Keith Newton (footballer)
English footballer (1941–1998)
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Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998[4]) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s.[5] He made 27 appearances for the England national team.
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Newton at the 1970 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Keith Robert Newton[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 June 1998 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Blackburn, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1969 | Blackburn Rovers | 306 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | Everton | 49 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1978 | Burnley | 209 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Morecambe[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 564 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1970 | England | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Newton was born in Manchester.[5] He started his career with Blackburn Rovers, initially as an amateur before signing his first professional contract with the club in October 1958.[6] He won the FA Youth Cup with the club in 1959.[6] and first played a League game in the 1960–61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club.[5]
He transferred to Everton in December 1969 for £100,000, which was a record for a defender at the time, and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969–70 season, in which Everton won the Football League First Division.[7]
Newton moved to Burnley for the 1972–73 season, making his league debut on 12 August 1972 against Carlisle United. He made a total of 209 league appearances for Burnley, his last coming in the 1977–78 season.[7]
International career
Newton made his international debut for England against West Germany in February 1966.[4] He went on to play 27 times for England, including three games at the 1970 World Cup Finals, where, through injury, he gained the distinction of becoming the first England player to be substituted at a World Cup, being replaced by Tommy Wright six minutes into the second half of England's opening match against Romania in Guadalajara.[8] Newton also assisted in both England goals in the Quarter-Final defeat to West Germany.[9]
Personal life
Newton, who lived latterly at Wilpshire near Blackburn, had trained as an engineer after attending Didsbury Technical School in Manchester. He later ran a newsagents in Blackburn and was then employed as a sales executive by two motor dealerships in the same town. He died of cancer aged 56 at Blackburn Hospice in June 1998. He left a widow Barbara and one son.[3]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | 1960–61 | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 1961–62 | First Division | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 54 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | First Division | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 1963–64 | First Division | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | First Division | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
| 1965–66 | First Division | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||
| 1966–67 | Second Division | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 1967–68 | Second Division | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 4 | ||
| 1968–69 | Second Division | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 1969–70 | Second Division | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 306 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 357 | 10 | ||
| Everton | 1969–70 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 1970–71 | First Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 1971–72 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Burnley | 1972–73 | Second Division | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| 1973–74 | First Division | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 54 | 1 | |
| 1974–75 | First Division | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | First Division | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 46 | 2 | ||
| 1976–77 | Second Division | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 1977–78 | Second Division | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 209 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 252 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 564 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 667 | 18 | ||
- Appearance(s) in European Cup
- Appearance(s) in Watney Cup
- One appearance in 1973 FA Charity Shield, seven appearances in Texaco Cup
- Appearance(s) in Anglo-Scottish Cup
International
Honours
Blackburn Rovers
- FA Youth Cup: 1958–59[4]
Everton
Burnley
England
- UEFA European Championship third place: 1968