Mark Lawrenson
 Lawrenson in October 1981, tackling AZ's Hugo Hovenkamp | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Thomas Lawrenson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | Preston North End | 73 | (2) |
| 1977–1981 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 152 | (5) |
| 1981–1988 | Liverpool | 241 | (11) |
| 1988–1989 | Barnet | 2 | (0) |
| 1989 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | (3) |
| Total | 488 | (21) | |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1987 | Republic of Ireland | 39 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988 | Oxford United | ||
| 1989–1990 | Peterborough United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Mark Thomas Lawrenson (born 2 June 1957, in Preston, Lancashire) is a former professional football player, a defender in the Liverpool and Irish football teams of the 1980s; he has since become a radio, television and internet pundit for the BBC.
Despite being born in England, UK, he played for the Republic of Ireland national football team due to his Irish ancestry.
Honours[change | change source]
- Liverpool
- Football League First Division (5): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88
- FA Cup: 1985–86
- League Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- FA Charity Shield: 1982, 1986
- Football League Super Cup: 1986
- European Cup: 1983–84
Statistics[change | change source]
Club[change | change source]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other[n 1] | Total | ||||||||
| 1974–75 | Preston North End | Third Division | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1975–76 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1976–77 | 46 | 2 | – | – | 46 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1977–78 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Second Division | 40 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 1 | ||||||
| 1978–79 | 39 | 2 | – | – | 39 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1979–80 | First Division | 33 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||||||
| 1980–81 | 40 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1981–82 | Liverpool | First Division | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 4 |
| 1982–83 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| 1983–84 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
| 1984–85 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
| 1985–86 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | 58 | 5 | |||
| 1986–87 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||
| 1987–88 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | Preston North End | 73 | 2 | — | — | 73 | 2 | |||||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 152 | 5 | — | — | 152 | 5 | ||||||||
| Liverpool | 241 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 356 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 466 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 581 | 25 | ||
International[change | change source]
| Ireland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 2 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 2 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 5 |
International goals[change | change source]
| Lawrenson – goals for Ireland[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 26 March 1980 | Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
0–2 | 2–3 | World Cup 1982 qualifier |
| 2. | 10 September 1980 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland |  Netherlands |
2–1 | 2–1 | World Cup 1982 qualifier |
| 3. | 16 November 1983 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland |  Malta |
1–0 | 8–0 | Euro 1984 qualifier |
| 4. | 4–0 | |||||
| 5. | 18 February 1987 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland |
0–1 | 0–1 | Euro 1988 qualifier |
Managerial statistics[change | change source]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Oxford United | 
|
24 March 1988 | 25 October 1988 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16.00 |
| Peterborough United |
|
6 September 1989 | 9 November 1990 | 64 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 39.06 |
| Total | 89 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 32.6 | |||
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Includes Intercontinental Cup (1981), Charity Shield (1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986), UEFA Super Cup (1984) and ScreenSport Super Cup (6 games and 1 goal in 1985–86, 2 games in 1986–87.)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Liverpool". LFC History.net. 29 August 1981. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lawrenson, Mark at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Mark Lawrenson. EU-football.info. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Mark Lawrenson's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 April 2013.