Wayne Shaw (footballer)

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Wayne Shaw
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-01-13) 13 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Millbrook, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1988 Southampton
1988–1990 Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990 → Basingstoke Town (loan)
1990–1991 Gosport Borough
1991–1996 Wimborne Town
Bashley
Bournemouth
Gosport Borough
BAT Sports
1996–1997 AFC Lymington
1998–1999 AFC Lymington
1999–2003 AFC Totton
2003–2009 Eastleigh 58 (0)
2007 → Wimborne Town (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2012 Sutton United 5 (0)
2012 Fleet Town 3 (0)
2012 Eastleigh 0 (0)
2012–2013 Sutton United 2 (0)
2014–2015 Gosport Borough 0 (0)
2015–2017 Sutton United 1 (0)
2016 → Alresford Town (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wayne Shaw (born 13 January 1972) [1] is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Shaw was nicknamed "Roly Poly Goalie", [2] owing to being 23 stone (150 kg; 320 lb), [3] [4]

Career

Shaw started in football at Southampton's academy as a centre half, where he was teammates with future England internationals Alan Shearer and Matt Le Tissier. He was then sent on loan for two years to Reading. He was later released by Southampton for being overweight. [5] He then moved to Basingstoke Town and was loaned to Bashley where he transitioned into a goalkeeper. [5] From there he went to AFC Lymington and in 1999 moved to AFC Totton because of family commitments. [5] By 2005, he had moved to Eastleigh where he saved a penalty during their Isthmian Premier League play-off final which helped Eastleigh get promoted into the Conference South for the first time. [5] In 2010, he moved to Sutton United alongside Eastleigh's manager Paul Doswell but returned to Eastleigh as a player-coach two years later. [6] During his career, Shaw would often be subject to the "Who ate all the pies?" football chant. [7]

While playing for Sutton United, Shaw was involved in an altercation with fans of Kingstonian prior to a Surrey Senior Cup match in December 2013 where he jumped over advertising hoardings and headbutted a fan who was insulting him about his weight. [8] [ better source needed ] He was released by Sutton following the incident. [9] Following a brief period with Gosport Borough, where he was the goalkeeping coach for their FA Trophy final appearance against Cambridge United, [10] he was re-signed by Sutton in February 2015 until his departure in February 2017. [11] He subsequently retired after his departure.

"Piegate" controversy

On 20 February 2017, Sutton lost 2–0 to Arsenal in the fifth round of the 2016–17 FA Cup. During the match, Shaw ate a pasty, [12] [13] described as a "pie" in reports, while sitting on the bench, even though he knew that a betting company was offering 8–1 odds against him eating a pie on television. The Football Association investigated a possible breach of their rules relating to betting, and the Gambling Commission investigated whether there were any unusual patterns of betting and whether the company had operated within its licence. [14] Shaw resigned from Sutton United after the investigations were announced. [15] Following his resignation, the supermarket chain Morrisons offered Shaw a job as an official "pie-taster". [16] Later, a petition was launched by the blogger Paul Staines for Shaw to be given his job at the club back. [17] In Sutton United's first game after his departure, they were forced to use an outfield player in goal when their first choice goalkeeper was injured, having had no time to sign a replacement for Shaw. [14]

On 6 September 2017 Shaw was fined £375 and banned for two months by the FA for breaching their betting rules. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Wayne Shaw at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Long, Sam (20 February 2017). "Why Sutton's 20st 'roly poly goalie' is not your typical footballer". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Critchley, Mark (22 February 2017). "Sutton's 23-stone goalkeeper Wayne Shaw may have broken FA betting rules by eating pie during Arsenal defeat". The Independent. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pie-eating ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw fined by FA". BBC Sport. 6 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Walter, Simon (20 February 2017). "Sutton United's Totton-based FA Cup cult hero: Depression is my toughest opponent". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Gee, Wendy. "Wayne Shaw returns to Eastleigh". Daily Echo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Who ate all the pies?". ITV. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Rathborn, Jack (21 February 2017). "Sutton's pie-eating goalkeeper Wayne Shaw's colourful past including headbutting a supporter". The Mirror. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Wayne Shaw released by Sutton United following Kingstonian fracas". Your Local Guardian. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Gwillym, Wayne (17 February 2017). "Meet Wayne Shaw, Sutton United's Roly Poly Goalie". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Ashton, Tim (6 February 2015). "Sutton United: Wayne is Shaw glad to be back at the Lane". The Bolton News. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Aarons, Ed (21 February 2017). "Sutton keeper's pie-eating stunt investigated by FA and Gambling Commission". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Wayne Shaw Eating a Pasty: The Best or Worst Thing to Ever Happen to Football?". VICE.
  14. 1 2 "Sutton United win with outfield player in goal after Wayne Shaw exit". The Guardian. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  15. ↑ Aarons, Ed (21 February 2017). "Sutton keeper Wayne Shaw leaves club amid investigations over pie-eating stunt". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  16. ↑ Samuel Lovett (21 February 2017). "Morrisons approach ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw to with official 'pie-taster' job offer". The Independent. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  17. ↑ Richard Parry (22 February 2017). "Wayne Shaw pie scandal: Petition launched to have Sutton United goalkeeper reinstated following resignation". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Pie-eating ex-Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw fined by FA". BBC Sport. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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