Henry Newton (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Newton | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nottingham Forest | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963-1970 | Nottingham Forest | 282 | (17) |
| 1970-1973 | Everton | 77 | (5) |
| 1973-1977 | Derby County | 117 | (5) |
| 1977–1978 | Walsall | 16 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1964-1967 | England under-23 | 4 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Henry Newton (born 18 February 1944) is an English-born former football midfielder, who made almost 500 league appearances for Football League teams during the 1960s and 1970s.[1]
He started at his home town club Nottingham Forest and played 282 League matches for them.[1] In total he made 315 senior appearances for them, scoring 15 goals, and he was at the club when they finished runners-up in the Football League First Division in 1966-67.[2]
He left the club in 1970 to join Everton and played his first game for the "Toffees" on 17 October 1970. He was to make 85 senior appearances and score 6 goals for them before moving to Derby County, his last game for the club coming in September 1973.[3]
Newton made over 100 League appearances at Derby before finishing his career at Walsall.[1] At Derby he was part of the team that won the First Division in 1975.[4]
Newton was capped by the England under-23 side on four occasions, making his debut on 25 November 1964 against Romania.[5] Newton also played for the Football League XI in 1970, in a match against the Scottish League XI.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Henry Newton". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ Times Top 50 Forest players (subscription required)
- ↑ "Everton Player Stats: Henry Newton". Everton FC. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ↑ "We are the Champions: 1974-75 – Derby County". gameofthepeople.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ Tony Williams and Roy Peskett (compilers) (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00094-8.
- ↑ "CORMACK GOAL REVIVES SCOTS: Football League 3, Scottish League 2". The Herald. Glasgow. 19 March 1970. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2015.