Steve Waddington

Steve Waddington

Personal information
Full name	Steven Waddington
Date of birth	(1956-02-05) 5 February 1956 (age 61)
Place of birth	Nantwich, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1979	Stoke City	52	(5)
1979–1982	Walsall	130	(13)
1982–1983	Port Vale	1	(0)
1983–1984	Chesterfield	18	(1)
1984–1987	Macclesfield Town	85	(9)
Total		286	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Steven Waddington (born 5 February 1956) is an English former footballer. His father is former Stoke City manager, Tony Waddington.

A midfielder, he made 201 league appearances in an eight-year career in the Football League. He began his career at Stoke City in 1976, before moving on to Walsall three years later. He joined Port Vale in July 1982, before transferring to Chesterfield in July 1983. He moved on to non-league club Macclesfield Town the following year. He played very minor roles in promotion campaigns for both Stoke and Vale, though played a much bigger part in Walsall's promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1979–80.

Waddington played for Stoke City, playing 13 games under his father in 1976–77. He scored his first senior goal on 6 November 1976, in a 3–1 win over Middlesbrough at the Victoria Ground. At the end of the season the "Potters" were relegated out of the First Division, and George Eastham took over as manager. Waddington scored five goals in 41 appearances in 1977–78, as George Eastham, Alan A'Court, and then Alan Durban tried in vain to guide the club out of the Second Division. He played just twice in the 1978–79 promotion campaign. He then moved on to Alan Buckley's Walsall. The "Saddlers" finished second in the Fourth Division in 1979–80, and were thereby promoted. They retained their Third Division status by a single point in 1980–81, before finishing above the drop zone only on goal difference in 1981–82 under new boss Neil Martin.

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