Shaun Newton
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Shaun O'Neill Newton is an English
footballer whose favoured position is that of attacking right-sided midfielder. He is without a club.
, 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 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, with Newton scoring Charlton's seventh penalty. 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 did not 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. 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.
in August 2001 for an initial fee of £850,000 rising to £1 million if Wolves were promoted with Newton in the squad. 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.
in March 2005 for an initial fee of £10,000. 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. This marked Newton's fourth promotion from the division and he was rewarded with a new two-year contract in July 2005. 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. He scored his first and only Hammers goal during this season with the only goal in a victory over Manchester City on 15 April 2006.
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. 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. Instead, he joined Leicester City on loan in March 2007 until the end of the season, a move made permanent in the close season. He made a total of 49 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring once.
in March 2007, scoring his first goal against Birmingham on 17 April 2007. 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. 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.
in Spring 2008, but was not offered a contract. He was convicted of nine charges connected with a scam to dodge speeding tickets involving his former West Ham teammate Teddy Sheringham
in July 2008, for which he received a 28-week suspended prison sentence, and a 12-month driving ban, with an order to do 180 hours of unpaid community service.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer whose favoured position is that of attacking right-sided midfielder. He is without a club.
Charlton Athletic
Newton started his career at second flight Charlton AthleticCharlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
, 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
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
. He quickly became a first team regular and was a virtual ever present over the period 1995-98. This era also saw him recognised by his country, as he won three England Under-21
England national under-21 football team
England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21, is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team....
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
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
, winning on penalties after an astonishing 4-4 draw, with Newton scoring Charlton's seventh penalty. Newton had earlier scored in the semi-final success over Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
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 did not 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
Claus Jensen
Claus William Jensen is a former Danish professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. Jensen played more than 40 games and scored 8 goals for the Denmark national football team, and represented Denmark at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 European Championship tournaments. He is the cousin of AaB...
was signed and youngster Scott Parker
Scott Parker (footballer)
Scott Matthew Parker is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. He is the FWA Footballer of the Year for the 2010–11 season. He has represented England at every level from under-16 to senior. Uniquely, he won his first four England...
emerged.
Frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities in the 2000/01 season
2000-01 in English football
The 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Manchester United secured their 3rd Premiership title in succession and their 7th title in just nine seasons...
as the team remained in Premier League, he requested a transfer in February 2001 and was placed on the transfer list. Although he remained at the club for a further six months, he finally left The Valley in August 2001, joining First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
for £850,000. In total, he had made 285 appearances for Charlton, scoring 26 goals.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newton was signed by Dave Jones for WolvesWolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
in August 2001 for an initial fee of £850,000 rising to £1 million if Wolves were promoted with Newton in the squad. He made a bright start, scoring on his debut against Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
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
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
. 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
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
3-0 in the final
2003 Football League First Division playoff final
The 2003 Football League First Division playoff final was a football match played at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 26 May 2003, at the end of the 2002–03 season...
.
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
2004-05 in English football
The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League...
began, but the arrival of Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....
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.
West Ham United
Newton moved from Wolves to West HamWest Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
in March 2005 for an initial fee of £10,000. He was nicknamed '10K' by West Ham fans, a reference to his fee, which later rose to £125,000 after the Hammers clinched promotion
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
to the Premiership in May 2005. This marked Newton's fourth promotion from the division and he was rewarded with a new two-year contract in July 2005. 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
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
at the season's end. He scored his first and only Hammers goal during this season with the only goal in a victory over Manchester City on 15 April 2006.
In July 2006, his career was derailed when he was banned for seven months, backdated to 20 May 2006, after testing positive for cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
following West Ham's FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
semi-final victory over Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
in April 2006. He remained with the club during his ban, but only made five further appearances under his recently-arrived former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley
Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley is an English football manager and former professional player....
upon his return. Instead, he joined Leicester City on loan in March 2007 until the end of the season, a move made permanent in the close season. He made a total of 49 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring once.
Leicester City
Newton joined Leicester City on loan for the rest of the 2006/07 season2006-07 in English football
The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* The number of divisions at Level 8 of the English football league system increased from four to five...
in March 2007, scoring his first goal against Birmingham on 17 April 2007. He was given the number 16 shirt, the third player to wear the number that season after Josh Low
Josh Low
Joshua David Low is a professional footballer who has represented the Wales national under-21 football team...
and Luigi Glombard
Luigi Glombard
Luigi Glombard is a French football striker currently playing for Championnat National side Chamois Niortais.-Club career:Glombard joined the Nantes academy in 2000 and made his senior debut in 2002...
. He signed a permanent one-year deal with the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
club on 6 July 2007 by new manager Martin Allen. 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
Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
, when his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
Later career
Newton spent a spell on trial at Yeovil TownYeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...
in Spring 2008, but was not offered a contract. He was convicted of nine charges connected with a scam to dodge speeding tickets involving his former West Ham teammate Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
in July 2008, for which he received a 28-week suspended prison sentence, and a 12-month driving ban, with an order to do 180 hours of unpaid community service.