Robin Michael Lawrence, commonly known as Lennie Lawrence, was born on 12 December 1947 and is an English football manager.
19 Facts About Lennie Lawrence
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Lennie Lawrence is assistant manager and non-executive director at National League side Hartlepool United.
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Lennie Lawrence went on to manage Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Luton Town and Grimsby Town and Cardiff City.
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Lennie Lawrence is one of a select few managers to have managed over 1,000 games.
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Since 2005 Lennie Lawrence has worked at a number of clubs as either part of the coaching staff or in a Director of Football role.
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Lennie Lawrence turned out at non-league level for Croydon, Carshalton Athletic and Sutton United during his semi-professional career.
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Lennie Lawrence came to Plymouth as Assistant Manager to Mike Kelly and when Kelly was sacked he got his first managerial appointment at Plymouth Argyle as caretaker and then worked alongside Malcolm Allison as Assistant.
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Lennie Lawrence moved to Charlton Athletic as reserve-team manager, and was later promoted to full-time manager in 1982.
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Lennie Lawrence remained in charge until the end of the following season, his departure being confirmed on 2 May 1994.
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Lennie Lawrence remained in charge at Kenilworth Road until 2000 when he was sacked by the new incoming Luton chairman, Mike Watson Challis, and replaced with former Luton fans favourite, Ricky Hill.
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Lennie Lawrence remained at Ninian Park for a further two years before being replaced in May 2005.
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On 3 February 2025, Lennie Lawrence announced that he had stepped back from his role to allow head coach Anthony Limbrick to take over as manager.
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Lennie Lawrence remained in this position until leaving the club on 12 May 2010, with their League One status still intact.
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In October 2012 Freedman became manager at Bolton Wanderers, and Lennie Lawrence was named as a joint-caretaker manager at Crystal Palace with Curtis Fleming, but within a week Lennie Lawrence rejoined Freedman at Bolton.
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Lennie Lawrence later joined Freedman as assistant manager at Nottingham Forest in early 2015.
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On 21 March 2017, Lennie Lawrence joined Newport County as First Team Management Consultant to new manager Mike Flynn with Newport 11 points adrift at the bottom of League Two.
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Lennie Lawrence serves as the Managerial Advisor to Alex Revell.
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Lennie Lawrence served as the Managerial Advisor to Alex Revell.
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On 10 November 2022, Lennie Lawrence was appointed as a non-executive director at Hartlepool United.