[citation needed] He began his career on schoolboy forms with Lincoln City whilst also making occasional appearances for hometown club Sleaford Town before playing for Heckington United in the Grantham League.
After winning England caps at Schoolboy and Youth levels, Wallington signed for Walsall, turning professional in October 1971.
[2] With Ian Andrews emerging as the number one choice at Leicester, Wallington moved on to Derby County in the summer of 1985, a fee of £25,000 securing his services.
In the summer of 1988, just a few weeks short of his 36th birthday, Wallington signed for Lincoln City, nearly twenty years after his initial association with the club as a schoolboy.
[3] He then returned to his home town of Sleaford to become a secondary school teacher whilst he also spent time coaching with the England U18 set-up.