29 Facts About Chris Waddle

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Chris Waddle played in the Premier League for Sunderland, in the Scottish Premiership with Falkirk and in the Football League for Bradford City, Burnley and Torquay United.

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Chris Waddle finished his career in non-league football with Worksop Town, Glapwell and Stocksbridge Park Steels, later whilst in his fifties, he continued to play at semi-professional level for Northern Counties East League side Hallam.

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Chris Waddle won an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1987 when Spurs were beaten by Coventry, while they finished third in the League and got to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

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Chris Waddle was known as the successor to former Marseille player Roger Magnusson.

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Chris Waddle was voted second best OM player of the century behind Jean Pierre Papin for the club's century anniversary in 1998.

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Chris Waddle's past came back to haunt him in Wednesday's exit from the 1995 FA Cup, when a tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers was decided on a penalty shoot out, Chris Waddle again missing an attempt.

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Chris Waddle joined Falkirk, in the Scottish First Division, in September 1996, but returned south of the border to play for Division One strugglers Bradford City the following month.

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In May 1997 Chris Waddle was appointed player-manager of Burnley, moving from Roker Park on a free transfer.

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Chris Waddle left Burnley in the summer, and in September 1998 joined Torquay United.

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Chris Waddle played just 7 times for Torquay, before returning to Sheffield Wednesday as a coach.

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Chris Waddle was appointed reserve team coach in July 1999, and played for a local pub side, but left in June 2000 on the appointment of Paul Jewell as manager, just after the club suffered relegation from the Premier League.

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Chris Waddle had a brief spell with Glapwell and one appearance for Stocksbridge Park Steels in the Northern Premier League First Division, continuing his playing career at non-league level into his early forties.

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Chris Waddle made his debut against Chesterfield in a pre-season friendly, coming on as a substitute at half time.

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Chris Waddle was in England's squad at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cup as well as UEFA Euro 1988.

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Chris Waddle had an eventful match in the semi-final against West Germany, which ended in defeat on a penalty shootout.

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Chris Waddle hit the post with a shot in extra time, which could have been the winning goal, but then missed the decisive penalty in the shootout defeat as he put it inches over the bar.

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Chris Waddle says he only took the fifth penalty because Paul Gascoigne, who had been suspended from playing in the next game if England progressed, was too upset to take it.

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Chris Waddle subsequently blamed a chance meeting with Uri Geller and Michael Jackson prior to the tournament for missing his penalty.

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Chris Waddle had scored six goals for England, the last against Scotland on 27 May 1989.

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Chris Waddle had fallen out of favour under coach Graham Taylor, but after a poor run of results for the national team, when Terry Venables became the new England manager at the beginning of 1994, he was keen to include Chris Waddle in the squad for his first game against Denmark.

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However, Chris Waddle was injured at the time and unavailable for selection.

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In 1987, Chris Waddle recorded the song "Diamond Lights" in a duet with Spurs and England teammate Glenn Hoddle.

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Chris Waddle previously worked for Setanta Sports and ESPN, he currently works as an analyst for BBC Radio Five Live's Premier League football coverage.

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Chris Waddle appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live as a summariser at Premier League matches and writes a column in The Sun newspaper.

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Chris Waddle then went on to co-commentate for ESPN's English Premier League football coverage and is a pundit on Showsports Arabia, covering the English Premier League, from the studio in Dubai, UAE.

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26.

In 2019 Chris Waddle featured in the first season of ITV show Harry's Heroes, which featured former football manager Harry Redknapp attempting get a squad of former England international footballers back fit and healthy for a game against Germany legends.

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Chris Waddle has one daughter, Brooke, a son, Jack and a son from a previous marriage, Jaylen.

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Chris Waddle was a key part of the pool of popular culture references used in the BBC comedy The Fast Show.

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References to, and photographs of, Chris Waddle made regular appearances during the "Chanel 9" news segment of the show.