Nathaniel Barrington Pinney (born 28 December 1990) is an English

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who plays for

Corinthian-Casuals Corinthian-Casuals Football Club is a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. Affiliated to the London Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at King George's Field. His ...

as a

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Career

Born in

South Norwood South Norwood is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey. It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Wood ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, Pinney joined Crystal Palace and made his league debut on 11 April 2009, coming on in the 89th minute, as a substitute for Rui Fonte, in a 2–0 home defeat to

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

. Having made only one other appearance for Crystal Palace, in a League Cup game against

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil Town F.C. * Yeovil Town railway station Yeovil Town railway station w ...

in August 2010, Pinney signed for

Dagenham and Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as ...

in October 2010 on a one-month loan and

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leaders

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

on a short-term loan in March 2011. Pinney joined

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

of the

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

on 5 November 2011 on an initial one-month loan. This was extended by a further month on 5 December 2011. After impressing at Ebbsfleet his loan was extended to the end of the season, he has been used in a few roles, playing on both wings and as a striker. He was officially released by Crystal Palace on 30 April 2012. Answering a call from newly appointed

Carshalton Athletic Carshalton Athletic Football Club is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. They currently play in the and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground. The club also field a women's team playing in the Lo ...

manager Tommy Williams, Pinney joined the club in October 2012. He scored 21 league goals for the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Premier Division club in the

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season. Pinney gained some national attention in late 2012, when he was named in an interview by then Crystal Palace and England winger Wilfried Zaha as the player he could not displace in the Palace youth set-up. Pinney joined

club Eastbourne Borough from previous club

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 ...

on 11 December 2014. Pinney made his debut for Borough in a 3–2 defeat to Chelmsford City on 13 December 2014. He came on in the 75th minute as a substitute and scored in the 81st which almost got Borough the draw but Chelmsford scored in stoppage time to take the win. He then made his home debut a week later against league leaders Boreham Wood as an 86th-minute substitute, scoring Borough's fourth goal in a 4–1 win. Pinney was voted Eastbourne's Player of the Year and finished as top scorer for the club for the 2015–16 season. Pinney scored the only goal in the final of the 2015–16 Sussex Senior Cup, winning the cup for Eastbourne Borough. Pinney was released by The Sports in October 2017, signing briefly for St Albans City before returning to Sussex to join Whitehawk in December. Pinney scored 10 minutes into his debut at East Thurrock United on 23 December 2017. He left the Hawks for

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 ...

at the end of the season but returned to Whitehawk in November 2018.Whitehawkfc.co.uk

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinney, Nathaniel 1990 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon People from South Norwood English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Crystal Palace F.C. players Woking F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Croydon F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Black British sportsmen Kingstonian F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players