Lawrence Pearson was born on 2 July 1965 and is an English former footballer who played at left-back.
19 Facts About Lawrie Pearson
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Lawrie Pearson made 91 league appearances in the Football League and spent several seasons in non-League football.
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Lawrie Pearson began his career at Manchester United, playing in the 1982 FA Youth Cup final.
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Lawrie Pearson helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division.
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Lawrie Pearson signed with Bristol City, before being traded to Port Vale in August 1987.
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Lawrie Pearson left the "Valiants" in January 1988 and played non-league football for Whitley Bay and Barrow.
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Lawrie Pearson then moved onto Blyth Spartans, and worked behind the scenes at Middlesbrough and Carlisle United.
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Lawrie Pearson began his career at Manchester United and was part of the side that were beaten by Watford in the final of the FA Youth Cup in 1982; his teammates in the game included Clayton Blackmore, Mark Hughes and Norman Whiteside.
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Lawrie Pearson departed Boothferry Park and signed with Third Division Bristol City but did not make a league appearance for his new club.
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Lawrie Pearson only played three further cup games for the "Valiants", before having his contract cancelled by mutual consent in January 1988.
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Lawrie Pearson moved on to non-League clubs Whitley Bay and Barrow, and spent time in Belgium.
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Lawrie Pearson made five appearances in the Canadian Soccer League for the Winnipeg Fury in 1990, scoring two goals.
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Lawrie Pearson played one of the two-legged play-off quarter-final games with Victoria Vistas.
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Lawrie Pearson played once for Chesterfield before returning to the non-league circuit with Northern League side Blyth Spartans.
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Lawrie Pearson worked in the post for seven years, before leaving the Riverside Stadium when Steve McClaren was appointed manager in 2001.
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Lawrie Pearson was then appointed Football in the Community Officer at Carlisle United.
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Lawrie Pearson left his post at Brunton Park in January 2005 for 'personal reasons'.
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Lawrie Pearson then worked as an academy coach at Manchester United for six years; he left in 2011 and began working at Leeds United.
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Lawrie Pearson then retired from coaching and now runs sports camps in Wakefield.