Tom Newey

Tom Newey

Personal information
Full name	Thomas William Newey
Date of birth	31 October 1982 (1982-10-31)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Rotherham United
Number	3
Youth career
2001–2002	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2003	Leeds United	0	(0)
2003	→ Cambridge United (loan)	6	(0)
2003	→ Darlington (loan)	7	(1)
2003–2005	Leyton Orient	54	(3)
2005	→ Cambridge United (loan)	6	(0)
2005	Cambridge United	10	(0)
2005–2009	Grimsby Town	147	(3)
2009	→ Rochdale (loan)	2	(0)
2009–2010	Bury	32	(0)
2010–	Rotherham United	54	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas William "Tom" Newey (born 31 October 1982 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Football League Two side Rotherham United. Newey plays primarily as a left-back but can also operate as a centre half, he has previously played for Leeds United, Cambridge United, Darlington, Leyton Orient, Grimsby Town, Rochdale and Bury.

Club career

Leeds United

Newey began his career as a trainee with Leeds United in August 2002. He was loaned to Cambridge United in February 2003 where he made seven league and cup appearances, and was then loaned to Darlington in March 2003 where he also made seven appearances, scoring one goal. He was offered a permanent contract by Darlington in May 2003 but turned it down.

Leyton Orient

After being released by Leeds, Newey joined Leyton Orient in July 2003, where he went on to make 63 appearances, scoring three goals. Following a loan spell with Cambridge United, he joined the club on a permanent basis in March 2005.

Cambridge United

After joining Cambridge late in the 2004–05 campaign, Newey made 16 appearances for Cambridge, in their failed bid to fight off relegation and was released after Cambridge were relegated from the Football League.

Grimsby Town

Newey signed a one-year contract with Grimsby Town in June 2005 and was one of the first new signings under Grimsby's new boss at the time, Russell Slade. He made 43 league and cup appearances for Grimsby in the 2005–06 season as Grimsby challenged for promotion only to lose out in the play-off final. Newey managed to keep down a regular spot at left back, despite having stiff competition from veteran Gary Croft. Slade departed Blundell Park at the end of the season, but this did not stop Newey from following him out of the club, like a few players did, and in this new manager Graham Rodger convinced Tom to sign a new three-year contract with the club in the summer of 2006. Grimsby struggled in the new season, and Rodger was replaced by Alan Buckley. Newey continued to keep his place and he made a further 46 league and cup appearances in the 2006-07 season. In the 2007-08 campaign, Newey became the club's interim captain as veteran Justin Whittle spent the majority of the campaign on the substitute bench. He was part of the squad that season, that managed to get through to the final of the Football League Trophy at Wembley Stadium. Grimsby lost the game 2-0 to the MK Dons. Following Buckley's dismissal in September 2008, Newey re-established himself under new manager Mike Newell until a mid-season injury halted his first team aspirations. Newell moved too sign West Ham United left back Joe Widdowson in his absence. On his return to fitness, Grimsby accepted an approach by rivals Lincoln City to take Newey on loan, however the player rejected the chance of playing at Sincil Bank due to his fitness levels not being adequate enough to merit a first team place. Newey returned to first team action a few weeks later, but found himself out of favour, with Newell preferring to use Widdowson in place of him, thus freezing the long term Grimsby left back out of his regular spot in the team. On 17 March 2009, Newey was told he could leave the club on a free transfer along with Goalkeepers Phil Barnes and Gary Montgomery. However though Barnes and Montgomery both left, Newey was loaned out too Rochdale for the remaining month of the 2008-2009 season. On 30 April Newey was told along with Peter Till that they will not be offered a new contract by the club for the 2009-10 season. Newey was also told by Rochdale a few days later, that he would not be offered a permanent contract to mean he would not be joining the club for the new season, something which Tom had expressed his desire to do so after admitting his enjoyment in working alongside Dale players, and former Grimsby team mates Simon Ramsden and Ciaran Toner once again.

Bury

On 28 August 2009 Newey signed a twelve month contract with Bury following a successful trial spell with the club. Newey played 32 times for Bury in the league before leaving at the end of the 2009-10 season.

Rotherham United

Newey signed for fellow Football League Two side Rotherham United in the summer of 2010.

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Coca Cola League Two Play-off runner up: 2005-06
• Football League Trophy runner up: 2007-08

External links

• Tom Newey career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile of Tom Newey at codalmighty.com