Lennie Lawrence
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Michael Lawrence | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
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Cardiff City (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Croydon | ||
| – | Carshalton Athletic | ||
| – | Sutton United | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978 | Plymouth Argyle (caretaker) | ||
| 1982–1991 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 1991–1994 | Middlesbrough | ||
| 1994–1995 | Bradford City | ||
| 1995–2000 | Luton Town | ||
| 2000–2001 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 2002–2005 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2012 | Crystal Palace (joint caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Bolton Wanderers (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Nottingham Forest (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2016 | Cardiff City (Assistant Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robin Michael Lawrence (born 12 December 1947 in Brighton, England) commonly known as Lennie Lawrence, is an English football manager whose most recent post was as assistant manager of Cardiff City. He has managed a number of English clubs and one Welsh club in a coaching career spanning over 30 years. His most recent managerial post was at Cardiff City, from 2002 until 2005. He is one of a select few managers to have managed over 1,000 games.
Lawrence never played league football. He turned out at non-league level for Croydon, Carshalton Athletic and Sutton United. He came to Plymouth as Assistant Manager to Mike Kelly and when Kelly was sacked he got his first managerial appointment at Plymouth Argyle as caretaker and then worked alongside Malcolm Allison as Assistant. He later worked as a coach at Lincoln City, helping them win promotion from Division Four in the 1980–81 season.
Lawrence moved to Charlton Athletic as reserve-team manager, and was later promoted to full-time manager in 1982. During his first few years in charge, the club was in a poor financial situation and came close to going out of business in 1984, and even left its home ground, The Valley, in 1985. Despite this, Lawrence not only kept Charlton in the Second Division but gained promotion to the First Division in 1986, ending Charlton's 29-year absence from the top-flight. With limited resources, he kept Charlton at this level for four years, before being relegated in 1990. He remained in charge for a further season.
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