Michael Hugh Waitt (born 25 June 1960) is an English

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

player and coach, who managed the

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. Waitt played in the

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for

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and Lincoln City FC. He took charge of the

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national side June 2002.

won eleven, drew two and lost ten of his 23 games in charge. He now works for Quokkas.

Playing career

New Zealand

In 1990, while playing in Hong Kong for Lai Sun, Waitt visited his sister in Wellington. Whilst in

he was contacted by his erstwhile manager Keith Buckley who was coaching

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. Buckley invited Waitt to play for the club and he did so, spending the 1990 season with the club, scoring 8 goals in 14

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appearances. He returned to the UK, joining

Spalding United Spalding United Football Club is a football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. History The club was established in 1905 when Fulney Institute and Vic ...

in December 1990,

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

in January 1991 and

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two months later. He moved on to join Gedling Town and then

Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Town Football Club is a football club based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. They currently play in the . History On 30 June 2017, a company, Ilkeston Town F.C. Ltd was registered at Companies House. On 20 July 2017, it was conf ...

before emigrating permanently to New Zealand in January 1992. He departed the New Zealand post following the expiry of his contract.

References

External links

Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile
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