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English footballer

Thomas Newton
Personal information
Full name Thomas Newton
Place of birth Ryton, England
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1912 Blaydon United
1912–1914 Croydon Common 20 (1)
1915 Swindon Town 0 (0)
1919–1920 Newburn
1920–1922 Portsmouth 49 (0)
1923–1924 Scotswood
1924–1925 Ashington 16 (0)
Crawcrook Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Newton (fl. c. 1890s – 1924) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Portsmouth and Ashington.

Personal life

Newton served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. He was the battalion's first casualty on active service, suffering an injury while disembarking SS Bellerophon at Le Havre in the early hours of 17 November 1915. He was wounded and made a prisoner of war by the Germans on 13 November 1916.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croydon Common 1912–13 Southern League Second Division 20 1 4 1 24 2
Portsmouth 1920–21 Third Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1921–22 Third Division South 8 0 0 0 8 0
1922–23 40 0 2 0 42 0
Total 49 0 2 0 51 0
Career total 69 1 6 1 75 2

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 217. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Biographies – Thomas Newton" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. Riddoch & Kemp 2006, p. 304. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRiddochKemp2006 (help)
  4. Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  5. "Newton Tom Portsmouth 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. "Thomas Newton | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Pompey By Player – Thomas Newton – 51 Games". PompeyRama. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


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