Shaun Newton

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Personal information
Shaun Newton
Full name	Shaun Newton
Date of birth	16 May 1978
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.73m / 5'08"
Nickname	The Scorpion King
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Number	26
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993 – 2001 2001 – 2005 2005 –	Charlton Athletic Wolverhampton West Ham United	240 (20) 12 (7) 37 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2006.

Shaun Newton (born August 20, 1975 in Camberwell, London) is an English footballer whose favoured position is as an attacking right-sided midfielder. He currently plays for Premiership outfit West Ham United.

Newton started his career at Charlton Athletic, making his debut as a 17 year old,^[1] and also had a long spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Newton moved from Wolverhampton to West Ham in March 2005 for an initial fee of just £10,000, and because of this he is known as '10k' by some of the Upton Park faithful. The fee rose to £125,000 after the Hammers clinched promotion to the Premiership.^[2]

On July 19, 2006, Newton was banned for seven months, backdated from May 20 of the same year, after testing positive for cocaine after West Ham's FA Cup semi-final victory over Middlesbrough on April 23

West Ham United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Carroll \| 2 Mears \| 3 Konchesky \| 4 Gabbidon \| 5 Ferdinand \| 6 McCartney \| 7 Dailly \| 8 Sheringham \| 9 Ashton \| 10 Harewood \| 11 Etherington \| 12 Cole \| 14 Pantsil \| 15 Benayoun \| 16 Mascherano \| 17 Mullins \| 18 Spector \| 19 Collins \| 20 Reo-Coker \| 21 Green \| 23 Walker \| 24 Noble \| 25 Zamora \| 26 Newton \| 29 Bowyer \| 30 Tomkins \| 31 Stokes \| 32 Tévez \| Manager: Curbishley