James Pinnock is an English

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Career

Pinnock came through the ranks at his local

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side Gillingham, making 16 first team appearances in total. After loan spells at

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

and Chesham United, Pinnock moved permanently from Gillingham to

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side

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

where he spent two years before joining Gravesend & Northfleet. Pinnock spent two years at 'The Fleet' before joining

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

in 2005. Pinnock spent a year at Welling and then moved onto

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

, meaning Pinnock was now playing in his third spell for the

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side. 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. Pinnock left the club in early 2012 after struggling to hold down a place in the first team.Jay's Journal – 6 January 2012 | Maidstone United Football Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinnock, James Gillingham F.C. players Margate F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Living people 1978 births Association football forwards Chesham United F.C. players English footballers