Eddie Newton

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Eddie Newton
Personal information
Full name	Edward John Ikem Newton
Date of birth	December 13, 1971 (1971-12-13) (age 36)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, London, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1999 1992 1999–2000 2000 2000	Chelsea → Cardiff City (loan) Birmingham City Oxford United Barnet Total	165 0(8) 018 0(4) 004 0(0) 007 0(0) 004 0(0) 198 (12)
National team
1993	England U21	002 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edward John Ikem 'Eddie' Newton (born 13 December 1971 in Hammersmith, London) is a former English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea as a defensive midfielder.

After making his way through the Chelsea youth system he was loaned out to Cardiff City in January 1992, making his debut in a 4-0 win over Chesterfield. Unfortunately Cardiff fell three points short of a play-off place and Newton returned to Chelsea.

Newton famously scored Chelsea's second, clinching, goal in the 1997 FA Cup final to seal a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough. He won the Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup with the club a year later, but was thereafter hampered in his quest for a starting place by injuries and manager Gianluca Vialli's signing of French World Cup-winning midfielder Didier Deschamps.

He joined Birmingham City in July 1999 on a free transfer before spending short spells at various lower league clubs, including Oxford United and Barnet. He later had to retired due to an knee injury and converted to Islam in 2003. He is now a coach at Chelsea as an assistant manager for u-16's. He is also business director of New Vision Sports Ltd where it offers grass root multi sports for children, after school clubs, personal training and holiday schemes. Eddie also hosted Football Icon 1 & 2 alongside with Jamie Redknapp.