Thomas Newton (footballer)

Thomas Newton
Personal information
Full name Thomas Newton[1]
Place of birth Ryton, England
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–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.[1]

Personal life

Newton served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[3] 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.[4][5] He was wounded and made a prisoner of war by the Germans on 13 November 1916.[2][6]

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[2] Southern League Second Division 20 1 4 1 24 2
Portsmouth 1920–21[7] Third Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1921–22[7] Third Division South 8 0 0 0 8 0
1922–23[7] 40 0 2 0 42 0
Total 49 0 2 0 51 0
Career total 69 1 6 1 75 2

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 217. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Biographies – Thomas Newton" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2006, p. 304.
  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. ^ a b c "Pompey By Player – Thomas Newton – 51 Games". PompeyRama. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


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