Marc Anthony Newsham (born 24 March 1987) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a striker for

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

. He notably played in the

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for

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

, but has since played in Non-League football for

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

, Ilkeston Town,

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

and

Matlock Town Matlock Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane. History The club was esta ...

Career

Newsham is a product of the

youth team and made his first team debut in March 2005. He scored his first goal for the club against

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

in the

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in October 2005 to take the tie to penalties. Following the 2007–08 season, he signed a new one-year contract with Rotherham in May 2008. Newsham signed on a month's loan for

in November 2008, but failed to make an impact in the first team, mainly due to the signing of

Luke Beckett Luke John Beckett (born 25 November 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1998 to 2012. Born in Sheffield, England, Beckett played in the Football League for ten years notably appearing for Sheffield ...

. He also spent time on loan with Ilkeston Town helping the club earn a play-off spot in the Northern Premier Division. Newsham was released by Rotherham on his return and signed for

in June 2009. From joining Boston in 2009, Newsham scored over 100 goals for the Lincolnshire club. On 11 June 2015, Newsham left Boston United to join local rivals Gainsborough Trinity on a permanent deal. The transfer gained some attention after it was noted that the scarf Newsham was holding in his signing picture had misspelled the club's name. He scored his first competitive goal for Trinity against the Pilgrims in an

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2nd Qualifying Round tie. He joined

in May 2016.Newsham becomes first new Gladiators signing of the summer
NonLeagueDaily, 3 June 2016

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Doncaster English footballers Association football forwards Rotherham United F.C. players Sheffield F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Boston United F.C. players Matlock Town F.C. players English Football League players Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{England-footy-forward-1980s-stub