Jamie Lawrence

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jamie Lawrence


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|3|8|df=y
cityofbirth = London
countryofbirth = England
height =
position = Defender, Midfielder
currentclub = Harrow Borough
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1992–1993
youthclubs = Cowes Sports
years = 1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997–2003
2003
2003
2004
2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = Sunderland
Doncaster Rovers
Leicester City
Bradford City
Walsall
Wigan Athletic
Grimsby Town
Brentford
Worthing
Harrow Borough
caps(goals) = 004 0(0)
025 0(3)
047 0(1)
156 (12)
022 0(1)
004 0(0)
005 0(1)
014 0(0)
00? 0(?)
032 0(2)
nationalyears = 2001–2005
nationalteam = Jamaica
nationalcaps(goals) = 042 0(1)
pcupdate = 17:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 17:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Jamie Lawrence (b. 8 March 1970, Battersea, London) is a Jamaican football player who currently plays for Harrow Borough in the English Isthmian League Premier Division, he often plays on the right, primarily as a winger but also in defence. He won forty two caps for Jamaica.

He cost Bradford City manager Chris Kamara just £50,000 when he signed from Leicester City. Lawrence played a part in Bradford's promotion to the Premier League. Lawrence was also well know for his multi-coloured hair ofter drawing comparisons to the famous basketball player Dennis Rodman.

Lawrence was, as a youth, involved in crime and was eventually imprisoned, aged nineteen. While playing for his prison side he was spotted by Cowes Sports, and then while playing for them spotted by Sunderland manager Terry Butcher. Lawrence is the author of the autobiography "From Prison to the Premiership", published in 2006, which was co-authored with Ron Shillingford.

His debut for Jamaica came in a 1–0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago on 28 February 2001. [cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20010301/sports/sports2.html|title=Reggae Boyz dismiss T&T|date=2001-03-01|accessdate=2008-01-24|author=Melton Williams|publisher=Jamaica Gleaner]

Lawrence also runs a football school in Tooting, London. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/your_game/7287554.stm|title=Ex-pro Lawrence back at school|date=2008-03-11|accessdate=2008-03-11|author=Alistair Magowan|publisher=BBC]

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External links

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* [http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/profile.asp?name=lawrence_jamie Boy From Brazil]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,990320,00.html The Observer]