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Newton was born in Hammersmith, London.
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In December 2015 he was reappointed as assistant manager to interim manager Guus Hiddink. 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 earnt two caps for the England U21 side.
Unfortunately Cardiff fell three points short of a play-off place and Newton returned to
He then made a defensive error which allowed United"s Mark Hughes to make it 3-0. 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.
A few years after finishing his football career Newton went to coach a kids school football team at Mount carmel primary school, Ealing, London. He was the head coach and coached many different age groups, including former goalkeeping legend Dave Beasant"s nephew, Delroy.
He also trained Joel Baker of Street Saviours.
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. 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, supporting Roberto Di Matteo.
Di Matteo had just taken over as interim Head Coach at following the departure of André Villas-Boas. He then went on to help oversee the progress of "s youth players until he was re-appointed as assistant manager by Guus Hiddink after the sacking of Jose Mourinho in December 2015.
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