:Wayne Shaw (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Wayne Shaw

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Millbrook, England

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1985–1988

| youthclubs1 = Southampton

| youthyears2 = 1988–1990

| youthclubs2 = Reading

| years1 = 1990

| clubs1 = → Basingstoke Town (loan)

| years2 = 1990–1991

| clubs2 = Gosport Borough

| years3 = 1991–1996

| clubs3 = Wimborne Town

| years4 =

| clubs4 = Bashley

| years5 =

| clubs5 = Bournemouth FC

| years6 =

| clubs6 = Gosport Borough

| years7 =

| clubs7 = BAT Sports

| years8 = 1996–1997

| clubs8 = AFC Lymington

| years9 = 1998–1999

| clubs9 = AFC Lymington

| years10 = 1999–2003

| clubs10 = AFC Totton

| years11 = 2003–2009

| clubs11 = Eastleigh

| caps11 = 58

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2007

| clubs12 = → Wimborne Town (loan)

| caps12 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2009–2012

| clubs13 = Sutton United

| caps13 = 5

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2012

| clubs14 = Fleet Town

| caps14 = 3

| goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2012

| clubs15 = Eastleigh

| caps15 = 0

| goals15 = 0

| years16 = 2012–2013

| clubs16 = Sutton United

| caps16 = 2

| goals16 = 0

| years17 = 2014–2015

| clubs17 = Gosport Borough

| caps17 = 0

| goals17 = 0

| years18 = 2015–2017

| clubs18 = Sutton United

| caps18 = 1

| goals18 = 0

| years19 = 2016

| clubs19 = → Alresford Town (loan)

| caps19 = 1

| goals19 = 0

| totalcaps = 70

| totalgoals = 0

}}

Wayne Shaw (born 13 January 1972){{soccerway|wayne-shaw/167405|Wayne Shaw}} is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Shaw was nicknamed "Roly Poly Goalie",{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/why-sutton-uniteds-roly-poly-goalie-wayne-shaw-is-not-your-stereotypical-goalkeeper-a3471551.html|first=Sam|last=Long|title=Why Sutton's 20st 'roly poly goalie' is not your typical footballer|date=20 February 2017|work=Evening Standard|access-date=22 February 2017}} owing to being {{convert|23|stone|kg lb}}.{{cite web|first=Mark |last=Critchley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/sutton-arsenal-wayne-shaw-pie-bet-goalkeeper-gambling-the-sun-fa-a7590781.html |title=Sutton's 23-stone goalkeeper Wayne Shaw may have broken FA betting rules by eating pie during Arsenal defeat |work=The Independent |date=22 February 2017 |access-date=2017-02-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41181979|title=Pie-eating ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw fined by FA|date=6 September 2017|website=BBC Sport}}

Career

Shaw started in football at Southampton's academy as a centre half, where he was teammates with future England internationals Alan Shearer and Matt Le Tissier. He was then sent on loan for two years to Reading. He was later released by Southampton for being overweight.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/15100983.Sutton_United_s_Totton_based_FA_Cup_cult_hero__Depression_is_my_toughest_opponent/?ref=rl&lp=5 |first=Simon |last=Walter |title=Sutton United's Totton-based FA Cup cult hero: Depression is my toughest opponent|work=Southern Daily Echo|date=20 February 2017|access-date=22 February 2017}} He then moved to Basingstoke Town and was loaned to Bashley where he transitioned into a goalkeeper. From there he went to AFC Lymington and in 1999 moved to AFC Totton because of family commitments. By 2005, he had moved to Eastleigh where he saved a penalty during their Isthmian Premier League play-off final which helped Eastleigh get promoted into the Conference South for the first time. In 2010, he moved to Sutton United alongside Eastleigh's manager Paul Doswell but returned to Eastleigh as a player-coach two years later.{{cite web|first=Wendy |last=Gee |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/9796699.Shaw_makes_Eastleigh_return/?ref=rss |title=Wayne Shaw returns to Eastleigh |work=Daily Echo |date=4 July 2012 |access-date=2017-02-23}} During his career, Shaw would often be subject to the "Who ate all the pies?" football chant.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/entertainment/piers-morgan-wayne-shaw-pies |title=Who ate all the pies? |publisher=ITV |access-date=2017-02-23}}

While playing for Sutton United, Shaw was involved in an altercation with fans of Kingstonian prior to a Surrey Senior Cup match in December 2013 where he jumped over advertising hoardings and headbutted a fan who was insulting him about his weight.{{cite web|first=Jack |last=Rathborn |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/suttons-pie-eating-goalkeeper-wayne-9859661 |title=Sutton's pie-eating goalkeeper Wayne Shaw's colourful past including headbutting a supporter |work=The Mirror |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=2017-02-23}}{{better source needed|date=February 2019}} He was released by Sutton following the incident.{{cite news|title=Wayne Shaw released by Sutton United following Kingstonian fracas|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/10859175.Wayne_Shaw_released_by_Sutton_United_following_Kingstonian_fracas/|access-date=21 February 2017|work=Your Local Guardian|date=5 December 2013}} Following a brief period with Gosport Borough, where he was the goalkeeping coach for their FA Trophy final appearance against Cambridge United,{{cite news |url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15098437.Meet_Wayne_Shaw__Sutton_United_s_Roly_Poly_Goalie/ |title=Meet Wayne Shaw, Sutton United's Roly Poly Goalie |work=Your Local Guardian |access-date=20 February 2017 |date=17 February 2017 |first=Wayne |last=Gwillym}} he was re-signed by Sutton in February 2015 until his departure in February 2017.{{cite news|last=Ashton|first=Tim|title=Sutton United: Wayne is Shaw glad to be back at the Lane|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11776637.Sutton_United__Wayne_is_Shaw_glad_to_be_back_at_the_Lane/|access-date=21 February 2017|work=The Bolton News|date=6 February 2015}} He subsequently retired after his departure.

"Piegate" controversy

On 20 February 2017, Sutton lost 2–0 to Arsenal in the fifth round of the 2016–17 FA Cup. During the match, Shaw ate a pasty,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/21/sutton-united-wayne-shaw-fa-betting-rules |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Sutton keeper's pie-eating stunt investigated by FA and Gambling Commission |first=Ed |last=Aarons |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=21 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wayne-shaw-eating-a-pasty-the-best-or-worst-thing-to-ever-happen-to-football/|title=Wayne Shaw Eating a Pasty: The Best or Worst Thing to Ever Happen to Football? |work=VICE|date=21 February 2017 }} described as a "pie" in reports, while sitting on the bench, even though he knew that a betting company was offering 8–1 odds against him eating a pie on television. The Football Association investigated a possible breach of their rules relating to betting, and the Gambling Commission investigated whether there were any unusual patterns of betting and whether the company had operated within its licence.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/25/sutton-united-win-with-outfield-player-in-goal-after-wayne-shaw-exit|title=Sutton United win with outfield player in goal after Wayne Shaw exit|date=25 February 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2017}} Shaw resigned from Sutton United after the investigations were announced.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/21/sutton-united-wayne-shaw-fa-betting-rules |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Sutton keeper Wayne Shaw leaves club amid investigations over pie-eating stunt |first=Ed |last=Aarons |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=21 February 2017}} Following his resignation, the supermarket chain Morrisons offered Shaw a job as an official "pie-taster".{{cite news|author=Samuel Lovett |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/sutton-united-goalkeeper-wayne-shaw-eats-pie-bet-stun-morrisons-arsenal-betting-a7591326.html |title=Morrisons approach ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw to with official 'pie-taster' job offer |work=The Independent |date= 21 February 2017|access-date=23 February 2017}} Later, a petition was launched by the blogger Paul Staines for Shaw to be given his job at the club back.{{cite news|author=Richard Parry |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/petition-launched-to-have-wayne-shaw-reinstated-at-sutton-united-after-goalkeeper-resigns-amid-a3472811.html |title=Wayne Shaw pie scandal: Petition launched to have Sutton United goalkeeper reinstated following resignation |work=Evening Standard |date=22 February 2017 |access-date=28 February 2017}} In Sutton United's first game after his departure, they were forced to use an outfield player in goal when their first choice goalkeeper was injured, having had no time to sign a replacement for Shaw.

On 6 September 2017 Shaw was fined £375 and banned for two months by the FA for breaching their betting rules.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41181979|title=Pie-eating ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw fined by FA|work=BBC Sport|date=6 September 2017|access-date=6 September 2017}}