Daniel James Newton (born 18 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League North club Brackley Town.
[2] Newton began his career at Conference North club Hinckley United, breaking into the first team towards the latter stages of the 2009–10 season.
[12] Newton made his first appearance for Barwell on 9 March 2013, playing the opening 82 minutes before he was sent-off for a sliding challenge on St Albans City's James Comley in a 3–1 home defeat.
[13] The resulting three-match suspension spanned over a month,[14] after which Newton played in all of Barwell's remaining league fixtures,[14] scoring his first goal in a 2–1 away victory against Kettering Town.
[3] After two months at Brackley, Newton joined fellow Conference North club Leamington on a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season in January 2014.
[28] Newton made his Tamworth debut on 8 August 2015, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 1–0 victory against North Ferriby United at The Lamb Ground.
[33] Newton scored 10 times in 36 appearances during his first season at Tamworth,[3] with the club finishing in seventh place in National League North.
[42] He 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.
[44][43] Newton made his competitive debut for Stevenage on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, scoring the club's third goal in a 3–3 draw with Newport County at Broadhall Way.
[45] Newton scored his first brace for the club in Stevenage's 5–2 victory against Swindon Town in the FA Cup second round on 2 December 2017.
[54] Newton returned earlier than anticipated, coming on as a half-time substitute and scoring seven minutes later in a 2–2 away draw at Macclesfield Town on 23 March 2019.
[61] Newton made 42 appearances during the season, scoring seven goals, as Solihull were defeated in the 2022 National League play-off final.
[62] A free agent ahead of the 2022–23 season, Newton joined fellow National League club Boreham Wood on 1 July 2022.
[63] He made his debut for Boreham Wood in the club's first match of the season, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away victory at Southend United.
[64][65] 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.
[23] His "relentless style of play" means he has been likened to Jamie Vardy,[42][68] with the forward being described as not giving "defenders a moment's rest".
[2] Before turning professional in June 2017, Newton combined playing non-League football with working as a maintenance engineer in a factory that made axles for lorries.