Shaun Newton

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Shaun Newton
Personnel
Surname Shaun O'Neill Newton
birthday 20th August 1975
place of birth Camberwell , London ,  England
position Midfield (right)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-2001 Charlton Athletic 240 (20)
2001-2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers 130 (12)
2005-2007 West Ham United 40 0(1)
2007 →  Leicester City  (loan) 9 0(1)
2007-2008 Leicester City 10 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1996 England U-21 3 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Shaun O'Neill Newton (born August 20, 1975 in Camberwell , London ) is an English football player . The offensive right midfielder completed over 400 competitive games for Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers between 1993 and 2005 . In 2006, he caused a stir with his seven-month doping ban for cocaine abuse.

Athletic career

Charlton Athletic (1993-2001)

Newton began his career at the second division Charlton Athletic , worked his way up to the first team and made his debut there shortly before his 18th birthday as a substitute against Birmingham City (1-0) on August 14, 1993. On the right side of midfield, he was mainly between 1995 and 1998 regular player of the "Addicks"; there were also three selection games for the English U-21 national team , where he had celebrated his debut on August 31, 1996 against Moldova (2-0). For his club's promotion to the Premier League in 1998, he initially contributed the only goal to the 1-0 win in the play-off semi-final second leg against Ipswich Town and then turned 4: 4 in the final against Sunderland AFC to 120 Minutes one of the penalties in the ultimately successful penalty shootout.

A serious knee injury ensured that Newton's stakes in the elite class remained limited and the direct relegation followed after only one season. For the 1999/2000 season he fought his way back into the team and managed to return to the Premier League via the second division championship, where he often had to sit on the bench behind the new signing Claus Jensen and the young talent Scott Parker . The worsened prospects finally caused Newton to ask for a transfer clearance. After this request, he stayed with the club for six months and finally moved to second division Wolverhampton Wanderers after 285 competitive games and 26 goals for Charlton Athletic in August 2001 for an initial £ 850,000 - another £ 150,000 were due two years later .

Wolverhampton Wanderers (2001-2005)

Newton scored his first goal against FC Portsmouth (2-2) on his first appearance for the "Wolves" on August 11, 2001 and collected a total of eight goals by the end of the 2001/02 season - more than in any other professional Seasons of his career. Nevertheless, the round ended disappointingly, as the rise, believed to be safe, was prevented by a play-off loss to Norwich City . The following year, however, followed a 3-0 final win against Sheffield United, the third first division promotion in the career of Shaun Newton. In contrast to his ex-club Charlton Athletic, he was also a fixture in the Premier League, but in the end had to go straight back to the second division. When Glenn Hoddle took over as coach from Dave Jones in December 2004 , Newton's days in Wolverhampton were numbered and in March 2005 Newton left his second professional station behind after 151 compulsory games for the Wolves.

Last career stations (2005-2008)

Newton joined the second division club West Ham United in his native London , with the initial transfer fee of £ 10,000 growing to £ 125,000 after promotion to the Premier League in 2005. Newton received in July 2005 a new two-year contract with the "Hammers" and was regularly used in the Premier League, although he was often only a substitute and was not nominated for the FA Cup final against Liverpool FC . In July 2006, he was banned for seven months retrospectively from May 20, because he was proven to have used cocaine in the FA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough FC . After the forced break, Newton came under the new coach Alan Curbishley again to five missions, but then moved to Leicester City on loan in March 2007 until the end of the season . At the end of the season, Newton permanently joined the "Foxes" and signed a one-year contract with coach Martin Allen . Already in January 2008 it came to an early end and under the new sporting director Ian Holloway Newton's contract with Leicester City ended "by mutual agreement".

Newton then remained unemployed in professional football. Trial training units, like in February 2008 at Yeovil Town , did not lead to the hoped-for new employment.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Newton seeks transfer" (BBC Sport)
  2. ^ "Wolves seal Newton deal" (BBC Sport)
  3. ↑ "Hammers complete Newton capture" (BBC Sport)
  4. ^ "Newton agrees new West Ham deal" (BBC Sport)
  5. ↑ "FA bans Newton for drug offenses" (Handelsblatt)
  6. ↑ "Leicester sign midfielder Newton" (BBC Sport)
  7. ↑ "Leicester swoop for winger Newton" (BBC Sport)
  8. ^ "Leicester allow Newton to move on" (BBC Sport)
  9. ^ "Winger Newton on trial at Yeovil" (BBC Sport)
personal data
SURNAME Newton, Shaun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newton, Shaun O'Neill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Camberwell , London