Shaun Newton
Shaun O'Neill Newton ( born August 20, 1975 in Camberwell, London) is an English footballer. The attacking right midfielder completed between 1993 and 2005 over 400 appearances for Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers. In 2006 he caused a sensation by his seven-month doping ban for cocaine abuse.
Sports career
Charlton Athletic (1993-2001)
Newton began his career at 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 14 August 1993. On the right side of midfield, he was especially between 1995 and 1998 regular players of the " Addicks "; this came three games selection for the English U- 21 team, where he had celebrated his debut on 31 August 1996 against Moldova (2-0). To climb his club in the Premier League in 1998, he initially contributed the only goal in a 1-0 victory in the play-off semi-final second leg against Ipswich Town and transformed following a 4-4 tie in the final against AFC Sunderland to 120 minutes one of the penalty kicks in the ultimately successful penalties.
A serious knee injury made sure that Newton's operations in the elite class were limited and it was followed by the direct relegated again after just one season. For the season 1999/2000 he fought his way back into the team back and the second division championship managed to return to the Premier League, where he had to take back frequently on the bench behind the signing Claus Jensen and the young talent Scott Parker. The degraded perspectives led Newton to finally to ask for a transfer release. Following this request, he remained the club for six months and finally get moved to 285 official matches and 26 goals for Charlton Athletic in August 2001 for 850,000 pounds initially - further 150,000 pounds were due two years later - to the second division club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2001-2005)
Already in his first race for the " Wolves " on August 11, 2001 Newton scored against Portsmouth (2-2 ) his first goal and collected until the end of season 2001 /02 a total of eight matches - more than any other pro - seasons of his career. Nevertheless, the round ended disappointing as the seemingly secure ascent was still prevented by a play-off defeat against Norwich City. The following year, but was followed by a 3-0 final win against Sheffield United, the third Erstligaaufstieg in the career of Shaun Newton. In contrast to his former club Charlton Athletic, he was also in the Premier League a fixed size, but in the end had to again take up the direct passage into the second division. When Glenn Hoddle took over the coaching reins from Dave Jones in December 2004, were counted in Wolverhampton Newton's days, and sent in March 2005 after 151 Newton duty games for the Wolves also his second professional station behind.
Recent career stations (2005-2008)
Newton joined in his native London to the second division club West Ham United on where the initial transfer fee in the amount of 10,000 pounds grew to 125,000 pounds by the Premier League promotion in 2005. Newton received in July 2005, a new two -year contract with the " hammer " and arrived in the Premier League regularly used, although it was often only a substitute and was not nominated for the FA Cup final against Liverpool. In July 2006, he was banned for seven months retroactively from 20 May, because the intake of cocaine, he was detected in the FA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough FC. After the forced break Newton came under new manager Alan Curbishley again to five appearances, but then switched in March 2007 on loan until the end of the season to Leicester City. At the end of the season, Newton the " Foxes " permanently joined and signed a one-year contract with manager Martin Allen. But as early as January 2008, it came to a premature stop and under the new athletic director Ian Holloway ended Newton's contract with Leicester City " by mutual consent ".
Newton subsequently remained without employment in professional football. Sample workouts, such as in February 2008, Yeovil Town, did not lead to a hoped-for new employment.