Lenny Pidgeley

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Lenny Pidgeley (born February 7, 1984) is an English football goalkeeper who currently plays for Millwall.

Signed on at Chelsea since the opening of the 2002-03 season, he was loaned out to Watford between September 2003 and May 2004, a deal initially intended to last for two months, but extending to the end of the season. His debut Watford match was against Crewe Alexandra, which they won 0-1 - in which he participated as a substitute for the dismissed Alec Chamberlain.

The short, three match, spell at Millwall apart, Pidgeley spent the whole of the 2005-06 season at Chelsea. He was placed behind Petr Čech and Carlo Cudicini in the pecking order at Chelsea. He was given the number 40 Shirt by his chelsea collegues in reference to his time at Watford when chelsea beat Watford 4-0 in an FA cup match as he had been in goal that day. However he made his first starting appearance for the club in the last match of the season against Newcastle at St James' Park, after Cudicini had suffered an injury in pre-match training. Pidgeley had previously made his debut for Chelsea coming on as a substitute for Cudicini in the final home game of the 2004-05 Premiership season against Charlton Athletic. Millwall signed the player on a free transfer on June 9, 2006.

He has been selected for the England under-21 squad.