George Lawrence (footballer, born 1962)

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George Lawrence
Personal information
Full name George Randolph Lawrence
Date of birth (1962-09-14) 14 September 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Kensington, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1980 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Southampton 10 (1)
1982 →Oxford United (loan) 15 (4)
1982–1985 Oxford United 63 (21)
1985–1987 Southampton 70 (11)
1987–1989 Millwall 28 (4)
1989–1992 Bournemouth 75 (5)
1992 MP Mikkeli 13 (6)
1993 Weymouth
1993 Portsmouth 12 (0)
1993–1996 Hibernians 46 (22)
1996–1997 Hednesford Town
Rushden & Diamonds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Randolph Lawrence (born 14 September 1962) is a former professional footballer now retired. He played as a midfielder, spending most of his career with Oxford United, Southampton and AFC Bournemouth. He was known by the nickname "Chicken George" throughout his career.

Playing career

Lawrence was born in

League Cup match against Chelsea on 6 October 1981 replacing Nick Holmes. He made his first appearance in the starting line-up on 17 October, replacing Mick Channon in a league game against Notts County
.

According to Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints, he "soon brought added meaning to the word unpredictable". He was "full of strong surging runs" and "would, when remembering to take the ball with him, completely perplex opposing defenders and cause havoc in the penalty area".[2]

In his first period at

1981–82 season on loan at Oxford United
and, after returning to Southampton for the start of the following season, he moved permanently to Oxford in November 1982.

After two years with Oxford, in January 1985 he was rather surprisingly re-signed by

Joe Jordan, Alan Curtis and Danny Wallace
.

The

Matt Le Tissier and Alan Shearer
were coming up through the ranks and were pushing for promotion to the first team. In his two periods with the Saints he made 104 appearances in all competitions, scoring 15 goals.

In his

1988–89 season with them in the First Division. He then spent three years at AFC Bournemouth before spending the summer of 1992 in Finland with Mikkelin Palloilijat. In 1993, he made 14 appearances for Portsmouth, all from the substitutes' bench (without scoring). He finished his playing career with a spell in Malta, playing with Hibernians F.C.
where he won two consecutive titles, followed by lower-league football.

Since retiring from playing professionally, he has continued to turn out in veterans' matches as well as earning a living as a player's agent.

Honours

Millwall

  • 1987–88

Hibernians

Chicken George

Throughout his career, he was affectionately known by the nickname "Chicken George", after the character in the TV series Roots which was being aired on British television at the time he started his career.[3]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6
    .
  2. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3
    .
  3. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
    .

External links
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