Liam Lawrence
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liam Lawrence[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Retford, England | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1991 | Retford United | ||
1991–1996 | Nottingham Forest | ||
1996–1999 | Mansfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2004 | Mansfield Town | 136 | (35) |
2004–2007 | Sunderland | 73 | (10) |
2006–2007 | → Stoke City (loan) | 8 | (2) |
2007–2011 | Stoke City | 105 | (21) |
2010–2011 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 17 | (7) |
2011–2012 | Portsmouth | 37 | (0) |
2012 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2012–2014 | PAOK | 29 | (3) |
2014 | Barnsley | 14 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Shrewsbury Town | 51 | (5) |
2016–2017 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | (1) |
2017 | Rushall Olympic | ||
Total | 499 | (86) | |
International career | |||
2009–2011 | Republic of Ireland | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Liam Lawrence (born 14 December 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger or central midfielder.
Lawrence started his career at his local club
Born in England, Lawrence made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2009, and earned 15 caps in a two-year spell.
Club career
Mansfield Town
Lawrence was born in
Sunderland
Lawrence joined
Following Sunderland's promotion to the top flight Lawrence found himself in and out of the first team squad for the first few months of the 2005–06 season. Despite this, Lawrence still made 23 starts and 10 substitute appearances for the club, scoring against Fulham, Chelsea, and Sunderland's bitter rivals Newcastle United at St James' Park. Although the season ended in disaster for Sunderland, who were relegated with a then record low of 15 points, Lawrence ended the season as runner up to teammate Dean Whitehead for the annual Player of the Year award, and was seen as one of Sunderland's better performers. Lawrence and Whitehead both signed new contracts in August 2006.[7]
Stoke City
Lawrence joined Stoke City initially on loan in November 2006 after falling out of favour with Roy Keane with the deal becoming permanent in January 2007.[8] He made a fine start to his Stoke career scoring against Cardiff City and Ipswich Town.[9] In 2006–07 Stoke narrowly missed out on the play-offs finishing in 8th position. In 2007–08 Lawrence played in 44 matches scoring 15 goals as Stoke gained promotion to the Premier League in 2nd position. Lawrence struck a great partnership with Ricardo Fuller and the pair scored a combined total of 30 goals with Lawrence winning the player of the year award.[10][11]
Lawrence scored Stoke's first home goal in the Premier League in 2008 when he scored a penalty against
Portsmouth
On 31 August, the summer transfer window deadline day, Lawrence and Stoke teammate
On 1 January 2011, Lawrence completed his permanent move to Portsmouth, signing until the summer of 2014.[25] Following Portsmouth's plunge into administration, Lawrence insisted that he would not walk out on the club,[26] but manager Michael Appleton said that Portsmouth could not afford to scan the injured calf of Lawrence as the Rudimentary payments for injury assessments could also not be completed.[27] He left Portsmouth on 10 August 2012 after agreeing to a compromise deal to terminate his contract.[28]
Cardiff City
Lawrence joined
Lawrence was interested in making the move permanent but manager Malky Mackay stated that he was interested but signing him wasn't priority.[30] On 8 August 2012, Cardiff had opened talks with Lawrence over a possible permanent transfer as Portsmouth needed to clear the wage bill by 10 August or be liquidated.[31] After leaving Portsmouth, Lawrence revealed he was offered a new contract with his wages reduced (60 or 70 per cent cut) but he was told by administrator Trevor Birch the negotiations was withdrawn as the club couldn't afford an offer from Balram Chainrai as he attempted to purchase the club[32] Previously, Lawrence was keen to stay at the club, insisting he doesn't want to be responsible for liquidating the club[33]
PAOK
After leaving Portsmouth on 13 August Lawrence agreed to join Greek side
Barnsley
Lawrence joined
Shrewsbury Town
On 4 July 2014, Lawrence signed a two-year contract with League Two side Shrewsbury Town.[37] He made his competitive debut on the first day of the league season on 9 August, as the captain, and set up James Collins in the 9th minute to open a 2–2 draw away to AFC Wimbledon.[38]
Having been sent off in a match against
He scored his first goal for Shrewsbury on 1 November 2014, converting an injury time penalty away from home against
Lawrence scored both goals as Shrewsbury defeated
Bristol Rovers
Lawrence did not regularly start for Shrewsbury following their promotion and, as one of the club's higher earners, was allowed to join League Two side Bristol Rovers on a free transfer on 7 January 2016.[45] Lawrence was picked in the Starting XI a number of times and he scored his first goal for the club as his perfectly placed Free-kick saw his side win 3–0 against Crawley Town.[46] Lawrence helped Rovers achieve automatic promotion seeing his side reach 85 points and overtaking Accrington Stanley on the last day of the season.[47]
He made 4 appearances in the 2016–17 season before being told along with 5 others to find a new club on 19 January 2017 [48] and on 31 January 2017 he left the club by mutual consent.[49]
International career
Lawrence is an Irish citizen through his
Coaching career
In August 2020 Lawrence began coaching at the
Career statistics
Club
Source:[56]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mansfield Town | 1999–2000[57] | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2000–01[58] | Third Division | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
2001–02[59] | Third Division | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
2002–03[60] | Second Division | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 46 | 12 | |
2003–04[61] | Third Division | 41 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 52 | 21 | |
Total | 136 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 40 | ||
Sunderland | 2004–05[62] | Championship
|
32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | |
2005–06[63] | Premier League | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
2006–07[64] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Total | 73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 9 | ||
Stoke City | 2006–07[64] | Championship | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |
2007–08[65] | Championship | 41 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 15 | ||
2008–09[66] | Premier League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
2009–10[67] | Premier League | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
Total | 113 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 24 | ||
Portsmouth | 2010–11[68] | Championship | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 | 8 | |
2011–12[69] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | ||
Cardiff City (loan) | 2011–12[69] | Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 15 | 1 |
PAOK
|
2012–13[70] | Superleague Greece
|
27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
2013–14[71] | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 38 | 4 | |||
Barnsley | 2013–14[71] | Championship | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 2014–15[72] | League Two
|
33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 |
2015–16[73] | League One
|
18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Total | 51 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 6 | ||
Bristol Rovers | 2015–16[73] | League Two | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
2016–17[74] | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 499 | 86 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 561 | 95 |
- ^ a b c d e Appearance in Football League Trophy
- ^ Appearances in Third Division play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
Source:[54]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland | |||
2009 | 5 | 1 | |
2010 | 7 | 1 | |
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 2 |
International goals
Source:[54]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 8 September 2009 | Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland | South Africa | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
2. | 25 May 2010 | RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland | Paraguay | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
Mansfield Town
- Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 2001–02
Sunderland
- Football League Championship winner: 2004–05
Stoke City
- Football League Championship runner-up, second-place promotion: 2007–08
Shrewsbury Town
- League Two runner-up, second-place promotion: 2014–15
Bristol Rovers
- League Two runner-up, third-place promotion:2015–16 Football League Two
International
Republic of Ireland
- Nations Cup: 2011
Individual
- PFA Division Three Team of the Year: 2004
- PFA Championship Team of the Year: 2008
- Football League Championshipplayer of the season: 2007–08
- Stoke City player of the year: 2008
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- ^ "Liam Lawrence completes move to Shrewsbury Town". Shropshire Star. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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- ^ "Liam Lawrence thunderbolt gives Ireland victory over South Africa". The Guardian. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland 0–1 France". BBC Sport. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
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- ^ "Liam is back". Stoke City. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Liam Lawrence". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Lawrence in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
External links
- Liam Lawrence at Soccerbase
- Liam Lawrence at EU-Football.info