National League North & South

HE’S THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 June 2017

Newton lands pro deal to follow in Vardy’s footsteps

By Jon Couch

WHEN Danny Newton first clapped eyes on Jamie Vardy at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium back in November, you’d never have imagined the two had so much in common.
While Newton was only just beginning to make a name for himself in National League North with Tamworth, fellow Non-League protégé Vardy had just fired the Foxes to the Premier League title and forced his way into the England reckoning.
Fast forward seven months, however, and the comparisons have suddenly become a little more rea...

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