Kevin Pilkington
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Kevin Pilkington (born March 8, 1974 in Hitchin, England) is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Notts County. He is 6'01" and weighs 13 stone.
Pilkington plays as goalkeeper for the Magpies, and is noted for his shot stopping abilities. He is very consistent in the lower leagues.
He started his footballing career off at Manchester United but was only second choice to Peter Schmeichel. He went off to Rochdale and Rotherham before finding his feet at Port Vale. When Pilkington was released from Vale, had briefs spells at Aberystwyth Town F.C. and Wigan Athletic before joining Mansfield Town where he went on to make over 100 appearances for the Stags.
He then joined Notts County in the summer of 2005 and has so far started all but one of the games of that season.
Before his move to Meadow Lane, Pilkington was best remembered by Notts County supporters for conceding a goal from opposite goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall during a bizarre League Cup match between the Stags and Magpies in which a hat-trick from Notts striker Danny Allsopp and a brace from Stags striker Chris Greenacre were both overshadowed by Mildenhall's first half free kick from inside of his own half of the field.
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1 Pilkington | 2 Pipe | 3 McCann | 4 Edwards | 6 Somner | 7 Needham | 8 Martin | 9 Lee | 10 Dudfield | 11 Parkinson | 12 Silk | 14 Frost | 15 N'Toya | 16 Sheridan | 17 Hannigan | 18 Hunt | 19 Wilson | 20 Mendes | 21 Curtis | 22 Gleeson | 23 Deeney | 24 Ross | 26 McMahon | 26 Smith | 29 Whitlow | Manager: Thompson |
