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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Chris Waddle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waddle was seen as a strong contender for the 1991 European Footballer of the Year.
Chris Waddle's performances in the 90-91 season were phenomenal, and probably the most complete season of a British player abroad since John Charles in the 1950s and Kevin Keegan in the 1970s.
Chris Waddle's name was often used amidst the nonsensical speech used in the Chanel 9 sketches on the British sketch comedy show The Fast Show.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Waddle   (1213 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For a long time the Waddle parents had supported the children; now that a son had the wherewithal to help the parents, it was typical of the close knit Waddle family that he should chose to do so.
By the time Chris reached his final year, there was not even a teacher willing to take on the football team and, with due encouragement from the one son he had left at the school, Joseph Waddle assumed the responsibilities of school team coach, unpaid and ultimately unappreciated.
Chris Waddle was born in Gateshead on December 14 1960.
www.angeltowns.com /town/oldwardley/new_page_15.htm   (709 words)

  
 Chris Waddle Interview
CHRIS WADDLE set off on his first dribble at the age of six and 34 years on is dribbling still.
Waddle's love affair with football began as a tiny tot on a piece of waste ground near his Newcastle home where he first discovered the art of leaving tiny opponents spinning like a top.
Waddle has been making people smile (and some coaches grimace) for over 30 years; even at Worksop, they have come to expect the unexpected whenever he receives possession.
www.nufc.com /html/telegraph_waddle.html   (1265 words)

  
 TheFA.com - Englishmen Abroad: Chris Waddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born in Gateshead in the winter of 1960, Chris Waddle will be remembered for his dazzling wing-play, his somewhat dodgy haircuts and his brief singing career.
Waddle eventually made his debut for England towards the end of his fifth and final year at Newcastle, playing against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley in a March 1985 friendly.
Waddle's first season on the Cote d'Azur saw Marseille retain their championship and reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.
www.thefa.com /Features/EnglishDomestic/Postings/2003/06/54035.htm   (777 words)

  
 Chris Waddle Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chris Ronald Waddle (born December 14, 1960) is a famous English footballer.
The club reached both domestic cup finals in the 1992-93 season and Waddle was voted PFA player of the year despite suffering a number of injuries.
Following the relegation of Sunderland Waddle was player-manager of Burnley for the 1997-98 season but resigned (or was sacked) after the club only escaped relegation on the last day of the season.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Waddle_Chris.html   (389 words)

  
 BfB: Bradford City profiles: Chris Waddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chris Waddle was a spent force in the Autumn of 1997.
Waddle was perhaps best known a penalty miss that saw England knocked out of the World Cup in 1990, seven years later he took to the field in claret and amber.
Nothing Waddle would or could do could erase that sky high shot in Italy, but during his time with the Bantams he would remind those who saw him that there was so much more to the man than his drive off the 18th of a spot kick.
www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk /profile.asp?name=waddle_chris   (953 words)

  
 Tottenham Hotspur Chris Waddle Caricature
Waddle played 173 games for Spurs and scored 42 goals as well as becoming a regular for England - he was in the squad which reached the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico linking up again with Beardsley and keegan.
He was a runner-up in the FA Cup in 1987 when Spurs were beaten by Coventry, while they also finished third in the League and got to the semi-finals of the League Cup.
In the same year, Waddle found himself in the pop charts, with the single Diamond Lights making the UK Top 20 in a duet with Spurs and England team-mate Glenn Hoddle.
www.sportcartoons.co.uk /chriswaddle.html   (147 words)

  
 Director of Church Relations
Reverend Waddle is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Social and Rehabilitation Services from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University.
Waddle has also completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education: one from the American Institute for Ministry and the other from The University of North Carolina Medical Center.
Waddle’s interests include research into the historical Jesus, issues of faith and science, apocalyptic writings and popular theology, spirituality, personality and vocational discernment.  His hobbies include fishing, soccer, dining, traveling, automobiles and airplanes.
www.simpson.edu /religiouslife/chaplain/waddle.html   (99 words)

  
 TCF - Chris Waddle
I was hoping that common sense would prevail and that Chris would make some gesture of apology to the Burnley fans after having a couple of days to consider his position.
Chris continues to moan about the lack of money available but has had more financial support from the Board than any other recent manager.
Chris Waddle still owes a public apology to the majority of Burnley fans and the Board of Directors now need to show their leadership of the club and ensure this apology is forthcoming.
members.tripod.com /~theclaretflag/jjwad112.htm   (665 words)

  
 Chris Waddle has spoken exclusively to the Worksop Guardian. www.HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But Waddle has signed for the non-league Tigers on non-contract terms meaning he will play on a game to game basis, leaving him free to move on at any time.
Waddle’s career has taken him a long way from the long-haired teenager who turned out for Newcastle in the 1980s, to the highs and lows with England, and to a new career as a respected television pundit.
Guardian sports editor Jason Lennon said: "The interview with Waddle was a coup for the paper, and his move to the Tigers was a coup for the town.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /news/2000/07july/000714wad.shtml   (232 words)

  
 SI.com - Soccer - World Soccer's Glanville: Euro 2004 proves value of wingers - Wednesday June 23, 2004 1:04AM
CHRIS WADDLE, a famous two-sided winger himself in his day, was scathing about England's lack of real wing play but enthusiastic about the wingers we have seen in this tournament.
Chris was emphatic about the importance of the forward who can get to the line and pull the ball back -- surely the most dangerous pass in the game and one used to supreme effect long ago by those two great wingers, Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney.
Waddle was emphatic about the nature of David Beckham's play on the right wing, which clearly goes counter to all he wants to see in a true winger.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/06/23/glanville.ws/index.html   (885 words)

  
 Duff is not the new Waddle - Roeder
Duff is not the new Waddle - Roeder
Waddle spent five years on Tyneside, scoring 46 goals in 170 games, before moving on to Tottenham, Marseille and Sheffield Wednesday.
It is 21 years since Waddle's move to White Hart Lane, and fans have lamented the fact there has never been another player like him to tease and torment the opposition.
www.teamtalk.com /football/story/0,16368,2483_1368800,00.html   (827 words)

  
 Waddle backs Gerrard to replace Beckham || The Pool - Unofficial Liverpool News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chris Waddle believes Steven Gerrard is the man to replace David Beckham if the Manchester United star fails to recover.
Chris Waddle believes Steven Gerrard is the man to replace David Beckham if the Manchester United star fails to recover from injury in time for the World Cup.
Waddle insists he would have no qualms in naming the Reds midfielder as Beckham's replacement in the England set-up.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s46/st1912.htm   (301 words)

  
 The Anniston Star - Veteran editor to lead University of Alabama program
Chris Waddle, a veteran editor at The Anniston Star, is trading his position of vice president of news at Consolidated Publishing to direct the Knight Community Journalism Fellows Program at the University of Alabama.
"Chris has known this trailblazing program since it was a germ of an idea," Ayers said.
Waddle, who continues his job as president of the Ayers Institute, recently completed a Nieman Journalism Fellowship at Harvard University.
www.cleburnenews.com /news/2005/as-state-0706-0-5g06b3416.htm   (726 words)

  
 A List Of The True Greats To Wear The Owls Crest || Unofficial Sheff Wed - Unofficial Sheffield Wednesday News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Waddle played out his twilight years with the owls after making a move from French club Marseille, and spent four years dazzling the Hillsborough faithful with his skill and magic down the left wing - if only England had a player like Waddle to fill in on that troubled left hand side.
Waddle of course made numerous appearences for England during his prime, but is unfortunately most famous for his penalty miss which is still ridiculed today.
Chris is still seen by many at Hillsborough cheering on the lads, and will always be remembered by Wednesday fans young and old alike.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s375/st80194.htm   (1273 words)

  
 Chris Waddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
True Greats plugs that gap — retired referees are welcome to join the players of the past and contribute their information on Chris Waddle.
True Greats is football’s ultimate website, where ex players, managers, coaches and referees are meeting the fans to share their knowledge of Chris Waddle.
A football community resource dedicated to the discussion of Chris Waddle and hundreds of other football topics, True Greats is the first resource to involve the players and clubs at such a fundamental level — giving you the real information to the questions you pose.
www.truegreats.com /Chris_Waddle.htm   (373 words)

  
 Chris Waddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Christopher Roland Waddle played for the Lawyers in the 1979/80 season after being snapped up from Clarke Chapman on a recommendation by physio Jim Callaghan (not the Labour Prime Minister).
Chris himself was living in Wardley and in that article he refers to having scored 19 goals during his season with Tow Law.
One of the foremost Northern League teams at that time was Blyth Spartans and it was whilst playing against Blyth that the talents of Chris Waddle were spotted by Joe Harvey.
www.towlaw.org.uk /f_cwaddle.htm   (302 words)

  
 Sports Stories - Howard Wilkinson appointed Sunderland manager
Howard Wilkinson has been given the reigns to manage the struggling Premiership side but many are sceptical about his ability to step back into top flight football management so late on in his career.
Among some of the most sceptical football personalities was former Sunderland winger Chris Waddle who believes that Wilkinson faces a tough task in winning the fans over at the Stadium of Light.
Waddle also thinks that Howard Wilkinson, who earned a reputation for his love of the long ball, will have to do more to convince the Sunderland supporters, who he says want to se ‘entertaining’ football.
www.nightimeuk.com /pubindex/9980111590296.html   (529 words)

  
 Chris Waddle, Sid Waddell and the Flat Cap versus the Cowboy Hat in Geordie Ezine 106
Tim told me that Chris Waddle used to go to watch Arthur 2 Stroke and the Chart Commandos and would dance on the tables to Hawaii Five-O with a canoe paddle in his hands.
Chris Waddle - The authorized biography Chris Waddle born on 14th December 1960 at Gateshead.
From Chris Waddle to Sky television's undisputed voice of darts, Sid Waddell.
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 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Waddle walks out on Owls
Chris Waddle has quit Sheffield Wednesday following the appointment of Paul Jewell as manager - and hit out at the club of showing him a 'lack of respect' over the job.
Waddle - who was reserve team coach at Hillsborough - walked out almost as soon as the former Bradford City boss was in place.
And the 39-year-old former England star, who spent a difficult season as Burnley manager, said he was angry about the way both he and ex-caretaker boss Peter Shreeves - now Jewell's assistant - had been treated.
www.soccernet.com /england/news/2000/0622/20000622swfcwaddle.html   (201 words)

  
 Football Mullets
The most celebrated cases in this country were those of Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle.
Chris has brought the mullet into the UK public eye and is probably the finest that I have come across.
Sadly, Chris has now opted for a dull short-back-and-sides.
www.fortunecity.co.uk /southbank/pottery/3/footballindex.html   (233 words)

  
 CNN.com - Waddle: Marseille used player jabs - Dec. 18, 2003
Former England star Chris Waddle claims that players were regularly given stimulant injections during his spell with French club Marseille.
"Players were injected all the time at Marseille," Waddle told the Sun newspaper on Thursday.
While Marseille players were regularly tested by French sports ministry officials, none were ever accused of illegal doping, Waddle added.
edition.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/football/12/18/waddle.marseille   (166 words)

  
 waddle - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Surname "W" Obits
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. George Waddle, Berea; her children, Tommie (and Kent) Cooper, Thorton, Colo., Steve Waddle, Berea; Bennie Davis, Berea, and Chris Waddle, Berea; a sister, Judy Burch, Memphis, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles Roberts, Lexington, and Frank Roberts, Riverside Calif.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and a daughter, Terry Waddle.
He is survived by his wife, Judi; a son, Chris of Indianapolis; a step-daughter, Ivy Hirth of Los Angeles; a sister, Sandy Chrisman of Aurora; one half sister, Lelia Miskell of Aurora; one half brother, Bill McGraw of Aurora; one granddaughter and nieces and nephews.
home.fuse.net /genealogy/W-obit.html   (16349 words)

  
 English Football
Three of Waddle's "exciting players" are from Chelsea (Robben, Cole, Wright-Phillips) while Arsenal and Man United have only two each on his list.
So I guess Chris Waddle would only play to see two exciting players on a team, not three.
Referee Chris Foy gave Aston Villa a penalty after Fulham's Liam Rosenior shielded Stiliyan Petrov off the ball.
www.soccerword.com   (4749 words)

  
 YouTube - Magic Waddle
Waddle was just a class act footballer + he's always been a really top friendly guy.
None of them have the skills of Waddle, Hoddle, Gasgcoine, Barnes and Beardsley - Gerrard's awesome but he does not have their poise.
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