Thank you Steven for the quick reply.
It seems odd to me that I would need to register a sidebar for something that will appear in the footer. But if that is what I need to do, then I will.
However, before I go that route, could I ask a follow up question? Is it not possible to simply insert some PHP directly in my new footer – something like this:
<div class=”newFooter”>
<? include = ‘path/some-widget-code.php’; ?>
</div>
Thanks again,
Chris