Editing Chris Waddle (section)

===Tottenham Hotspur===
After 46 goals in 170 league games for Newcastle, Waddle joined [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] on 1 July 1985 for a fee of £590,000 (decided by a [[tribunal|transfer tribunal]]).<ref name="sh">[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=44281 "Chris Waddle"]. ''Sporting Heroes.net''.</ref> He scored twice on his league debut, a 4–0 home win over [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] on the opening day of the league season, although Spurs had a disappointing season where they finished tenth a year after finishing third, resulting in the dismissal of [[Peter Shreeves]] as manager and the appointment of [[David Pleat]] from [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] as his successor.

He won an [[FA Cup]] runners-up medal in 1987 when Spurs were beaten by Coventry, while they also finished third in the [[Football League First Division|League]] and got to the semi-finals of the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]].