Lawrie Pearson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence Pearson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Gateshead | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Hull City | 59 | (0) |
| 1987 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Port Vale | 3 | (0) |
| Whitley Bay | |||
| Barrow | |||
| 1993–1994 | Darlington | 28 | (4) |
| 1994 | Chesterfield | 1 | (0) |
| Blyth Spartans | |||
| Total | 91+ | (4+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lawrence "Lawrie" Pearson (born 2 July 1965) is an English former footballer who played at left-back. He made 91 league appearances in the Football League, and also spent a number of seasons in non-league football.
He began his career at Manchester United, playing in the 1982 FA Youth Cup final. He joined Hull City via Gateshead in 1984, and helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division. He signed with Bristol City, before being traded to Port Vale in August 1987. He left the "Valiants" in January 1988, and played non-league football for Whitley Bay and Barrow, before making a brief comeback in the Football League in 1993–94 with Darlington and Chesterfield. He then moved onto Blyth Spartans, and worked behind the scenes at Middlesbrough and Carlisle United.
Pearson began his career at Manchester United, and was part of the side that were beaten by Watford in the final of the FA Youth Cup in 1982; his teammates in the game included Clayton Blackmore, Mark Hughes and Norman Whiteside. He never made his debut at Old Trafford though, and instead got his first taste of Football League action after he joined Brian Horton's Hull City via non-league Gateshead in 1984. The "Tigers" won promotion from the Third Division in 1984–85, before posting sixth and 14th-place finishes in the Second Division in 1985–86 and 1986–87. Pearson departed Boothferry Park and signed with Third Division Bristol City, but did not make a league appearance for his new club.
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