Aidan Newhouse

Aidan Robert Newhouse (born 23 May 1972) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 15 goals in 113 league games in an 11-year career in the Football League.

Aidan Newhouse
Personal information
Full name Aidan Robert Newhouse[1]
Date of birth (1972-05-23) 23 May 1972[1]
Place of birth Wallasey, England[1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Chester City 44 (6)
1990–1997 Wimbledon 23 (3)
1993Tranmere Rovers (loan) 0 (0)
1994Port Vale (loan) 2 (0)
1994–1995Portsmouth (loan) 6 (1)
1995–1996Torquay United (loan) 4 (2)
1997 Fulham 8 (1)
1997–1999 Swansea City 14 (0)
1999 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 (2)
1999–2001 Sutton United
2001 Northwich Victoria 1 (0)
Total 114+ (15+)
National team
England Schoolboy
England Youth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He began his career at Chester City, making his debut before his sixteenth birthday. He was sold on to Wimbledon for £100,000 in February 1990. He featured once in the Premier League, but was rarely used in his seven years at Selhurst Park. He spent brief periods on loan at Tranmere Rovers, Port Vale, Portsmouth, and Torquay United. He moved on to Fulham in June 1997, before being sold on to Swansea City for £30,000 four months later. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1999, being entering non-league football with Sutton United and Northwich Victoria.

Playing career

Newhouse was just 15 years and 350 days old when he was brought on a substitute by manager Harry McNally on the final day of the 1987–88 season in a 1–0 Third Division win for Chester City at Bury. This made him the youngest player to appear for the club in a Football League match. As a 16-year-old apprentice, Newhouse enjoyed a regular place in the Chester side during the 1988–89 season, with his first goal coming in a 3–0 win over Huddersfield Town in September 1988. By the 1989–90 season Newhouse was a member of the England youth squad and a full-time professional, and in February 1990 he moved to Wimbledon for an initial fee of £100,000.[2]

Newhouse managed just seven starting league appearances in as many years with the "Dons", though he did play in the Premier League, in a 3–2 defeat to Aston Villa at Selhurst Park on 3 October 1992. He was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers, but did not make it onto the pitch at Prenton Park. He joined Port Vale on loan in January 1994, but only made two substitute appearances under John Rudge, and did little to help the "Valiants" to promotion out of the Second Division.[1] He was loaned out to Portsmouth in December 1994, and scored once in six First Division games. He signed on loan with Torquay United in December 1995, and scored twice in four appearances for a side that would finish the 1995–96 season bottom of the Football League.

In June 1997, Newhouse finally moved on when he joined Fulham. He scored four goals in 12 league and cup games, including three against Wycombe Wanderers in the League Cup. However four months later he signed for Swansea City, who paid Fulham £30,000 to secure his services. He made just nine appearances for the "Swans" in 1997–98 and eight appearances in 1998–99.

Newhouse joined Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1999 on a monthly contract.[3] Despite scoring twice on his debut against Mansfield Town, he played just twelve times for Brighton, and only started once. In December 1999 he joined Conference club Sutton United; the club finished bottom of the Conference in 1999–2000, and were thus relegated. He returned to the Conference in 2001 with Northwich Victoria, but played just the one game.

Statistics

Source:[4][5]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chester City 1987–88 Third Division 10000010
1988–89 Third Division 2520050302
1989–90 Third Division 1842061265
Total 44620111577
Wimbledon 1989–90 First Division 20000020
1990–91 First Division 810020101
1991–92 First Division 1212000141
1992–93 Premier League 11001021
1993–94 Premier League 00000000
1994–95 Premier League 00000000
1995–96 Premier League 00004040
1996–97 Premier League 00000000
Total 2332070323
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 1993–94 First Division 00000000
Port Vale (loan) 1993–94 Second Division 20100030
Portsmouth (loan) 1994–95 First Division 61000061
Torquay United (loan) 1995–96 Third Division 42000042
Fulham 1997–98 Second Division 810043124
Swansea City 1997–98 Third Division 80100090
1998–99 Third Division 60101080
Total 1402010170
Brighton & Hove Albion 1999–2000 Third Division 1221010142
Career total 113158024414519

References

  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 213. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Sumner, Chas (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885–1997. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
  3. "Newhouse on goal trail". The Argus. 17 September 1999. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  4. Aidan Newhouse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. Aidan Newhouse at Soccerbase
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