Editing Chris Waddle (section)

==International career==
Despite being in his 25th year, he was called up for the [[England national under-21 football team|England Under-21 side]] and made his full squad debut against [[Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team|Ireland]] in March 1985.<ref name="rsssf" />

On 26 March 1985, when still a Newcastle player, Waddle was capped at senior level by [[Bobby Robson]]'s England for the first time in a 2–1 win over [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. He soon became a regular member of the England squad and on 16 October that year he scored his first England goal, on his tenth international appearance, in a 5–0 win over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]].

Waddle was in England's squad at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] as well as [[UEFA Euro 1988]]. Although England were eliminated at the group stages of Euro 88 after losing all three games, they did reach the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup and the semi-finals in 1990. Waddle had an eventful match in the semi-final against [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], which ended in defeat on a [[penalty shootout]]. Waddle hit the post with a shot in extra time, which could have been the winning goal, but then missed the decisive penalty in the shootout defeat as he put it inches over the bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/27/retro-mbm-england-v-west-germany-sort-of-live|title=England v West Germany at Italia '90 – as it happened|last1=Smyth|first1=Rob|last2=Murray|first2=Scott|date=2014-03-27|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref> He says he only took the fifth penalty because [[Paul Gascoigne]], who had been suspended from playing in the next game if England progressed, was too upset to take it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mattpomroy.com/2010/06/01/chris-waddle-what-its-like-to-miss-in-a-penalty-shootout/|title=Chris Waddle: What it's like to miss in a penalty shootout|date=2010-06-01|work=MATT POMROY|access-date=2018-07-14|language=en-US}}</ref> He subsequently blamed a chance meeting with [[Uri Geller]] and [[Michael Jackson]] prior to the tournament for missing his penalty.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/17/euro-2012-james-joyce-ulysses-review "Rewind radio: Euro 2012; In Our Time"]. ''The Guardian''. 17 June 2012.</ref> Waddle's performances in the 1990 World Cup were described as "superb" by Rob Bagchi, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/26/italia-90-south-africa-2010 | title= Italia 90 had its moments at about 4am on Australia's backpacker trail| first=Rob| last=Bagchi| work=[[The Guardian]] | date=26 May 2010 | access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref>

He won the last of his 62 England caps on 16 October 1991 in a 1–0 win over Turkey, more than six years after making his international debut, and having rarely missed an England game since then. He had scored six goals for England, the last against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] on 27 May 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php |title=Player Profile |publisher=Englandfc.com |access-date=6 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716164734/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php |archive-date=16 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Waddle had fallen out of favour under coach [[Graham Taylor]], but when [[Terry Venables]] became the new England manager at the beginning of 1994 he was keen to include Waddle in the squad for his first game against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]].<ref name="recall">{{cite news |last=Lovejoy |first=Joe |date=1 March 1994 |title=Anderton and Le Saux gain entry to the Venables elite: New England coach takes the broom to eight of Taylor's men and puts out the welcome mat to flair players |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-anderton-and-le-saux-gain-entry-to-the-venables-elite-new-england-coach-takes-the-broom-to-1426373.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=8 June 2018 }}</ref> However, Waddle was injured at the time and unavailable for selection.<ref name="recall"/>