Mark Waddington (footballer)

Mark Thomas Waddington (born 11 October 1996) is a professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Mark Waddington
Personal information
Full name Mark Thomas Waddington[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996
Place of birth Wigan, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2013–2015 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Blackpool 3 (0)
2015–2019 Stoke City 0 (0)
2016 → Kilmarnock (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → Falkirk (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2020 Barrow 2 (0)
2020 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 9 (0)
2021 Warrington Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Waddington began his career with Blackpool where he progressed through the youth ranks at Bloomfield Road and into the club's first team in the 2014–15 season. He joined Stoke City in July 2015. He did not break into the first team at Stoke and spent time out on loan at Scottish sides Kilmarnock and Falkirk. He joined Barrow in June 2019.

Early life

Waddington was born in Wigan and attended Standish Community High School and began his career at Blackpool's academy. He also spent time playing for Wigan School Boys who were a collective group of talented individuals cherry picked from schools around the Wigan borough[2]

Career

Blackpool

At age 17, he made his first-team debut for the club on 12 August 2014, as a 60th-minute substitute in a League Cup fixture against Shrewsbury Town.[3] On 9 January 2015, after rejecting a £200-a-week professional contract, Waddington and fellow youth player Dom Telford were turned away from training by Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston and told to play for the youth team until they accepted his offer. On 13 February 2015, Waddington fractured his fifth metatarsal in his right foot during training, which ruled him out for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[4] It was later announced that he would have to undergo surgery on his right foot.[5]

Stoke City

Waddington joined Stoke City in July 2015 along with Blackpool team-mate Dom Telford.[6] Waddington was released by Stoke at the end of the 2018–19 season after failing to break into the first team.[7]

Kilmarnock (loan)

Waddington joined Kilmarnock on loan on 24 June 2016, linking up with former Blackpool manager Lee Clark who he previously played under at the club.[8] On 23 July 2016, Waddington made his debut for Kilmarnock starting in the Scottish League Cup tie at home to Greenock Morton, playing 55 minutes before being substituted. On 13 August 2016, he appeared as a 90th minute substitute for Jordan Jones to make his league debut for Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership away to Hamilton. On 31 August 2016, Waddington's loan move to Kilmarnock was cut short and he returned to Stoke City.[9]

Falkirk (loan)

On 3 January 2019 Waddington joined Scottish Championship side Falkirk on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[10] Waddington played 14 times for the Bairns who finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Scottish League One.[11]

Barrow

On 28 June 2019, Wadington joined National League side Barrow on a one-year contract.[12] At the end of a promotion winning season, Waddington was released.[13]

Blyth Spartans (loan)

On 3 January 2020, Waddington signed for National League North side Blyth Spartans on loan for the remainder of the 2019/20 season. He moved to Croft Park having worked under Spartans manager Lee Clark on two separate occasions at Blackpool and Kilmarnock. Waddington featured 9 times for the club during his loan spell.

Warrington Town

In July 2021, Waddington joined Northern Premier League side Warrington Town.[14]

Coaching career

In January 2023, he became a coach at Bolton Wanderers after previously working for the club's Football in the Community scheme. He also held a similar role at former club Blackpool between 2021 and 2023.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 February 2020[16]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2014–15[17] Championship 301010—50
Stoke City 2015–16[18] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[19] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[20] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[21] EFL Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Stoke City U23 2017–18[20] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19[21] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ———5050
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17[19] Scottish Premiership 1000100020
Falkirk (loan) 2018–19[21] Scottish Championship 141000000141
Barrow 2019–20[22] National League 2000000020
Blyth Spartans (loan) 2019–20[22] National League North 9000000090
Career total 291101050371
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "Standish Star signs 3 year deal..." Stadish School. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. "Shrewsbury 1-0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "Albion transfer target out for the season". The Argus. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. "Injury Blow For Waddington". Blackpool F.C. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. "Blackpool pair Waddington and Telford join Stoke". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. "POTTERS SUBMIT RETAINED LIST". Stoke City. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. "Kilmarnock add 11 new signings, with five of them on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. "Kilmarnock end loans for Stoke's Mark Waddington and Swansea's Oliver Davies". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. "U23 midfielder heads out on loan". Stoke City. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  11. "Falkirk 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  12. "Former Stoke City midfielder Mark Waddington becomes Barrow AFC's sixth summer signing". The Mail. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  13. "Released & Retained List". www.barrowafc.com. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  14. "Waddington heads to Town". www.warringtontownfc.co.uk. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  15. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-waddington-00407026a, Mark Waddington profile
  16. "M. Waddington". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  17. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  22. "Games played by Mark Waddington in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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