Ray Haddington appeared as a guest for Exeter City during 1945/46 when two interim league competitions - Division Three South (South of Thames) [played until Christmas] and the Division Three South Cup (Southern Section) [played from January] - were organised ahead of a return to ‘normal’ league football in 1946/47. Having played for both Bradford clubs, he remained in professional football until 1954 most notably with Oldham Athletic.

Ray made two appearances in Division Three South (South of the Thames) for the Grecians, the first of which was against Bristol Rovers at St James’ Park on 29 September 1945 when he scored City’s second goal. The second came three weeks later at Bournemouth.

He was an amateur with Bradford (Park Avenue) at the time before earning a professional contract at Bradford City in September 1946. Not breaking into the first-team at Valley Parade, Ray moved to Oldham Athletic in August 1947 where he made 117 league appearances and scored 63 goals.

A transfer to Manchester City followed in November 1950 but, after 4 goals in 6 league games, he headed to Stockport County in December 1951 where he remained until the end of the season ahead of a brief spell with Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic. Proving more successful at Rochdale, where he added 12 goals in 38 league matches between October 1952 and November 1953, Ray’s final Football League club was Halifax Town before joining non-league Bedford Town ahead of the 1954/55 season.

Emigrating to Australia, Ray Haddington died in Adelaide on 26 July 1994.