Jay Notley

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Jay Notley (born in London in 1978) is a former professional and current semi-professional footballer who made the headlines in November 1996 after failing a drug test. [1] Notley, who was 18 at the time, had failed a drugs test which uncovered traces of cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy in his blood. He had only turned professional with Charlton Athletic, then a Division One side, at the time of his highly-publicised disgrace. Notley had been loaned to Dagenham & Redbridge that season and was playing in the CIS Premier Division. He never made a competitive appearance for Charlton.

Notley was placed on a three-month rehabilitation course under the Football Association's orders (similar to the more high profile case of Arsenal's Paul Merson two years earlier) and allowed to resume his career afterwards.

Notley left Charlton not long after the drugs scandal, but continued to play football at non-league level.