Reg Newton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reginald William Newton | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Limehouse, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Dagenham Works | |||
| 1948–1949 | Leyton Orient | 23 | (0) |
| 1949–1957 | Brentford | 87 | (0) |
| 1957 | Tunbridge Wells United | ||
| 1957–1958 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | Yiewsley | ||
| 1959–1960 | Chelmsford City | 29 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Reginald William Newton (born 30 June 1926) is a retired English professional football goalkeeper. He is best remembered for his two spells in the Football League with Brentford, making 90 appearances.
A goalkeeper, Newton began his career with the Dagenham Works team and earned a move to the Football League with Leyton Orient in 1948. He made 23 league appearances for the struggling Division Three South outfit during the 1948–49 season and left the club at the end of the campaign.
Newton moved across London to sign for Division Two club Brentford prior to the beginning of the 1949–50 season. Newton was a second-choice goalkeeper behind Alf Jefferies, Ted Gaskell and Gerry Cakebread for much of his time at Griffin Park, but was first-choice during the 1953–54 season, making 42 appearances in a campaign which saw the Bees relegated from Division Two. Nonetheless, his service to the club was recognised when he was awarded the share of the benefits from a testimonial match shared with George Bristow, Ken Horne and Billy Sperrin in 1956. Newton left the club in February 1957, having made 87 appearances in just under eight years at Griffin Park.
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