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Paul Pettinger
Personal information
Full name	Paul Allen Pettinger
Date of birth	1 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Worsbrough Bridge Athletic; (First Team coach)
Youth career
	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1996	Leeds United
	→ Kettering Town (loan)
1994–1995	→ Torquay United (loan)
1995	→ Halifax Town (loan)
1995	→ Rotherham United (loan)
1996	Gillingham
1996–1997	Carlisle United
1997–2001	Rotherham United
2001–2003	Lincoln City
2002	→ Kettering Town (loan)
2002–03	→ Telford United (loan)
2003	Gainsborough Trinity
2003–2004	Kettering Town
2004	Hucknall Town
2004–2005	Harrogate Town
2005–2007	Stalybridge Celtic
2007	Worksop Town
2007–2008	Ilkeston Town
2008	Frickley Athletic
2008	Belper Town
2008–2009	Matlock Town
2010	Sheffield
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Allen Pettinger (born 1 October 1975) is an English former professional footballer and coach who is a goalkeeping coach for Worsbrough Bridge Athletic.

He played as a goalkeeper and after coming through the Leeds United academy and various loan spells with Kettering Town, Torquay United, Halifax Town and Gillingham, he went on to play in the Football League for Carlisle United, Rotherham United and Lincoln City. He later went on to play Non-league football for Telford United, Gainsborough Trinity, Hucknall Town, Harrogate Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Worksop Town, Ilkeston Town, Frickley Athletic, Matlock Town and Sheffield

He represented England at schoolboy and youth level.^[8]

Playing career

Pettinger played for Barnsley schools^[8] before beginning his senior career as a trainee with Leeds United, turning professional in October 1992. He won an FA Youth Cup winners' medal with Leeds, playing in the side that beat Manchester United in the final.^[8] He failed to make the Leeds first team and in December 1994 joined Torquay United on loan. In February 1995 he joined Conference side Halifax Town on loan, playing seven times before the end of the season. He also played six times on loan for Kettering Town in the same season.^[9] In August 1995 he joined Rotherham United on loan, but made just one appearance, as a substitute, before returning to Leeds.

In March 1996, Pettinger joined Gillingham on a free transfer, but was released at the end of the season without making his debut. In August 1996 he joined Carlisle United, but failed to appear in their league team. In August 1997 he joined Rotherham United, but again struggled to make regular appearances. He finally forced his way into the team towards the end of the 2000–01 season, at one point playing a career best six football league games in a row, as Rotherham won promotion.

In July 2001 he joined Lincoln City on a free transfer,^[10] but played just five times in two years. In March 2002 he joined Kettering Town on loan^[9] and in December 2002 joined Telford United on loan.^[11] He joined Gainsborough Trinity in February 2003^[12] and in May 2003 joined Kettering Town.^[13] He struggled with the travelling from his Barnsley home to Kettering^[14] and in February 2004 left to join Hucknall Town.^[15] He helped Hucknall win the Northern Premier League title before leaving in the 2004 close season to join Harrogate Town.^[16]

He left Harrogate, having missed just one game the previous season,^[5] to join Stalybridge Celtic in May 2005.^[17] He missed just one game the following season^[6] and remained a regular before moving on to Worksop Town in February 2007 for an undisclosed small fee.^[18] He played in 11 games for Worksop that season.^[7]

He later joined Ilkeston Town from where he moved to Frickley Athletic in January 2008.^[19] He subsequently joined Belper Town, moving to Matlock Town in December 2008.^[20] In September 2010 he joined Sheffield F.C.^[21] debuting in the 2–0 Northern Premier League Division One South away defeat to Carlton Town on 18 September 2010.^[22]

Coaching career

After spending a decade out of the game, in July 2020 Pettinger joined the coaching staff at Worsbrough Bridge Athletic.^[23]

Other interests

Plays cricket for his local team Wombwell Main Cricket Club

References

^ Barry J. Hugman (1998). The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
^ "Player details: Season 2001–2002". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Player details: Season 2002–2003". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Player details: Season 2003–2004". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Player details: Season 2004–2005". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Player details: Season 2005–2006". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Player details: Season 2006–2007". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Poppies recruit Pettinger on a permanent basis". NonLeagueDaily. 30 May 2003. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Shutt finds Bowling replacement". NonLeagueDaily. 1 March 2002. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Imps swoop for Pettinger". BBC Sport. 11 July 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Telford sign Pettinger". BBC Sport. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Trinity snap up Pettinger". NonLeagueDaily. 7 February 2003. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Kettering sign Pettinger". BBC Sport. 30 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "The end for Pettinger?". NonLeagueDaily. 11 February 2004. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Hucknall turn to Pettinger". NonLeagueDaily. 23 February 2004. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Harrogate mean business". NonLeagueDaily. 5 July 2004. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Pettinger and Haran take well-worn path across Pennines". NonLeagueDaily. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Pettinger out – Bishop in at Celtic". NonLeagueDaily. 28 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "New keeper for Frickley". NonLeagueDaily. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Atkins gets one of his targets". NonleagueDaily. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "Experienced duo join Sheffield". NonLeagueDaily.com. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ "Carlton Town 2 Sheffield FC 0". Sheffield F.C. Official Website. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ "Paul Pettinger's Football Journey". 7 May 2020.