Christopher Roland Waddle played for the Lawyers in the 1979/80 season after being snapped up from Clarke Chapman on a recommendation by physio Jim Callaghan (not the Labour Prime Minister).

He was aged 18 whilst playing for the Lawyers and during an interview with the Mid Devon Gazette ahead of Tow Law's F.A. Vase Final at Wembley in 1998 Chris confessed that at the time of signing he knew very little of Tow Law. However most of the players at that time were from the Newcastle area and also trained in that area. Chris himself was living in Wardley and in that article he refers to having scored 19 goals during his season with Tow Law. The official Northern League history, Northern Goalfields, records him as having scored 23 League and Cup goals during that season.

One of the foremost Northern League teams at that time was Blyth Spartans and it was whilst playing against Blyth that the talents of Chris Waddle were spotted by Joe Harvey. As we all know at the end of that season he signed for Newcastle and as they say the rest is history. He went on to play for Newcastle, Spurs, Sheffield Wednesday and of course Marseilles. During the course of his career he won 62 England caps between 1985 and 1992.

In his interview with the Mid Devon Gazette he spoke of his affectionate memories of Tow Law describing it as a "family orientated club which has produced a lot of good players. They always play good football". It is a sign of his affection for the Club that he has agreed to make a guest appearance for Michael Bailey's testimonial match.