Career
McLaughlin started his playing career with Greenock Morton in 1977. During his time at Greenock he became a regular in the Scotland national under-21 football team, winning 10 caps. In 1983 he was transferred to for a fee of £100,000.
McLaughlin began his career at by winning the Second Division championship in his first season.
He would go onto to play for until 1989 winning another Second Division championship as well as the Full Members Cup. He was then transferred to Charlton Athletic for £650,000 which at that time made him Charlton"s record transfer.
After one season at Charlton, he was sold to Watford for £300,000. He spent two seasons at Watford before returning home to Scotland to play for In his first season at, the team were relegated from the Premier League.
However the following season Joe would lead the team to success by securing the First Division championship.
After leaving, McLaughin was transferred to Hibernian before going on to play for Clydebank and then In 2001 McLaughlin moved into coaching by accepting a position to work with Mark McGhee at Millwall. After leaving Millwall, McLaughlin returned to Greenock Morton for a brief stint as youth coach and also caretaker manager.
Joe is currently Head Soccer Consultant at Soccer Icon United States of America, a company that specialises in scouting top young football players to play soccer in the United States of America. Joe is also a scout for Bolton Wanderers.
