Jon Newsome

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Jon Newsome
Full name	Jon Newsome
Date of birth	6 September 1970 (1970-09-06) (age 37)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1991 1991-1994 1994-1996 1996-2000 1998-1999	Sheffield Wednesday Leeds United Norwich City Sheffield Wednesday → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Total	007 0(0) 076 0(3) 062 0(7) 054 0(4) 006 0(0) 205 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jon Newsome (born 6 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer. He was a central defender.

Newsome began his career at Sheffield Wednesday before joining Leeds United, where he won a first division championship medal in 1992. Norwich City manager John Deehan paid Leeds £1,000,000 for his services in 1994. It was the first time that City had paid seven figures for a player and he remained the club's record signing until 2005 when City paid £3,000,000 for Dean Ashton.

Newsome was immediately installed as Norwich captain and became a popular figure with supporters. They voted him Norwich City player of the year at the end of his first season. His good form was not enough, however, to prevent Norwich from being relegated to division one. While Newsome could have doubtless returned to the Premiership he decided to remain at the club to help Norwich regain promotion. He signalled his intent with two excellent headed goals in a 3-1 victory on the opening day of the season against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road.

However the latter part of the 1995/6 season saw Norwich in a perilous financial position and they were forced to sell Newsome to Sheffield Wednesday for £1,600,000 in a move that enraged supporters and increased the protests against chairman Robert Chase. Newsome's career at Hillsborough was frequently interrupted by injury and despite frequent interest from other clubs, he was forced to retire through injury in 2000.

Newsome has remained popular with Norwich City supporters, and he returned to Carrow Road in September 2002 to play in the exhibition match against Harwich & Parkestone that marked the club's centenary.