Career
He is a right back and centre back. Lawrence began his career as a midfielder, starting out late at Grays Athletic in August 1995, age 21, having taken an American Literature degree, whilst playing college football (soccer, to distinguish from American football) in the United States of America for Hartwick College. In February 2009, Hartwick inducted Lawrence into the school"s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Five months later, he became a Football League player, when he joined Wycombe Wanderers, for £20,000.
He made 21 appearances for Wycombe before moving on to Fulham, for an undisclosed fee. He spent a strong 20 months at the West-London side, making over 60 appearances, before going back to Wycombe, on a free transfer, following Fulham"s failure to gain promotion to Division One.
He had a more successful spell at The Chairboys this time, before going to Millwall in March 2000, for £200,000. He started the 2001-2002 season well, but sustained concussion, the results of which kept him out of the side for some time.
On his return, he found his best form to date for the Lions, as they reached the Division One play-offs.
At the start of the 2003-2004 campaign, Lawrence fell out with Lions boss Mark McGhee, and looked to be on his way out The New Den. However, McGhee was replaced by Dennis Wise, and Lawrence got his place back. Boss Wise left the club at the end of the 2004-2005 season, and defensive partner Ward left for Crystal Palace, and Lawrence found himself playing in a number of positions, under a variety of different managers, during the disastrous 2005-2006 campaign, as the Lions were relegated back to League One.
After an average first season, Lawrence began to excel under the leadership of Neil Warnock at Selhurst Park.
He scored his first goal for Palace against Sheffield Wednesday on 22 March 2008. His contract at Selhurst Park expired at the end of the 2009-2010 season, and in August 2010 he joined Gillingham of League Two on a one-year deal, and made his debut for them in goalless draw away to Hereford United on 14 August.
In July 2012 he joined non-league side Whitehawk. In preparation for the 2007-2008 season, Lawrence wrote a weekly "pre-season diary" for The London Paper.
This appeared every Monday for five weeks, a popular piece which led to him being given a regular column in the matchday programme over the season.
He was signed up to write a weekly column for The Mirror. 2004 FA Cup Runners-Up Meda
