Martin Lauchlan (born 1 October 1980) is a Scottish

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manager and former professional footballer who is currently manager of West of Scotland League club Petershill. He played for several clubs in the

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and

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, including

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

and

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

Playing career

Lauchlan came through the

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and made his debut for the club against

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in January 1998. In spite of injury affecting his early development at Thistle, Lauchlan moved to

in July 1999, for an initial fee of £45,000. The midfielder made six Premier League appearances in his four years at Saints, all as substitute, and spent time on loan at

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. Released by St Johnstone in July 2003, he joined

then later played for Irish side

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and

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before dropping to

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level with

Bellshill Athletic Bellshill Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire. It plays in the . History The history of the club can be traced back as far as 1897 when Bellshill Athletic were founded as a Ju ...

, Petershill, Vale of Clyde and

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Managerial career

Lauchlan joined Forth Wanderers as assistant manager in August 2012 and later occupied a similar role at Wishaw Juniors. He became a manager in his own right when appointed Rossvale boss in July 2014 and led the club to their first honour in the Junior game by winning the 2014–15 Central District Second Division title . On 28 February 2016, Lauchlan resigned as manager of Rossvale. He was then appointed manager of

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outfit

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

. In his first season, East Kilbride won the

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. East Kilbride progressed to the promotion/relegation playoff final, but missed out on promotion when they lost a penalty shootout against

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. He left the club at the end of the season, having won four trophies during fourteen months in charge. Lauchlan joined

Strathclyde University The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

as their first team manager in August 2017. He returned to Petershill as manager in August 2019. Lauchlan represented

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at youth level during his spell at Partick Thistle. He is the brother of fellow professional footballer

Jim Lauchlan James Harley Lauchlan (born 2 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer. Career Lauchlan started his career with Kilmarnock making his first team debut age just 16 he went on to make 98 league appearances for the club. Following a loa ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauchlan, Martin 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Rutherglen Scottish footballers Partick Thistle F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Bellshill Athletic F.C. players Petershill F.C. players Scottish football managers Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Dumbarton F.C. players Finn Harps F.C. players Association football midfielders Scottish Junior Football Association managers Footballers from Glasgow East Kilbride F.C. managers Rossvale F.C. managers Petershill F.C. managers Lowland Football League managers