Daniel James Newton was born on 18 March 1991 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League North club Brackley Town.
38 Facts About Danny Newton
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Danny Newton began his career at Hinckley United, where he broke into the first team in 2010 and spent two seasons.
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Danny Newton joined fellow National League North club Nuneaton Town, although spent most of his time there on loan back at Hinckley United and then at Barwell of the Southern Football League.
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Danny Newton was the club's top goalscorer and was named as Stevenage's Player of the Year during his first season there.
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Danny Newton spent four years at Stevenage before signing for Solihull Moors in August 2021, where he spent one season.
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Danny Newton signed for Boreham Wood of the National League in July 2022.
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Danny Newton's family relocated to Leicester when he was two years old and he grew up in the East Midlands.
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Danny Newton scored three goals in a season where Hinckley finished in 15th place in the league.
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Danny Newton made 48 appearances during the season in all competitions, scoring 13 goals, forging a strike partnership with Andre Gray over the course of the season.
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Danny Newton made 11 appearances and scored twice during his loan spell back at Hinckley.
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Danny Newton made 10 appearances for Nuneaton in all competitions, of which five were starting appearances, before he was loaned out, this time for the remainder of the season to Barwell of the Southern Football League in March 2013.
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Danny Newton scored three goals in seven games during the loan agreement.
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Danny Newton scored 11 goals in 13 matches in the opening two months of the season, as well as being named as Man of the Match in three of those matches.
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Danny Newton made eight appearances during his time at Brackley, seven of which came as a substitute.
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Danny Newton was part of a deal that saw Stefan Moore make the reverse move from Leamington to Brackley.
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Danny Newton remained a first-team regular for the remainder of the season, scoring 10 goals in 18 appearances.
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Danny Newton was made club captain midway through the season and scored 11 goals in Leamington's final 12 league matches, taking his goal tally for the season to 16, during a season that saw Leamington relegated to the Southern Football League.
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Danny Newton was the club's top goalscorer during the season and he won three end-of-season awards, including the club's Player of the Year.
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Danny Newton made 60 appearances in all competitions during his two-year spell, scoring 30 times.
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Danny Newton scored 10 times in 36 appearances during his first season at Tamworth, with the club finishing in seventh place in National League North.
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Danny Newton was a consistent goalscorer throughout the season, which included a run of 13 goals in 12 matches to end the season.
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Danny Newton scored 28 goals in 39 appearances during the season, finishing the season as the club's top goalscorer in a season where Tamworth finished in ninth place.
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Danny Newton won five end-of-season awards, including being named Tamworth's Player of the Year.
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Danny Newton was invited to participate at the V9 Academy in June 2017, an academy launched by Jamie Vardy to help non-league footballers into the Football League.
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Danny Newton attended the week-long camp, held at Manchester City's first-team campus, where he played in three friendlies and was watched by over 60 professional scouts.
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Danny Newton attracted the attention of "a number of EFL clubs", before signing for League Two club Stevenage on a two-year contract on 19 June 2017.
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Danny Newton ended his first season at Stevenage as the club's top goalscorer, scoring 16 times in 51 appearances in all competitions.
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Danny Newton was voted as Player of the Year at the club's end-of-season awards.
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In February 2019, Stevenage manager Dino Maamria stated that Danny Newton had been playing despite a persistent ankle injury, and he underwent ankle surgery that would likely keep him out for the remainder of the season.
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Danny Newton made 29 appearances during the season, scoring six times.
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Danny Newton was included in the list of players released by Stevenage on 15 May 2021, with his contract expiring on 30 June 2021.
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Danny Newton signed for National League club Solihull Moors on a one-year contract on 2 August 2021.
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Danny Newton made 42 appearances during the season, scoring seven goals, as Solihull were defeated in the 2022 National League play-off final.
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Danny Newton was released by the club on 6 June 2022.
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Danny Newton made 42 appearances in all competitions, of which 21 were starting, scoring three times during his one season there as Boreham Wood were defeated by Notts County in the National League play-off semi-final.
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Danny Newton was released by Boreham Wood at the end of the season.
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Danny Newton signed for National League North club Brackley Town on 24 May 2023, returning to the club having played for them 10 years earlier.
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Danny Newton plays as a forward and this is his preferred position.