Gary Waddock

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Gary Waddock
Personal information
Full name Gary Patrick Waddock
Date of birth 17 March 1962 (1962-03-17) (age 46)
Place of birth    Kingsbury, England
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Aldershot Town (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1979–1987
1987–1989
1989–1991
1991–1992
1992
1992–1994
1994–1998		 Queens Park Rangers
Charleroi
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers
→ Swindon Town (loan)
Bristol Rovers
Luton Town		 203 0(8)
040 0(1)
058 0(2)
000 0(0)
006 0(0)
071 0(1)
153 0(3)   
National team
1980–1990
19xx–19xx		 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland B		 021 0(3)
Teams managed
2006
2007–		 Queens Park Rangers
Aldershot Town

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gary Waddock (born in Kingsbury, London on 17 March 1962) is a former professional and international footballer. He is the manager of Conference side Aldershot Town and formerly managed Queens Park Rangers. He grew up in Alperton, a suburb of Wembley.

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[edit] Playing career

During his playing career, Gary appeared professionally (predominantly as a midfielder) for six different clubs and earned 21 international caps, scoring three goals in the process for the Republic of Ireland.

He debuted for Queens Park Rangers in 1979 and went on to play 203 times and scored eight goals in the following eight years.

He left QPR for Charleroi in Belgium for two years between 1987 and 1989, making 40 appearances and scoring one goal, before returning to London with Millwall. In two years with Millwall, Waddock appeared 58 times and scored twice for the 'Lions'.

By 1991 he was back at QPR although he failed to make the first team and found himself on loan at Swindon Town where he made six appearances. Following on from his spell at Swindon, Waddock moved to Bristol Rovers in 1992, scoring one goal in 71 matches over the next three years.

His swan song took place with Luton Town. In four years he made 153 appearances and scored his final three professional goals.

[edit] Managerial Career

During his time as manager, Ian Holloway took Waddock onto the coaching staff at Loftus Road at the QPR academy. Waddock found himself the new caretaker manager at QPR following Holloway's suspension on 6 February 2006.[1] Waddock, along with Alan McDonald as his assistant, managed to keep the club in the Championship, finishing 21st.

He was appointed full-time manager on 28 June 2006 after Holloway was put on Gardening leave and eventually left for Plymouth Argyle.[2] On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory.[3] He did, however, stay at the club as assistant manager.

He was confirmed as the new manager of Conference side Aldershot Town on 19 May 2007.[4] Waddock won his first trophy on the 3rd April 2008, when Aldershot Town beat Rushden and Diamonds 4–3 on penalties in the Setanta Shield.[5] Gary Waddock also managed his Aldershot side to the top of the Blue Square Premier, when a 1-1 away at Exeter City gave them the point they needed to secure a return to league football. In recognition to this achivement, Gary Waddock was named Blue Square Premier manager of the year[6].

[edit] References

  1. ^ "QPR suspend Foxes target Holloway", BBC Sport, 2006-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  2. ^ "Waddock appointed as QPR manager", BBC Sport, 2006-06-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  3. ^ "Gregory appointed as new QPR boss", BBC Sport, 2006-09-20. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  4. ^ "Waddock becomes Aldershot manager", BBC Sport, 2007-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  5. ^ "Aldershot Town win Setanta Shield", BBC Sport, 2008-04-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  6. ^ http://www.theshots.co.uk/NewsPage.ink?nid=29945

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Aldershot Town F.C. – Managers

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