 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/player-update-as-broadfoot-kiltie-and-lafferty-depart/|title=PLAYER UPDATE AS BROADFOOT, KILTIE AND LAFFERTY DEPART|website=kilmarnockfc.co.uk|date=4 June 2021|accessdate=8 June 2021}}
=Northampton Town=
On 8 June 2021, Pinnock was announced to have agreed to join recently relegated League Two side Northampton Town on a two-year contract, joining the club on 1 July when his contract in Scotland would expire.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2021/june/mitch_pinnock/|title=NORTHAMPTON TOWN COMPLETE THE SIGNING OF MITCH PINNOCK|website=www.ntfc.co.uk|date=8 June 2021}} Pinnock was nominated for the October League Two Player of the Month Award after claiming five assists across the course of the month, ultimately missing out to Dom Telford however.{{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2021/november/sky-bet-league-two-player-of-the-month-october-nominations/|title=Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month: October nominations|website=www.efl.com|date=9 November 2021|accessdate=13 November 2021}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 21 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes appearances in FA Cup and Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes appearances in EFL Cup and Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Southend United
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013–14
|League Two |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| East Thurrock United (loan)
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bromley
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Concord Rangers (loan)
|Conference South |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tonbridge Angels (loan)
|Ryman League Premier |10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Maidstone United
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tonbridge Angels (loan)
|Ryman League Premier |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dover Athletic
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kingstonian
|Ryman League Premier |8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Dover Athletic
|National League |23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18
|National League |42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name=FAT}} | 3 | 47 | 11 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!67 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 12 | |
| rowspan="3"|AFC Wimbledon
|2018–19{{soccerbase season|69850|2018|accessdate=13 November 2021}} |34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|6985|2019|accessdate=13 November 2021}}
|League One |25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!59 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 7 | |
| Kilmarnock
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|69850|2020|accessdate=13 November 2021}} |30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2{{efn|2 appearances in Scottish Premiership relegation play-offs}} | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| rowspan="5"|Northampton Town
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|69850|2021|accessdate=13 November 2021}} |League Two |46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}{{efn|2 appearances in League Two play-offs}} | 0 | 53 | 9 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|69850|2022|accessdate=20 June 2022}}
|League Two |45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 48 | 6 | |
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|69850|2023|accessdate=26 July 2023}}
|League One |45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 48 | 8 | |
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|69850|2024|accessdate=26 July 2024}}
|League One |44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!180 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 198 | 25 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!387 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 436 | 54 |
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Honours
References
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External links
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{{Northampton Town F.C. squad}}
{{2022–23 EFL League Two Team of the Season}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinnock, Mitchell}}
Category:Footballers from Gravesend, Kent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Southend United F.C. players
Category:East Thurrock United F.C. players
Category:Concord Rangers F.C. players
Category:Tonbridge Angels F.C. players
Category:Maidstone United F.C. players
Category:Dover Athletic F.C. players
Category:Kingstonian F.C. players
Category:AFC Wimbledon players
Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players
Category:Northampton Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Isthmian League players
Category:National League (English football) players