Shaun O'Neill Newton was born on 20 August 1975 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham United and Leicester City before ending his professional football career in 2008.
17 Facts About Shaun Newton
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Shaun Newton quickly became a first-team regular and was a virtual ever-present between 1995 and 1998.
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Shaun Newton had earlier scored in the semi-final success over Ipswich Town to take them to Wembley.
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Shaun Newton found him often on the sidelines in the Premier League though, as Claus Jensen was signed and youngster Scott Parker emerged.
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Shaun Newton made a bright start at Wolves, scoring on his debut against Portsmouth and producing a career-best seasonal goal tally of 8.
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Shaun Newton was a first choice for the West Midlands club in the Premier League, something that had evaded him in his Charlton days, but Wolves only managed one season at this level.
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Shaun Newton appeared regularly for West Ham in their return to the top flight, albeit mostly as a substitute, and he was not selected for their FA Cup Final squad to face Liverpool at the season's end.
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In July 2006, Shaun Newton was suspended 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.
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Shaun Newton remained with the club, but only made five further appearances under his recently arrived former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley upon his return.
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Shaun Newton made a total of 49 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring once.
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Shaun Newton scored his first goal for Leicester against Birmingham on 17 April 2007.
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Shaun Newton was given the number 16 shirt, the third player to wear the number that season after Josh Low and Luigi Glombard.
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Shaun Newton signed a permanent one-year deal with the Championship club on 6 July 2007 after the appointment of Martin Allen.
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In 2008 Shaun Newton was found guilty of nine counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Shaun Newton had attempted to bypass the speeding ticket procedure for fellow footballers, Teddy Sheringham and Bobby Zamora by "losing" the tickets which had been sent to them.
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Shaun Newton was given a 28-week sentence suspended for two years and ordered to do 180 hours unpaid community service.
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In July 2017, Shaun Newton was found guilty of a burglary committed while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine.