Robbie Pethick

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robbie Pethick

| image =

| fullname = Robert John Pethick{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004

| year = 2003

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-651-6

| page = 334 }}

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1970|9|8}}

| birth_place = Tavistock, Devon, England

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1992–1993

| years2 = 1993–1999

| years3 = 1999–2001

| years4 = 2001–2004

| years5 = 2004–2006

| years6 = 2009

| clubs1 = Weymouth

| clubs2 = Portsmouth

| clubs3 = Bristol Rovers

| clubs4 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| clubs5 = Havant & Waterlooville

| clubs6 = Horndean

| caps1 = 46

| caps2 = 189

| caps3 = 63

| caps4 = 64

| caps6 = 5

| goals1 = 7

| goals2 = 3

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| goals6 = 0

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Robert John Pethick (born 8 September 1970) is an English retired football defender.

Pethick was born in Tavistock, and played for Weymouth, Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers before his 2001 move to Brighton.{{cite news |title=Pethick joins Brighton |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/1418660.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001-07-02 |accessdate=2008-01-23 }} Whilst at Brighton, Pethick scored once in the FA Cup against Norwich City.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/2646061.stm

|title=Norwich ease past Brighton

|publisher=BBC

|date=11 February 2003 |accessdate=28 September 2012}} He returned to Weymouth to play under Steve Claridge, whilst the BBC show Football Diaries was shown. He subsequently played for Havant & Waterlooville before announcing his retirement in 2006.