- Shaun Newton
] He appeared regularly for the Hammers in their return to the top division, but mostly only in a substitutes role, and he was not selected for their FA Cup Final squad to face Liverpool at the season's end.
In July 2006, his career was derailed when he was banned for seven months, backdated to
20 May 2006 , after testing positive forcocaine following West Ham'sFA Cup semi-final victory over Middlesbrough in April 2006. [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Newton banned for taking cocaine| work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date =2006-07-19 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5195238.stm | accessdate =2007-07-07 ] He remained with the club during his ban, but only made five further appearances under his recently-arrived former Charlton managerAlan Curbishley upon his return.Instead, he joined Leicester City on loan in March 2007 until the end of the season,cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Leicester sign midfielder Newton| work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date =2006-03-10 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/6438099.stm | accessdate =2007-07-07 ] a move made permanent in the close season. He made a total of 49 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring once.Leicester City
Newton joined Leicester City on loan for the rest of the 2006/07 season in March 2007. He was given the number 16 shirt, the third player to wear the number that season after
Josh Low andLuigi Glombard . He signed a permanent one-year deal with the Championship club on6 July 2007 by new manager Martin Allen. [cite news| title = Leicester swoop for winger Newton| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/6277328.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date =2007-07-06 | accessdate = 2007-07-06] However his time at the club came to an end in January 2008, with Leicester now onto their third manager of the season inIan Holloway , when his contract was terminated by mutual consent. [cite news| title = Leicester allow Newton to move on | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/7187468.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date =2008-01-14 | accessdate = 2008-03-03]Later career
Newton spent a spell on trial at Yeovil Town in Spring 2008, [cite news| title = Winger Newton on trial at Yeovil | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7329394.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date =
2008-04-03 ] but was not offered a contract. He was convicted of nine charges connected with a scam to dodge speeding tickets involving his former West Ham teammateTeddy Sheringham in July 2008, for which he received a 28-week suspended prison sentence, and a 12-month driving ban, with an order to do 180 hours of unpaid community service. [cite news| title = Former West Ham star guilty of speeding ticket scam| url= http://www.24dash.com/news/communities/2008-07-14-Former-West-Ham-star-guilty-of-speeding-ticket-scam| publisher = 24dash.com| date =2008-07-14 ]References
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