Editing Chris Waddle (section)

===Sheffield Wednesday===
Waddle returned to England in July 1992 in a £1&nbsp;million move to [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], then managed by [[Trevor Francis]].<ref name="sh"/> The club reached both domestic cup finals in the 1992–93 season (losing both to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] – Waddle scored Wednesday's goal in the FA Cup final replay) and Waddle was voted the [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year]] in 1993.

He helped Wednesday reach the semi-finals of the League Cup in the 1993–94 season, but this latest attempt at winning silverware was foiled by [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], and the next two seasons brought bottom-half finishes in the league for Wednesday. Waddle's past also came back to haunt him in Wednesday's exit from the [[1994–95 FA Cup]], when a tie against [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]] was decided on a penalty shoot out, Waddle again missing an attempt. Francis was axed in 1995 and Waddle's former Tottenham manager [[David Pleat]] took over.

In January 1996, [[Kevin Keegan]] attempted to re-sign Waddle for Newcastle United as cover for [[David Ginola]] during a suspension, but Keegan's £500,000 bid to re-sign the player who had played alongside him in the Newcastle team more than a decade earlier was rejected and Keegan was unwilling to meet manager [[David Pleat]]'s £1million asking price for the 35-year-old.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Owls+block+Waddle+move.-a061311707 "Owls block Waddle move"]. ''Daily Mirror'' ([[The Free Library]]). 23 January 1996.</ref> Around this time, [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Leeds United A.F.C|Leeds United]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] were also interested in signing Waddle, but none of these transfers ever happened.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CHRIS+CROSSING%3b+Yanks+tempt+Waddle.-a061326494 "Yanks tempt Waddle"]. ''Daily Mirror'' (The Free Library). 9 January 1996.</ref> [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] also expressed an interest in appointing him as their player-manager – a role he would finally take the following year – but Waddle saw out the season at Hillsborough.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Burnley+eyes+on+Waddle.-a061158024 "Burnley eyes on Waddle"]. ''[[The Sunday People|The People]]'' (The Free Library). 18 February 1996.</ref>

Waddle's later career at Hillsborough was marred by injuries and he was released 5 games into the 1996–97 season (when the Owls were top of the premiership and having taken young sensation [[Ritchie Humphreys]] – 4 goals in 5 games – under his wing) after being frozen out of the team by David Pleat, having played 109 games and scored 10 goals with many more assists.