Alan Waddle

Alan Waddle
Personal information
Date of birth	9 June 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Wallsend, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Wallsend Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1973	Halifax Town
1973–1977	Liverpool
1977–1978	Leicester City
1978–1980	Swansea City
1980–1982	Newport County
1982	Gloucester City
1982	Mansfield Town
1982–1983	Happy Valley
1983	Hartlepool United
1983–1985	Peterborough United
1985	Hartlepool United
1985	Palloiluseura Apollo
1985–1986	Swansea City
1986	Barry Town
1986	Al Wakrah
1986–1987	Barry Town
1987–1988	Llanelli
1988–1989	Port Talbot Town
1989	Maesteg Park
1989	Bridgend Town
1989–1993	Llanelli
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Waddle (born 9 June 1954) is a former English footballer who played as a striker. Waddle began his career with Halifax Town, signing professional forms in October 1971. He made 22 League appearances and scored the crucial goal in the last match of the 1972-73 season at Walsall enabling Halifax Town to avoid relegation from the old Third Division. In June 1973 Waddle was signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly and netted his only goal for the Reds in a 1-0 win over rivals Everton in December 1973. Waddle made 22 appearances for the club but he lost his place in 1975, and only played one game in his remaining two years, although he did make it onto the bench for the 1977 European Cup Final, before leaving that summer. He spent a year at Leicester City before moving on to Swansea City, where he had his most productive spell, working under manager John Toshack, the player he had understudied at Liverpool. He moved on in 1980, and had a much-travelled career, which included two returns to Swansea (one as commercial operations manager), and spells in Finland,^[1] Hong Kong and Qatar. He is the uncle of Chris Waddle. He is currently considering the vacant Aston Villa managers position.

Personal Life

Alan was an OpenRoad / ABF / Ingres programmer in the 1990's for Barclays. He was last seen working in Australia, where he continued to work as an ABF Programmer. There have been sightings of him on the Actian Forums where he gives out advice on coding issues.

Footnotes

^ Jalkapallokirja 1986. Suomen Palloliitto. 1986. p. 162. ISBN 951-9392-12-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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[1] Jalkapallokirja 1986. Suomen Palloliitto. 1986. p. 162. ISBN 951-9392-12-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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