Malcolm Waldron
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Waldron | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Emsworth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1974 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1983 | Southampton | 178 | (10) |
| 1981 | → Washington Diplomats (loan) | ||
| 1983–1984 | Burnley | 16 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Portsmouth | 23 | (1) |
| 1986–1987 | Road-Sea Southampton | ||
| Total | 217 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Malcolm Waldron (born 6 September 1956) is an English former professional
Club career
Southampton
Born in Emsworth, Hampshire, Waldron was initially spotted playing for Havant and Hampshire school teams and was snapped up by Southampton, joining them as an apprentice in July 1973 before signing professional papers on reaching 18 in September 1974.[2]
He made his debut on 12 April 1975 in a 0–0 draw away to
During Southampton's promotion season in
He really came to the fore in Saints' first season back in Division 1, playing in all 56 matches including the final of the
Waldron suffered a career-threatening achilles tendon injury which was overcome by surgery and was sent for rehabilitation in the summer of 1981 to the United States for Washington Diplomats.[2] After they failed to sign him permanently, he returned to Southampton.[2]
In April 1982, Waldron underwent an operation for a routine removal of a cyst on his knee, but the surgery was botched – he made only three appearances over the next 18 months.[2]
Waldron made a total of 218 appearances for Southampton over eight years, scoring 11 goals.[2] Waldron is described in Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints as being "extememly agile and lithe for a big man, he also packed a thunderbolt of a shot and scored some memorable goals for the club".[8]
Later career
He joined Burnley in 1983, and was surprised to pass the medical.[2] However, he was unhappy during his spell at Burnley, and the following May he moved to his home-town club, Portsmouth.[9] At Fratton Park, Waldron continued to suffer from the knee injury and he eventually retired from professional football in December 1986.[2][9] He turned out for non-league club Road-Sea Southampton in their final 1986–87 season.[2][10]
Personal life
After football, he worked for Abbey Life and latterly as health care adviser for
Honours
Southampton
- League Cup runner-up: 1978–79[5]
References
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6.
- ^ "Nottingham Forest v Southampton". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "The Daily Echo charts Southampton's previous European campaigns". Southern Daily Echo. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ a b "ON THIS DAY: Saints 2 Nott'm Forest 3 (1979 League Cup final)". Southern Daily Echo. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "All the winners of the Daily Echo Player of the Season Award". Southern Daily Echo. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "England v New Zealand". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ^ a b Pangratiou, Lewis (13 June 2021). "Beasant, Berkovic, Crouch - the 53 players who have represented Southampton and Portsmouth". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Whitney, Steve (18 April 2020). "Gone…but not forgotten (Part One)". Southern Football League. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
Bibliography
- Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.