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===Newcastle United=== While working in food processing (a seasoning factory), Waddle had unsuccessful trials with [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]<ref>[http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/221/article.aspx "One-on-One with Chris Waddle"]. ''[[FourFourTwo]]''. October 2008.</ref> and [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]].<ref name="toon">[http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Legends/0,,10278~2375614,00.html "Newcastle Legends β Chris Waddle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403143901/http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Legends/0,,10278~2375614,00.html |date=3 April 2018 }}. Newcastle United.</ref> He joined [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] as a 19-year-old in July 1980 for Β£1,000.<ref name="goal"/> He made his [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] debut for them in a 1β0 home win over [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] on 22 October 1980<ref name="toon"/> and quickly established himself as an effective attacking midfielder, playing alongside [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Peter Beardsley]] as Newcastle won promotion to the [[Football League Division One|First Division]] at the end of 1983β84 season. In one of his first games in the top flight, against [[Queen's Park Rangers F.C.|Queen's Park Rangers]] at [[Loftus Road]] on 22 September 1984, Waddle scored a first half hat-trick for Newcastle, who had a 4β0 lead at half time. However, a fight back by QPR saw the game end 5β5.<ref>[http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Chris-Waddle-article1303.html "Chris Waddle"]. ''[[Daily Mirror]]''.</ref>
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