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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Lee Newton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-12-04)4 December 1980 (age 44)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Grays, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | West Ham United | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | →Portsmouth (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | →Notts County (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2002 | →Leyton Orient (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2008 | Peterborough United | 218 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | Brentford | 35 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Luton Town | 54 | (2) |
| 2011–2016 | Woking | 154 | (4) |
| Total | 496 | (17) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2015 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adam Lee Newton (born 4 December 1980) is a former professionalfootballer who played forWest Ham United,Peterborough United,Brentford andLuton Town. Born in England, he represented theEngland U21 national team and theSaint Kitts and Nevis senior national team at international level.
Newton was born inGrays. He began his career in theacademy atWest Ham United and signed a professional contract in August 1998, but he did not win a call into the first team squad during the1998–99 season.[2] He had a successful season with the youth team, winning theFA Youth Cup and scoring in both legs of the final.[3] After making his professional debut while onloan toFirst Division clubPortsmouth early in the1999–00 season, Newton made his West Ham United debut on his return toUpton Park, as a substitute forMarc Keller in a 1–0Premier League defeat toCoventry City on 25 September 1999.[4] He made two further substitute appearances during the1999–00 season and understudied right backTrevor Sinclair,[4][5] but did not appear for the club again and had further spells away on loan during the2000–01 and2001–02 seasons.[6] Out of favour with new managerGlenn Roeder,[5] Newton was released by West Ham at the end of the 2001–02 season.[7]
After rejecting a contract with his previous loan clubLeyton Orient,[7] Newton joinedSecond Division clubPeterborough United on afree transfer in May 2002.[8] He quickly established himself in the team and made 249 appearances and scored 9 goals during six seasons atLondon Road and celebrated promotion toLeague One with the club at the end of the2007–08 season.[6][9][10] After dropping down the pecking order following the arrival ofRussell Martin at the end of the2007–08 season, Newton's contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[11] He made 249 appearances and scored 9 goals during his time at the club.[6]
In June 2008, Newton joinedLeague Two clubBrentford on a one-year contract, effective 1 July 2008.[12] At the start of the2008–09 season, Brentford managerAndy Scott named Newton club captain, but he later lost the captaincy toKevin O'Connor after a spell out injured.[5] Newton was released by Brentford at the end of the season, having helped the Bees win the League Two title.[13] He made 39 appearances and scored one goal during the season, which came in a 2–0 victory overLuton Town on the final day.[14]
On 28 May 2009, Newton signed a two-year contract with newly relegatedConference Premier club Luton Town.[15] Newton made 67 appearances and scored four goals over the over two seasons with the club and was a team which reached the 2011 Conference Premier play-off Final.[6][16] On 2 June 2011, it was announced that Newton's contract would not be renewed and that he had been released by the club.[17]
On 27 June 2011, Newton signed forConference South clubWoking.[18] Despite briefly retiring during the 2015 off-season,[19] he stayed with the club for five seasons and was a part of the team which finished the2011–12 season as Conference South champions.[16][20] Newton retired at the end of the2015–16 season, after making 169 appearances and scoring four goals for the club.[5] In his retirement, Newton occasionally played for Hackney & LeytonSunday League club Downs.[5][21]
Newton was capped once by England atunder-21 level, in a 6–1friendly victory overGeorgia in August 2000.[22] In 2004, he was one of three UK-based players to be called up bySaint Kitts and Nevis for the2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.[23] He won seven caps and scored one goal for Saint Kitts and Nevis between 2004 and 2015.[24]
After retiring from football, Newton became aLondon taxi driver.[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United | 1999–00[4] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[a] | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01[25] | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | ― | ― | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | |||
| Portsmouth (loan) | 1999–00[4] | First Division | 3 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | ― | ― | 5 | 0 | |||
| Notts County (loan) | 2000–01[25] | Second Division | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Leyton Orient (loan) | 2001–02[26] | Third Division | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ― | 10 | 1 | ||
| Peterborough United | 2002–03[27] | Second Division | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2003–04[28] | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||
| 2004–05[29] | League One | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[30] | League Two | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[31] | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 50 | 1 | |||
| 2007–08[9] | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| Total | 218 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ― | 9 | 0 | 249 | 9 | |||
| Brentford | 2008–09[14] | League Two | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| Luton Town | 2009–10[16] | Conference Premier | 37 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11[16] | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ― | ― | 2 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||||
| Woking | 2011–12[16] | Conference South | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[16] | Conference Premier | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14[16] | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15[16] | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5[d] | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||||
| 2015–16[16] | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 154 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 10 | 0 | 169 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 498 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 560 | 18 | ||
