Adam Newbold (born 16 November 1989) is an English

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who plays as a striker. In December 2010, it was announced that he had agreed a deal to sign for Australian side

Ballarat Red Devils Ballarat City FC is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Ballarat, Victoria. For most of its history, the club's home ground was Trekardo Park, before making the move to the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility in 2014 ...

. He made his debut for the club in February.

Career

Newbold scored on his debut for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

after coming on as a 75th minute substitute against

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in the

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on 13 August 2008, which finished as a 4–0 victory. His

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debut came three days later in a 3–1 defeat to

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

in the

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by making a substitute appearance on 87 minutes. In November 2008, Newbold signed a new one-and-a-half-year contract at the

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, with the option of a one-year extension. Following the dismissal of Forest boss Colin Calderwood, and the subsequent appointment of Billy Davies, Newbold joined

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club

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

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until the end of the 2008–09 season on 26 March 2009. He made his debut two days later, scoring a goal in the process, only for it to ruled out by the linesman who adjudged him to be offside. He finished the loan with six appearances, scoring an impressive 5 goals. His contract was mutually terminated by Forest after the club's reserve team was disbanded by the new management team, leaving many of the club's talented young players without a club. In December 2009, he signed for Tamworth of the

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on non-contract terms, following a brief spell in Scotland. After it was revealed the club was under financial difficulties, Newbold left Tamworth and signed for

Hucknall Town F.C. Hucknall Town Football Club are a association football, football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are members of the and play at Watnall Road. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Wel ...

, despite being thought to be the transfer target for a number of league clubs. Newbold left Hucknall without making a single appearance for the club after deciding that he would look to get back into the professional game. In February/March 2011 Newbold joined the

on non-contract terms. It took Newbold just 26 minutes of his debut for the Red Devils and Australian soccer to find the back of the net. He was on target during a 5–1 romp over Langwarrin, where he was named man of the match and hailed by local newspaper Silobreaker as a standout.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newbold, Adam 1989 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Nottingham Forest F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Hucknall Town F.C. players Ballarat City FC players English Football League players Footballers from Nottingham