[4] During Southampton's promotion season in 1977–78, he wore six different numbers as he played in several different positions to accommodate Chris Nicholl and Mike Pickering as a pairing in the centre of defence.
[2] He really came to the fore in Saints' first season back in Division 1, playing in all 56 matches including the final of the League Cup in 1979 which Southampton lost to Nottingham Forest.
[6][2][7] Waldron suffered a career-threatening achilles tendon injury which was overcome by surgery and was sent for rehabilitation in the summer of 1981 to the United States for Washington Diplomats.
[2] In April 1982, Waldron underwent an operation for a routine removal of a cyst on his knee, but the surgery was botched – he made only three appearances over the next 18 months.
[2] Waldron is described in Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints as being "extememly agile and lithe for a big man, he also packed a thunderbolt of a shot and scored some memorable goals for the club".