{{Short description|Footballer (born 1980)}} {{for-multi|the professor of English|Adam Zachary Newton|the Scottish scholar, royal tutor and dean of Durham|Adam Newton (tutor)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Adam Newton | image = Newton, Adam.jpg | caption = Newton in 2010 | fullname = Adam Lee Newton<ref name="Hugman2009–10">{{Cite book |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84596-474-0 |editor-last=Hugman |editor-first=Barry J.}}</ref> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref name="Hugman2009–10" /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|12|4}}<ref name="Hugman2009–10" /> | birth_place = Grays, England | position = Full-back | youthyears1 = 1997–1999 | youthclubs1 = West Ham United | years1 = 1999–2002 | clubs1 = West Ham United | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = → Portsmouth (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2000–2001 | clubs3 = → Notts County (loan) | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2002 | clubs4 = → Leyton Orient (loan) | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2002–2008 | clubs5 = Peterborough United | caps5 = 218 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Brentford | caps6 = 35 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2009–2011 | clubs7 = Luton Town | caps7 = 54 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2011–2016 | clubs8 = Woking | caps8 = 154 | goals8 = 4 | totalcaps = 496 | totalgoals = 17 | nationalyears1 = 2000 | nationalteam1 = England U21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2015 | nationalteam2 = Saint Kitts and Nevis | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 1 }}
'''Adam Lee Newton''' (born 4 December 1980) is a former professional footballer who played for West Ham United, Peterborough United, Brentford and Luton Town. Born in England, he represented the England U21 national team and the Saint Kitts and Nevis senior national team at international level.
==Club career==
===West Ham United=== Newton was born in Grays. He began his career in the academy at West Ham United and signed a professional contract in August 1998, but he did not win a call into the first team squad during the 1998–99 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Ham FC Player Appearances {{!}} Past & Present |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2802&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128 |access-date=23 May 2019 |website=Soccer Base}}</ref> He had a successful season with the youth team, winning the FA Youth Cup and scoring in both legs of the final.<ref name="independent">{{Cite web |date=15 May 1999 |title=Football: FA Youth Cup Final – Hammers kids earn a 21,000 fan salute |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-youth-cup-final-hammers-kids-earn-a-21000-fan-salute-1093752.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310123049/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-youth-cup-final-hammers-kids-earn-a-21000-fan-salute-1093752.html |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> After making his professional debut while on loan to First Division club Portsmouth early in the 1999–00 season, Newton made his West Ham United debut on his return to Upton Park, as a substitute for Marc Keller in a 1–0 Premier League defeat to Coventry City on 25 September 1999.<ref name="Soccerbase9900" /> He made two further substitute appearances during the 1999–00 season and understudied right back Trevor Sinclair,<ref name="Soccerbase9900" /><ref name="HistoryBoys" /> but did not appear for the club again and had further spells away on loan during the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.<ref name="Soccerbase">{{Soccerbase|id=16826}}</ref> Out of favour with new manager Glenn Roeder,<ref name="HistoryBoys" /> Newton was released by West Ham at the end of the 2001–02 season.<ref name="Brush seeks new Newton">{{Cite news |date=1 May 2002 |title=Brush seeks new Newton |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/1962413.stm |access-date=28 May 2009}}</ref>
===Peterborough United=== After rejecting a contract with his previous loan club Leyton Orient,<ref name="Brush seeks new Newton" /> Newton joined Second Division club Peterborough United on a free transfer in May 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2002 |title=Posh sign Hammers starlet |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/1962466.stm |access-date=28 May 2009}}</ref> He quickly established himself in the team and made 249 appearances and scored 9 goals during six seasons at London Road and celebrated promotion to League One with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.<ref name="Soccerbase" /><ref name="Soccerbase0708" /><ref name="FCHDposh">{{Fchd|PETERBOU|name=Peterborough United F.C.}}</ref> After dropping down the pecking order following the arrival of Russell Martin at the end of the 2007–08 season, Newton's contract was terminated by mutual agreement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2008 |title=Posh terminate Newton's contract |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/7469268.stm |access-date=17 August 2008}}</ref> He made 249 appearances and scored 9 goals during his time at the club.<ref name="Soccerbase" />
===Brentford=== In June 2008, Newton joined League Two club Brentford on a one-year contract, effective 1 July 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newton Signs |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1331956,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195339/http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1331956,00.html |archive-date=13 February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}}</ref> At the start of the 2008–09 season, Brentford manager Andy Scott named Newton club captain, but he later lost the captaincy to Kevin O'Connor after a spell out injured.<ref name="HistoryBoys" /> Newton was released by Brentford at the end of the season, having helped the Bees win the League Two title.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotty Releases Nine |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1650190,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195317/http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1650190,00.html |archive-date=13 February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}}</ref> He made 39 appearances and scored one goal during the season, which came in a 2–0 victory over Luton Town on the final day.<ref name="Soccerbase0809" />
===Luton Town=== On 28 May 2009, Newton signed a two-year contract with newly relegated Conference Premier club Luton Town.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2009 |title=Winger Newton seals Luton switch |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/8072749.stm |access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Soccerbase" /><ref name="Soccerway" /> On 2 June 2011, it was announced that Newton's contract would not be renewed and that he had been released by the club.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2011 |title=Luton Town to release Lloyd Owusu and Adam Newton |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13629473 |access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref>
===Woking=== On 27 June 2011, Newton signed for Conference South club Woking.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 June 2011 |title=Woking sign Giuseppe Sole, Jay Davies and Adam Newton |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9523722.stm |access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref> Despite briefly retiring during the 2015 off-season,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dyke |first=Chris |date=1 May 2015 |title=How will Garry Hill's Woking FC squad shape up for next season? |url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/adam-newton-john-nutter-join-9158941 |access-date=23 May 2019 |website=getsurrey}}</ref> he stayed with the club for five seasons and was a part of the team which finished the 2011–12 season as Conference South champions.<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref name="FCHDwoking">{{Fchd|WOKING|name=Woking F.C.}}</ref> Newton retired at the end of the 2015–16 season, after making 169 appearances and scoring four goals for the club.<ref name="HistoryBoys">{{Cite web |title=History Boys: Adam Newton |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/may/history-boys-adam-newton/ |access-date=23 May 2019 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> In his retirement, Newton occasionally played for Hackney & Leyton Sunday League club Downs.<ref name="HistoryBoys" /><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1084412612232839169 |user=DownsFC1878 |title=A new signing for Downs, one for the @theposhofficial and @leytonorientfc fans. A warm welcome to Adam Newton}}</ref>
== International career == Newton was capped once by England at under-21 level, in a 6–1 friendly victory over Georgia in August 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England Matches – Under-21's 2000–10 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg3.html |access-date=23 May 2019 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}</ref> In 2004, he was one of three UK-based players to be called up by Saint Kitts and Nevis for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 June 2004 |title=Willock hits double |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/3823477.stm |access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref> He won seven caps and scored one goal for Saint Kitts and Nevis between 2004 and 2015.<ref>{{NFT player|8015|accessdate=23 May 2019}}</ref>
== Personal life == After retiring from football, Newton became a London taxi driver.<ref name="HistoryBoys" />
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup ! colspan="2" |Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals !Apps !Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="3" valign="center" |West Ham United |1999–00<ref name="Soccerbase9900">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=1999|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Premier League |2||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |― |1<ref name="UEL" group="lower-alpha">Appearance in UEFA Cup</ref> |0|| colspan="2" |― |3||0 |- |2000–01<ref name="Soccerbase0001" /> |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― | colspan="2" |― |0 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !2 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !1 !0 ! colspan="2" |― !3 !0 |- | rowspan="1" valign="center" |Portsmouth (loan) |1999–00<ref name="Soccerbase9900" /> |First Division |3||0|| colspan="2" |― |2||0 | colspan="2" |― | colspan="2" |― |5||0 |- | rowspan="1" valign="center" |Notts County (loan) |2000–01<ref name="Soccerbase0001">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2000|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |Second Division |20||1||2||0||0||0 | colspan="2" |—||0||0||22||1 |- | rowspan="1" valign="center" |Leyton Orient (loan) |2001–02<ref name="Soccerbase0102">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2001|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |Third Division |10||1||0||0||0||0 | colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |― |10||1 |- | rowspan="7" valign="center" |Peterborough United |2002–03<ref name="Soccerbase0203">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2002|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Second Division |36||2||1||0||1||0 | colspan="2" |—||1<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy</ref>||0||39||2 |- |2003–04<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2003|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |37||2||3||1||1||0 | colspan="2" |—||3<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||44||3 |- |2004–05<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2004|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |League One |30||0||3||0||0||0 | colspan="2" |—||0||0||33||0 |- |2005–06<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2005|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |League Two |40||3||2||0||1||0 | colspan="2" |—||3<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||46||0 |- |2006–07<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2006|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |43||1||4||0||2||0 | colspan="2" |—||1<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||50||1 |- |2007–08<ref name="Soccerbase0708">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2007|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |32||0||2||0||2||0 | colspan="2" |—|||1<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||37||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !218!!8!!15!!1!!7!!0 ! colspan="2" |― !9!!0!!249!!9 |- | rowspan="1" valign="center" |Brentford |2008–09<ref name="Soccerbase0809">{{Soccerbase season|id=16826|season=2008|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> |League Two |35||1||1||0||1||0 | colspan="2" |—||2<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||39||1 |- | rowspan="3" valign="center" |Luton Town |2009–10<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|id=50411|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Conference Premier |37||2||5||2|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||0||0||42||4 |- |2010–11<ref name="Soccerway" /> |19||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||2<ref name="CPL" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in Football Conference play-offs</ref>||0||21||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !56!!2!!5!!2!! colspan="2" |― ! colspan="2" |― !2!!0!!63!!2 |- | rowspan="6" valign="center" |Woking |2011–12<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Conference South |38||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||1<ref name="FAT" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in FA Trophy</ref>||0||40||0 |- |2012–13<ref name="Soccerway" /> | rowspan="3" |Conference Premier |43||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||2<ref name="FAT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||46||0 |- |2013–14<ref name="Soccerway" /> |37||1||1||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||2<ref name="FAT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||40||1 |- |2014–15<ref name="Soccerway" /> |35||3||2||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||5<ref name="FAT" group="lower-alpha" />||0||42||3 |- |2015–16<ref name="Soccerway" /> |National League |1||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |—||0||0||1||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !154!!4!!5!!0!! colspan="2" |― ! colspan="2" |― !10!!0!!169!!4 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !498!!17!!28!!3!!10!!0 !1 !0!!24!!0!!560!!18 |}
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==Honours== ;West Ham United *FA Youth Cup: 1998–99<ref name="independent" />
;Peterborough United *Football League Two second-place promotion: 2007–08<ref name="Soccerbase0708" /><ref name="FCHDposh" />
;Brentford * Football League Two: 2008–09<ref name="HistoryBoys" />
;Woking * Conference South: 2011–12<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref name="FCHDwoking" />
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Premier League player}} * {{Soccerbase}} * {{official website|www.adamnewton.co.uk}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newton, Adam}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Grays, Essex Category:Sportspeople from Essex Category:England men's under-21 international footballers Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis men's footballers Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis men's international footballers Category:West Ham United F.C. players Category:Portsmouth F.C. players Category:Notts County F.C. players Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players Category:Peterborough United F.C. players Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:Luton Town F.C. players Category:Woking F.C. players Category:Premier League players Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Black British sportsmen Category:21st-century Black British people Category:English people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Category:Sportspeople of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Essex Category:21st-century English sportsmen