MARC NEWSHAM RETIRES FROM FOOTBALL
- 03/05/2024
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Club legend Marc Newsham has announced his retirement from football aged 36.
The born goalscorer, scored 81 goals in 184 appearances for The Club and is 10th on our all-time goal scorers list.
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Newsham had spells at The World's First Football Club spanning across 16 years. He debuted on loan from Rotherham in December 2008 and scored 5 in 5. He then joined permanently nearly a decade later in the 2018/19 season, hitting the onion bag 22 times as we reached the playoffs.
The Doncaster-born striker, has been top scorer in four seasons (18/19, 19,20, 20/21, 21/22), better than a 1 in 2 record of 66 in 123 over the period.
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He has also picked up Player of the Year twice in 2020 and 2022.
Legend.