Brian Laws
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Laws | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | Burnley | 125 | (12) |
| 1983–1985 | Huddersfield Town | 56 | (1) |
| 1985–1988 | Middlesbrough | 108 | (12) |
| 1988–1994 | Nottingham Forest | 147 | (4) |
| 1994–1996 | Grimsby Town | 46 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Darlington | 10 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | (0) |
| Total | 510 | (31) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1996 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 1997–2004 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| 2004–2006 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| 2006–2009 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2010 | Burnley | ||
| 2012 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 2012–2013 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Laws (born 14 October 1961) is an English former footballer who was most recently the manager of Scunthorpe United.
Playing as a defender, Laws made over 100 appearances for each of Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest. In 1994, Laws became player-manager of Grimsby Town before taking a similar position with Scunthorpe United in 1997. For the next nine years, Laws served as manager of Scunthorpe, guiding them to promotion twice. In 2006, he accepted the managerial role at Sheffield Wednesday, lasting three years in the job during which time Burnley approached him for their managers job when Steve Cotterill left, but were put off by the compensation demanded by Wednesday. Wednesday later struggled with financial problems and he was sacked in December 2009 after a poor run of results.
After only a brief spell out of the game, Burnley appointed Laws as their manager, giving him his first chance to manage in the Premier League after Owen Coyle left the club for Bolton in January 2010 and took the entire management team with him. He was sacked by the club in December that year. Laws returned to manage Scunthorpe United in 2012 only to be sacked in November 2013.
Born in Wallsend, Northumberland, Laws began playing football at the famous Wallsend Boys Club. Aged 17 he signed his first professional contract with Burnley, joining the club as an apprentice. Over the following four seasons he made 181 appearances for the club and, despite his defensive role, scored fifteen goals. However, during this period the club's fortunes were in decline and, following relegation back to the old Third Division, Burnley sold Laws across the Pennines to Huddersfield Town for only £10,000 in 1983. Two years later Laws was sold again, moving to Middlesbrough for £30,000. After a short period Laws became first choice in Middlesbrough's starting eleven, in his three seasons at the club he twice helped the team to promotion, firstly to the Second Division and then, just a year later, up to the old First Division. However, the club's finances were not strong, and when Nottingham Forest offered £120,000 for his contract in 1988 Middlesbrough sold him to the Trentside club.
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