Eddie Newton

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Eddie Newton

|image =

|fullname = Edward John Ikem Newton{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 2001–2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=2001 |publisher=AFS |isbn=9780946531349 |page=222}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Hammersmith, England

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

|position = Defensive midfielder

|currentclub =

|youthyears1 = 1985–1990

|youthclubs1 = Chelsea

|years1 = 1990–1999

|clubs1 = Chelsea

|caps1 = 165

|goals1 = 8

|years2 = 1992

|clubs2 = → Cardiff City (loan)

|caps2 = 18

|goals2 = 4

|years3 = 1999–2000

|clubs3 = Birmingham City

|caps3 = 4

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2000

|clubs4 = Oxford United

|caps4 = 7

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2000

|clubs5 = Barnet

|caps5 = 4

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 2000–2001

|clubs6 = Hayes

|caps6 = 6

|goals6 = 0

|totalcaps = 204

|totalgoals = 12

|nationalyears1 = 1993

|nationalteam1 = England U21

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 = 2008–2009

|managerclubs1 = Milton Keynes Dons (assistant manager)

|manageryears2 = 2009–2011

|managerclubs2 = West Bromwich Albion (assistant manager)

|manageryears3 = 2012

|managerclubs3 = Chelsea (assistant manager)

|manageryears4 = 2015–2016

|managerclubs4 = Chelsea (assistant manager)

|manageryears5 = 2019–2020

|managerclubs5 = Chelsea (assistant manager)

|manageryears6 = 2020

|managerclubs6 = Trabzonspor (assistant manager)

|manageryears7 = 2020

|managerclubs7 = Trabzonspor

}}

Edward John Ikem Newton (born 13 December 1971) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

As a player, he was a defensive midfielder from 1990 until 2001 notably for Chelsea where he scored in the 1997 FA Cup final. He also played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Oxford United and Barnet and in the Conference National for Hayes. He also earned two caps for the England U21 side.

Having begun his coaching career on the staff of Milton Keynes Dons and West Bromwich Albion, he returned to Chelsea where he served as assistant manager to Roberto Di Matteo before the latter was replaced by Rafael Benítez. In December 2015 he was reappointed as assistant manager to interim manager Guus Hiddink. In 2020 he had a brief spell in charge of Turkish side Trabzonspor.

Playing career

Newton was born in Hammersmith, London. After making his way through the Chelsea youth system he was loaned out to Cardiff City in January 1992, making his debut in a 4–0 win over Chesterfield. Cardiff fell three points short of a play-off place and Newton returned to Chelsea. He played for Chelsea in the 1994 FA Cup Final, but his foul on Denis Irwin in the second half saw him cautioned and led to Manchester United receiving a penalty which was scored by Eric Cantona. He then made a defensive error which allowed United's Mark Hughes to make it 3–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1994.htm |title=Final details: 1994 Manchester United |access-date=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311060748/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1994.htm |archive-date=11 March 2007}}

Chelsea went on to lose 4–0 but United had won the double to qualify for the European Cup, allowing Chelsea to play European football for the first time since the 1970s with a place in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Newton was part of the team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994–95 competition and also the semi-finals of the 1995–96 FA Cup.

Newton scored Chelsea's second, clinching, goal in the 1997 FA Cup Final to seal a 2–0 win over Middlesbrough. He won the Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup with the club a year later, but was thereafter hampered in his quest for a starting place by injuries and manager Gianluca Vialli's signing of French World Cup-winning midfielder Didier Deschamps.{{Cite web|date=May 17, 2017|title=Where are they now? Chelsea's 1997 FA Cup winners|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/where-are-they-now-chelseas-1997-fa-cup-winners|access-date=2021-05-28|website=fourfourtwo.com|language=en}}

He joined Birmingham City in July 1999 on a free transfer before spending short spells at various lower-league clubs, including Oxford United and Barnet. He retired due to a knee injury.{{cite web | title = Where are they now? Eddie Newton | newspaper=The Observer | date =11 May 2008 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/11/chelsea | access-date = 30 June 2009}}

Management and coaching career

On 2 July 2008 Newton was appointed assistant manager to Roberto Di Matteo at Milton Keynes Dons. A year later, on 30 June 2009, Di Matteo was appointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion and it was reported that Newton would be joining him at the club as assistant head coach.{{cite web

| title =Di Matteo is new Albion boss

| work =Express and Star

| date =30 June 2009

| url =https://www.expressandstar.com/2009/06/30/di-matteo-is-new-albion-boss/

| access-date =30 June 2009

| archive-date =26 September 2012

| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120926132645/http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/06/30/di-matteo-is-new-albion-boss/

| url-status =dead

}} When Di Matteo was relieved of his duties in January 2011, Newton also left the club.

On 5 March 2012 it was announced that Newton would be joining the back room staff at Chelsea, supporting Roberto Di Matteo. Di Matteo had just taken over as interim Head Coach at Chelsea following the departure of André Villas-Boas.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17260309|title=Roberto di Matteo wants Chelsea 'passion' after Villas-Boas exit|date=5 March 2012|work=BBC Sport|access-date=5 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9123650/Eddie-Newton-joins-Chelsea-as-part-of-caretaker-manager-Roberto-Di-Matteos-backroom-staff.html|title=Eddie Newton joins Chelsea as part of caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo's backroom staff|date=5 March 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5 March 2012}} In his short time as assistant manager at Chelsea he has won the UEFA Champions League and FA Cup. He currently helps to oversee the progress of Chelsea's loan players after having been assistant first team coach under Guus Hiddink in for the second half of the previous season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/eddie-newton.html|title=Eddie Newton - Loan technical coach|website=www.chelseafc.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-05-24}} Following the departure of Hiddink, Newton returned to the loan technical coach role until 2019, when he became an assistant coach to the first team following the appointment of Frank Lampard as head coach.

He was appointed assistant manager at Trabzonspor in February 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/02/01/eddie-newton-joins-trabzonspor|title=Eddie Newton joins Trabzonspor | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club|website=ChelseaFC}}

On 2 August 2020, Newton was appointed by Trabzonspor on a permanent basis, after a successful period as caretaker winning the Turkish Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntvspor.net/video-galeri/trabzonspor-da-eddie-newton-donemi-5f26d72a0ee4c62570b06306|title=Trabzonspor'da Eddie Newton dönemi|website=NTVSpor.net}} On 31 October 2020, he was sacked as the club's manager after winning just one of his seven games in charge.{{cite web|url=https://www.trabzonspor.org.tr/tr/haberler/guncel-haberler/tesekkurler-31-10-2020|title=Teşekkürler|publisher=Trabzonspor|date=31 October 2020|access-date=2 November 2020|language=tr}}

Personal life

Born in England, Newton is of Nigerian and Jamaican descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=36943|title=Ex-Chelsea Assistant Coach of Nigerian Descent Newton Appointed Trabzonspor Permanent Manager :: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal|website=www.allnigeriasoccer.com}}

Managerial statistics

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align=left\|Trabzonspor \|Turkey \|align=left\|20 July 2020 \|align=left\|31 October 2020 {{WDL\|9\|3\|2\|4\|for=13\|against=15\|diff=yes}} \|
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align=left|Trabzonspor

|Turkey

|align=left|20 July 2020

|align=left|31 October 2020

colspan="4"|Total

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Honours

=Player=

Chelsea

FA Cup: 1996–97
Football League Cup: 1997–98{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/chelsea-v-middlesbrough-29-march-1998-33388/ |title=Chelsea v Middlesbrough, 29 March 1998 - 11v11 match report |website=11v11 |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=31 March 2024}}
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
UEFA Super Cup: 1998

=Assistant Manager=

Chelsea

=Manager=

Trabzonspor

Turkish Cup: 2019–20{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53630537|title=Former Chelsea coach Eddie Newton is Trabzonspor's permanent boss|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|date=2 August 2020|access-date=2 August 2020}}