Shaun Newton
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| Shaun Newton | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Shaun O'Neill Newton | |
| Date of birth | August 20, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Camberwell, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Right midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | unattached | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–2001 2001–2005 2005–2007 2007 2007–2008 |
Charlton Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United → Leicester City (loan) Leicester City |
240 (20) 130 (12) 40 (1) 9 (1) 10 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1996 | England U21 | 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Shaun O'Neill Newton (born August 20, 1975 in Camberwell, London) is an English footballer whose favoured position is as an attacking right-sided midfielder. He is currently without a permanent club and is instead on trial at Yeovil Town of League One.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Charlton Athletic
Newton started his career at second flight Charlton Athletic, and worked his way up to the first team, making his debut as a 17 year old on 14 August 1993 as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Birmingham City. He quickly became a first team regular and was a virtual ever present in over the period 1995-98. This era also saw him recognised by his country, as he won three England Under-21 caps during 1996. His debut came in a 2-0 win over Moldova U21 on 31 August 1996.
He won promotion to the Premier League in 1998, after a momentous play-off final victory over Sunderland, winning on penalties after an astonishing 4-4 draw. Newton had earlier scored in the semi-final success over Ipswich Town to take them to Wembley.
The midfielder's first season in the top flight was interrupted by a knee ligament injury, but although he recovered, the club's fortunes didn't and they were swiftly relegated. He regained his spot in the side in the 1999/2000 season as the club won promotion again at the first attempt as champions. He found him often on the sidelines in the Premier League though, as Claus Jensen was signed and youngster Scott Parker emerged.
Frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities in the 2000/01 season as the team remained in Premier League, he requested a transfer in February 2001 and was placed on the transfer list.[1] Although he remained at the club for a further six months, he finally left The Valley in August 2001, joining First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers for £850,000. In total, he had made 285 appearances for Charlton, scoring 26 goals.[2]
[edit] Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newton was signed by Dave Jones for Wolves in August 2001 for an initial fee of £850,000 rising to £1 million if Wolves were promoted with Newton in the squad.[3] He made a bright start, scoring on his debut against Portsmouth and produced a career-best seasonal tally of goals (with 8). Despite this, a late slump saw the club fall away from the top into the play-offs where they lost to Norwich. However, the following season saw the midfielder win a third promotion to the top flight though as the club won the play-offs, beating Sheffield United 3-0 in the final.
He was a first choice in the Premier League, something that had evaded him in his Charlton days, but Wolves only managed one season at this level. He retained his place as the 2004/05 season began, but the arrival of Glenn Hoddle as manager midway through, saw his opportunities diminish and he left the club in March 2005. In total, he made 130 appearances for the Midlanders, scoring 12 times.
[edit] West Ham United
Newton moved from Wolves to West Ham in March 2005 for an initial fee of £10,000.[4] He was nicknamed '10K' by West Ham fans, a reference to his fee, which later rose to £125,000 after the Hammers clinched promotion to the Premiership in May 2005.[4] This marked Newton's fourth promotion from the division and he was rewarded with a new two-year contract in July 2005.[5] He appeared regularly for the Hammers in their return to the top division, but mostly only in a substitutes role, and he was not selected for their FA Cup Final squad to face Liverpool at the season's end.
In July 2006, his career was derailed when he was banned for seven months, backdated to 20 May 2006, after testing positive for cocaine following West Ham's FA Cup semi-final victory over Middlesbrough in April 2006.[6] He remained with the club during his ban, but only made five further appearances under his recently-arrived former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley upon his return.[2]Instead, he joined Leicester City on loan in March 2007 until the end of the season,[7] a move made permanent in the close season. He made a total of 49 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring once.[2]
[edit] Leicester City
Newton joined Leicester City on loan for the rest of the 2006/07 season in March 2007.[7] He was given the number 16 shirt, the third player to wear the number that season after Josh Low and Luigi Glombard. He signed a permanent one-year deal with the Championship club on 6 July 2007 by new manager Martin Allen.[8] However his time at the club came to an end in January 2008, with Leicester now onto their third manager of the season in Ian Holloway, when his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Newton seeks transfer", BBC Sport, 2001-02-19. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ a b c Shaun Newton. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Wolves seal Newton deal", BBC Sport, 2001-08-07. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ a b "Hammers complete Newton capture", BBC Sport, 2005-03-10. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Newton agrees new West Ham deal", BBC Sport, 2005-07-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Newton banned for taking cocaine", BBC Sport, 2006-07-19. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ a b "Leicester sign midfielder Newton", BBC Sport, 2006-03-10. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Leicester swoop for winger Newton", BBC Sport, 2007-07-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Leicester allow Newton to move on", BBC Sport, 2008-01-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
