Editing Chris Waddle (section)

===Sunderland===
Waddle moved to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], the side he had supported as a boy, for a nominal fee of £75,000 in March 1997, but could not help Sunderland from being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season, despite scoring once against Everton and providing the assist for all other Sunderland goals scored in that period.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-reid-responds-to-the-last-of-the-roker-roar-1259816.html|title=Reid responds to the last of the Roker roar |work=[[The Independent]]|date=5 May 1997 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>