Newton Abbot A.F.C. was a football club based in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. They were established in 1964. In the 2005–06 season, they reached the Second Round of the FA Vase. For the 2008–09 season, they were members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division, but were expelled from the league mid-season after failing to fulfil two fixtures. In their last season, they were managed by ex-professional footballer John Gayle.
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“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
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—Robert Southey (1774–1843)