Brian Laws was born on 14 October 1961 and is an English former professional footballer and manager.
19 Facts About Brian Laws
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In 1994, Brian Laws became player-manager of Grimsby Town before taking a similar position with Scunthorpe United in 1997.
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Brian Laws returned to manage Scunthorpe United in 2012 only to be dismissed in November 2013.
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However, they were saved from closure the following month and Brian Laws remained part of the team who won promotion in the next two seasons to take them from the Third Division to the First.
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Brian Laws is sometimes credited as Forest's second-best right-back of all time behind regular England international Viv Anderson.
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Brian Laws started his management career at Grimsby Town in 1994, replacing Alan Buckley who had moved to West Bromwich Albion.
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Brian Laws then had a short spell as a player with Darlington before taking charge of Scunthorpe United.
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At Scunthorpe United Brian Laws achieved promotion twice, in 1999 and 2005 respectively.
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Brian Laws was dismissed by the club in March 2004 but was reinstated three weeks later, leading them to promotion the following season.
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Brian Laws said "I like him, he comes from the Clough camp, I'm a great admirer of the Clough camp".
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On 7 February 2009, Brian Laws became the first Sheffield Wednesday Manager for 95 years to do the league double over their neighbours Sheffield United, therefore making sure his name goes down in Wednesday history.
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Brian Laws left Sheffield Wednesday on 13 December 2009 by mutual consent after a run of bad results.
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In January 2010, Brian Laws was linked with a surprise return to his first club Burnley as manager, this following the departure of Owen Coyle to Bolton Wanderers.
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Brian Laws made a number of signings during the summer transfer window, including Chris Iwelumo from Wolves and Ross Wallace from local rivals Preston North End.
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On 17 September 2012, Brian Laws was appointed Director of Football at Shamrock Rovers until the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season.
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On 29 October 2012, Brian Laws returned as manager of League One Scunthorpe United, following the dismissal of Alan Knill.
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Brian Laws currently provides analysis and co-commentary on Nottingham Forest matches for BBC Radio Nottingham and Sheffield Wednesday matches on BBC Radio Sheffield.
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Brian Laws has two children from his late first wife and a son with his second wife, Jane.
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In November 2016, Brian Laws revealed to Sheffield Live TV that he underwent double heart bypass surgery.