Lawrence Sanchez was born on 22 October 1959 and is a Northern Irish football manager and former international footballer.
20 Facts About Lawrie Sanchez
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Lawrie Sanchez was born in London, the son of an Ecuadorian father and an Irish mother.
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Lawrie Sanchez was educated at Presentation College, an independent school in Reading, Berkshire, and went on to take a BSc degree in management science at Loughborough University while a Reading FC player.
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Lawrie Sanchez was married to Heather, who died of cancer in 1998; the couple had a son, Jack.
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In 2004, Lawrie Sanchez became patron of a Northern Ireland-based cancer charity.
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Lawrie Sanchez scored the goal to secure the victory which got the Dons promoted to the First Division against Huddersfield Town in May 1986.
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Lawrie Sanchez scored his last goal in professional football against then Champions Shamrock Rovers on the 3rd of December 1994.
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Lawrie Sanchez is believed to be the first player to be sent off for a professional foul, after committing a deliberate handball in a Football League Trophy match against Oxford United in 1982.
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Lawrie Sanchez won three full international caps for Northern Ireland, qualifying by virtue of his Northern Irish mother.
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Lawrie Sanchez became player-manager of League of Ireland club Sligo Rovers in 1994, and in his first season led them to the semi-final of the 1995 FAI Cup.
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Lawrie Sanchez managed them in the Cup Winners' Cup against Club Brugge.
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Lawrie Sanchez became manager at Wycombe Wanderers in February 1999, and with only 18 games left he rescued the team from imminent relegation.
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Lawrie Sanchez was appointed manager of Northern Ireland in January 2004.
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Lawrie Sanchez signed four Northern Ireland players, David Healy from Leeds United, Steven Davis and Aaron Hughes, both from Aston Villa, and Chris Baird from Southampton.
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Lawrie Sanchez was sacked in December 2007, after a home defeat to Newcastle.
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Lawrie Sanchez was sacked by Barnet on 16 April 2012 with 3 games of the season to go and was replaced by Martin Allen.
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On 17 November 2013, Lawrie Sanchez was appointed head coach of Superleague Greece side Apollon Smyrni.
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Lawrie Sanchez met the players for the first time on 18 November 2013 whilst giving the club's official website his first interview as Apollon Smyrni head coach.
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Lawrie Sanchez declined to sign a new contract for Apollon and left the club.
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Lawrie Sanchez wrote a parting letter to the Apollon fans explaining his thoughts and made it clear that he was very unhappy with the legitimacy of the Superleague Greece, his parting words were: "In the Magic Kingdom that is SuperLeague even a Magician can only have so many powers".