| George Newell | |
| Caption: | Newell with Southport in 2020 |
| Fullname: | George Stephen Newell[1] |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Formby, England [2] |
| Height: | 1.84m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Bala Town |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Everton |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → AFC Fylde (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Motherwell |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Albion Rovers (loan) |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Southport |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | → Marine (loan) |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Marine (loan) |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 2022– |
| Clubs8: | Bala Town |
| Caps8: | 59 |
| Goals8: | 23 |
| Club-Update: | 22 April 2024 |
George Stephen Newell (born 27 January 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Cymru Premier club Bala Town.
Newell was born in Formby and has been with Bolton Wanderers since the summer of 2015 after completing a two-year scholarship with Everton.[3]
Newell initially joined Bolton Wanderers U21 team and made his first team debut on 30 April 2016, coming on as a substitute for Emile Heskey in the home game against Hull City in the Football League Championship.[4] The EFL retained and released list published on 13 June 2017 confirmed that Newell had left the club.[5]
On 24 July 2017, Newell signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Motherwell.[6] He was released in July 2019.[7]
On 10 September 2019, Newell joined Southport.[8] In November 2019 he joined Marine on loan until 6 January 2020.[9] He returned to his parent club in early January.[10]
In February 2021, after a horrific double compound leg fracture, Southport set up a GoFundMe to help fund his medical bills.[11] He joined Marine on loan again in December 2021 [12] and the loan was extended in January 2022.[13] He was recalled to Southport in February.[14]
In July 2022 he signed for Bala Town.[15]
Newell is the son of former Blackburn Rovers and Everton forward Mike Newell.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bolton Wanderers | 2015–16 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| AFC Fylde (loan) | 2016–17 | National League North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Motherwell | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[18] | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||