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James Lawrie (born 18 December 1990) is a
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semi-professional
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who plays for club Hanley Town. The striker has represented Northern Ireland at youth level and won three senior caps. One of the most promising players to come through the
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youth system in recent years, during the summer of 2009 he picked up interest from top-flight clubs. However, he was released by the club in the summer of 2010 after only featuring in a handful of games, and signed with
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. He was loaned out to
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in 2011, and signed permanently with the club in December that year, and helped the club to win promotion out of the
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via the play-offs in 2014. He signed with
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in June 2017, and then moved on to
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12 months later. After three years with Nantwich, he moved on to
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in October 2021 and then joined Hanley Town in July 2022.


Club career


Port Vale

Born in Dundonald, County Down, Lawrie attended Middlewich High School in
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, Cheshire, England. Lawrie worked his way through the
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youth team and in July 2007 was offered his first professional contract. His first league goal came in the 89th minute against Chester City on 27 January 2009, the goal was so well taken that it earned him the club's goal of the season award. Following that game manager
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stated his belief that Lawrie had a bright future in football and two days later signed Lawrie up to a two-and-a-half-year deal. Lawrie repaid these kind words the next month in a
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interview; accepting responsibility for Vale's low standing on behalf of the players, as opposed to bad-management on Glover's part. On 4 April he gained his second club goal in a 1–1 draw with
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, again impressing with his performance. The young striker's progress attracted attention from
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clubs during the 2009–10 pre-season. The '' Daily Star'' reported that David Moyes was interested in bringing Lawrie in for a trial at Everton. Vale chairman Bill Bratt did in fact give permission for a trial, Lawrie spending the last week of July with the "Toffees", though manager
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denied it being a trial per se. Regardless of semantics, nothing came of the week at
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, Everton having apparently ended their interest in the young striker. Adams believed the experience benefited the player: "All these experiences can help James and benefit him in the long term." He was transfer listed in late September, along with the entire Port Vale squad, after manager
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saw his team slip to a third consecutive defeat. Lawrie joined
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on a one-month loan in February 2010. The deal was made to get Lawrie games at the Conference level, as he was unable to break into the Vale first team all season. This deal was then extended until the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, and he finished the season with one goal in twelve appearances for the "Harriers". In April 2010 he learned that he would not be offered a new contract by manager Micky Adams.


AFC Telford United

In July 2010, Lawrie joined
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club
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on a two-week trial. Lawrie was not offered a contract after an unsuccessful trial. He then joined Football League newboys Stevenage on trial, before trying his luck at Morecambe, again of League Two. He ended up signing a one-year deal with
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of the
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. This was seen as quite a coup for the club. He scored on his Telford debut, in a 5–0 thumping of
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, before getting a brace against Hinckley United in January. He hoped this brace would prove enough to win him a first team place. However the next month he was sidelined with an ankle injury, and struggled to regain his place in the side upon his recovery. Telford managed to win promotion to the Conference National after a play-off final win over
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– the "Stags" had finished the league campaign in second place.


Altrincham

On transfer deadline day, 31 August 2011, he joined
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back in the Conference North on loan for a month. His loan was extended until 28 November and he scored four goals in eleven appearances, playing mostly as a winger. After his loan spell ended he was released by Telford and joined Altrincham on a permanent basis. The club missed out on the play-offs by 11 points in 2011–12. Altrincham reached the play-offs in 2012–13, but were beaten 4–2 by Brackley Town in the play-off semi-finals. The "Robins" again qualified for the play-offs in the 2013–14 campaign, and Lawrie scored the winning goal against
Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.
at Moss Lane at the semi-final stage. Lawrie then went on to score in the final as the club secured promotion with a 2–1 extra-time victory over
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. He scored eight goals in 46 appearances in the 2014–15 season, as Altrincham finished 17th in the Conference Premier. He scored five goals in 50 games in the 2015–16 campaign, as Altrincham were relegated in 22nd place. He scored eight goals in 51 games in the 2016–17 campaign, however the club continued to struggle and were relegated out of the National League North in last place after winning just four of their 42 league matches.


Northern Premier League

Lawrie joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club
Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.
in June 2017. The "Pitmen" finished 17th in the 2017–18 campaign and Lawrie scored seven goals in 35 starts and eight substitute appearances, being named as man of the match on two occasions. On 18 June 2018, he and teammate Danny Glover both signed with
Nantwich Town Nantwich Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1884 and is nicknamed ''The Dabbers'', a reference to the town's tanning industry. They currently compete in and pla ...
, also of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. He lifted the
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with the club after playing in the 5–2 final victory over Cammell Laird 1907. He also helped the "Dabbers" to reach the play-offs, where they were beaten by Warrington Town in the semi-finals. He scored eight goals and provided nine assists over 47 appearances in the 2018–19 season. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2019–20 season was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged. The
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season was also curtailed with only six games played on 24 February 2021. In September 2021, Lawrie was released by Nantwich, shortly after reaching 100 club appearances. The following month, he signed for league rivals
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. He featured 28 times in the 2021–22 campaign, scoring three goals, as Albion were relegated. In July 2022, Lawrie joined Northern Premier League Division One West club Hanley Town following their promotion.


International career


Youth level

Lawrie earned four caps in the under-17 side, scoring against Iceland to earn a 2–2 draw after coming on as a substitute on 19 March 2007. In the under-19 side Lawrie scored three goals in his first six games. His first came against
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in a 5–4 victory
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on 30 July 2008, Lawrie scored the opener and was described as a "dominant figure". His second goal was against Iceland in a 2–0 win on 8 September. His third came against
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in a 3–1 loss on 10 October. He won his first
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s for the under-21 side on 19 August 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 friendly defeat to
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. Later in the month he was also a substitute in a 4–1 loss to
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and two months later he came on in a 3–1 win over
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. Lawrie was then called up to the Northern Ireland B team for a friendly with the Scotland B team on 6 May 2009. Upon announcing the teenagers call-up manager
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stated his belief that Lawrie would earn a full
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in the future. He came on as a 31st minute substitute. Following his senior debut, he continued at youth level in the 2009 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament, Lawrie scored the under-19's last minute winner over
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at the
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, the game finishing 3–2. Two days later he scored the opener of a 3–0 win over Bulgaria. In the final, the Irish beat Denmark 2–0, Lawrie providing the cross for
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to score the opener. Lawrie came away with the Player of the Tournament award "The One". His fourth under-21 cap came on 12 August 2009, as he won a
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in a 2–1 friendly defeat to
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. The next month he missed out on further call-ups to the under-21 squad, as he had an
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to remove his appendix. He returned to the squad following his recovery, scoring in a 2–1 defeat in
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in the 2011 under-21 Euro qualifier.


Senior team

In May 2009 it was announced that Lawrie was to be called up to the full
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squad for the first time in a friendly with
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on 6 June 2009. He picked up his first senior cap in the game, coming on as a late substitute as the Italians came out 3–0 winners. His second cap came a year later in a friendly with
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.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Northern Ireland under-19s *
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: 2009 AFC Telford United *
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play-offs: 2010–11 Altrincham *
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play-offs: 2013–14 Nantwich Town *
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: 2019 Individual *
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Player of the Tournament: 2009


References


External links

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Profile
at the Irish FA site {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrie, James 1990 births Living people People from Dundonald, County Down Association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland youth international footballers Northern Ireland under-21 international footballers Northern Ireland B international footballers Northern Ireland international footballers Association football forwards Port Vale F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players AFC Telford United players Altrincham F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players Hanley Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players