Paul Pettinger

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.

Playing career Pettinger played for Barnsley schools 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, but played just five times in two years. In March 2002 he joined Kettering Town on loan He joined Gainsborough Trinity in February 2003 and in May 2003 joined Kettering Town. He struggled with the travelling from his Barnsley home to Kettering and in February 2004 left to join Hucknall Town. He helped Hucknall win the Northern Premier League title before leaving in the 2004 close season to join Harrogate Town.

He left Harrogate, having missed just one game the previous season, He missed just one game the following season He played in 11 games for Worksop that season. He subsequently joined Belper Town, moving to Matlock Town in December 2008. In September 2010 he joined Sheffield F.C. debuting in the 2–0 Northern Premier League Division One South away defeat to Carlton Town on 18 September 2010.

Coaching career After spending a decade out of the game, in July 2020 Pettinger joined the coaching staff at Worsbrough Bridge Athletic. In 2024 he joined the Coaching staff managed by Craig Rouse and assistant manager Lee Stratford at Cleethorpes Town Gaining promotion to the Northern Premier -Premier division for the first time in the clubs History.

Other interests Plays cricket for his local team Wombwell Main Cricket Club