Mick Waitt Explained

Mick Waitt
Fullname:Michael Hugh Waitt
Position:Striker
Birth Date:1960 6, df=y
Birth Place:Hexham, England
Years4:1984–1987
Years5:1987–1990
Years6:1990–1991
Clubs1:Calverton Rangers
Clubs2:Arnold Kingswell
Clubs3:Keyworth United
Clubs6:Ilkeston Town
Caps4:88
Caps5:26
Goals4:32
Goals5:10
Manageryears1:1992–?
Manageryears2:2002–2004
Managerclubs1:Napier City Rovers
Managerclubs2:New Zealand
Medaltemplates: (as manager)

Michael Hugh Waitt (born 25 June 1960) is an English football player and coach, who managed the New Zealand national football team.[1] Waitt played in the Football League for Notts County and Lincoln City FC. He took charge of the New Zealand national side June 2002. New Zealand won eleven, drew two and lost ten of his 23 games in charge.[2] He now works for Lemon-Squeezy and formally part of Quokkas, now an honorable Quokka.[3]

Playing career

New Zealand

In 1990, while playing in Hong Kong for Lai Sun, Waitt visited his sister in Wellington.[4] Whilst in New Zealand he was contacted by his erstwhile manager Keith Buckley who was coaching Napier City Rovers. Buckley invited Waitt to play for the club and he did so, spending the 1990 season with the club, scoring 8 goals in 14 National Soccer League appearances.[5] He returned to the UK, joining Spalding United in December 1990, Nuneaton Borough in January 1991 and Grantham two months later. He moved on to join Gedling Town and then Ilkeston Town before emigrating permanently to New Zealand in January 1992.

He departed the New Zealand post following the expiry of his contract.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Coaches. 29 January 2011. NZ Football. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717200626/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches. 17 July 2014. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Coaching Records. Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 31 July 2009.
  3. Web site: Former Notts striker Waitt still backs the Kiwis. Nottingham Post. 24 June 2010. 7 July 2010.
  4. Web site: Soccer: Laid-back style lays on results. New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2002. 22 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Mick Waitt – A Calverton success story. Calverton Village Official Website. 23 June 2011.
  6. Web site: Waitt goes from All Whites. 16 June 2004. New Zealand Herald. 23 June 2011.

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