Welsh association football musician
This article is about the football player. For Thomas Edward “ T. E. ” Lawrence a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia, see T. E. Lawrence
Thomas Morris Lawrence ( give birth 13 January 1994 ) is a Welsh professional football player who plays as a ahead for Derby County and the Wales home team.

Born in Wrexham, he joined Manchester United at the old age of eight and made his way up through the long time groups, but he was unable to make it as a first-team regular and exhausted time on lend at Carlisle United and Yeovil Town before joining Leicester City in September 2014. After three years with Leicester, during which time he was loaned out to Rotherham United, Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City and Ipswich Town, he left for Derby County in August 2017. He has represented Wales at senior international grade, having besides played for the national under-17, under-19 and under-21 sides .

Club career [edit ]

manchester United [edit ]

Born in Wrexham, Lawrence grew up in Penyffordd, Flintshire, and joined Manchester United from Everton at the age of eight. Tosh Farrell, an Everton coach at the time late commented that Lawrence was a “ big valet U sports fan so we had no probability [ of keeping him ] when they wanted him ! ” [ 3 ] After progressing up through the age grades, he made his first appearance for the under-18s at the historic period of 15 in a friendly against maltese side Hibernians in October 2009, coming on as a ersatz to score the third base finish in a 3–1 winnings. In July 2010, he appeared for the under-17s in the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland, scoring against County Down in the quarter-finals of the Slemish Trophy repechage rival. Off the back of that, he became a even fastness in the under-18s team for the 2010–11 season, scoring five goals in 22 appearances in the Premier Academy League, vitamin a well as making three substitute appearances in the baseball club ‘s successful FA Youth Cup run. Towards the end of the season, he besides got his first experience of the reserve team, being named as an idle substitute for the final game of the Premier Reserve League season, a 2–2 draw with Liverpool. Another appearance at the Milk Cup followed in 2011, with Lawrence scoring the only goal in Manchester United ‘s semi-final victory over senegalese side Étoile Lusitana ; [ 4 ] however, the team went on to lose the final 5–1 to Qatari youth academy ASPIRE. Lawrence began the 2011–12 temper in good form, scoring four goals in his first four matches before suffering an injury in the fifth, a 3–1 home get the better of to Manchester City. On his return two months belated, he scored the undoer in Manchester United ‘s 4–0 FA Youth Cup win over Torquay United, only to suffer another injury to his groin and miss another five months of the season. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Nevertheless, he returned strongly, scoring three goals in the final three games of the season, including a stimulate against Stoke City on the final examination day. [ 8 ] After going idle in a Manchester Senior Cup game against Bury earlier in the season, Lawrence finally made his beginning appearance for the reserves in the final examination of the Lancashire Senior Cup against Accrington Stanley ; after coming on as a 23rd-minute substitute for Luke Giverin, Lawrence opened the scoring shortly before half-time and Manchester United went on to win 4–0. [ 9 ] After signing his inaugural professional contract in July 2012, [ 10 ] Lawrence made the footfall up to the reserves on a permanent basis for the 2012–13 season ; however, he found the transition unmanageable, as competing with the likes of Federico Macheda, Ángelo Henríquez and Joshua King mean he much found himself on the workbench, rarely making it onto the flip with any meaning clock time left in games. Despite a lack of play meter, Lawrence managed to score four goals in 20 appearances during the season, including one goal in a 3–1 acquire against Oldham Athletic in the Manchester Senior Cup, and his aid led to Larnell Cole ‘s 88th-minute winning goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the concluding of the Under-21 Premier League. [ 11 ] Will Keane ‘s refund to fitness intend Lawrence ‘s opportunities continued to be express going into the 2013–14 temper, although he did manage to appear in seven of the team ‘s foremost eight matches of the season .

Carlisle United loanword [edit ]

On 28 November 2013, Lawrence joined colleague Manchester United player Ben Amos at League One club Carlisle United on a month-long loanword, due to last until 4 January 2014. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Lawrence made his introduction the watch weekend, coming on as a 59th-minute alternate for Paul Thirlwell in a 3–1 kill away to Swindon Town. [ 14 ]

Yeovil Town loan [edit ]

On 31 January 2014, Lawrence joined Football League Championship side Yeovil Town on a three-month loan. [ 15 ] He made 17 starts and two utility appearances for Yeovil, scoring doubly, as the club were relegated to League One. On 30 April, he was recalled by Manchester United. [ 16 ]

hark back to Manchester United [edit ]

On 6 May 2014, Lawrence was given his United introduction by interim player-manager Ryan Giggs, starting in a 3–1 home Premier League acquire against Hull City. He was substituted in the seventieth moment for Giggs himself. James Wilson made his debut in the lapp pit. [ 17 ]

Leicester City [edit ]

Lawrence was sold to recently promoted Leicester City on 2 September 2014 for an undisclosed tip, signing a four-year compress. [ 18 ] Before making an appearance for Leicester, he was loaned to Championship golf club Rotherham United on 27 November, on a month-long manage. [ 19 ] He scored one goal in six appearances for Rotherham before returning to Leicester. He made his Leicester debut on 3 January 2015 in an FA Cup third round off tie against Newcastle United, which Leicester won 1–0. [ 20 ]

Blackburn Rovers ( lend ) [edit ]

On 21 August 2015, Lawrence joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on lend until 3 January 2016. [ 21 ] On 5 January, his loanword batch was extended until 31 January. He returned to Leicester when loanword came to an end on 31 January 2016.

Cardiff City ( loanword ) [edit ]

On 1 February 2016, Lawrence joined Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the 2015–16 temper. [ 22 ]

Ipswich Town ( loan ) [edit ]

On 30 August 2016, Lawrence joined Championship side Ipswich Town Football Club on loanword until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 23 ] Lawrence scored his first goal for Ipswich in a 2–1 winnings at Sheffield Wednesday on 5 November 2016. [ 24 ]

Derby County [edit ]

After three seasons with Leicester City, Lawrence left the club for Derby County on 15 August 2017, signing a “ long-run ” contract with the club. [ 25 ] On 13 July 2021, Lawrence was named captain of Derby County. [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

Lawrence playing for Wales in 2015 Lawrence ‘s inaugural experience of spokesperson football came in 2003–04, when he played for the Flintshire Schools team while placid a class unseasoned, and again in 2004–05. Both years, the team won the Tom Yeoman Shield North league titles, and in 2005, they were beaten to the home claim by Swansea Schools. [ 27 ] That class, Lawrence was named as the Flintshire Schools FA ‘s articulation player of the year, along with George Baxter of Mynydd Isa CP. [ 28 ] After progressing through the Wales under-17 and under-19 teams, Lawrence made his debut for the under-21s in a 3–0 dwelling friendly victory over Iceland in February 2013, playing for 64 minutes before being substituted. [ 29 ] He scored his first finish for the under-21s a calendar month belated, scoring the alone goal in a european Championship qualifying succeed over Moldova at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli. [ 30 ] This was followed up by a pair of penalties in another qualifying win in October 2013, this time against Lithuania. [ 31 ] 22 May 2014, Lawrence was named in the Wales senior police squad for the friendly equal against the Netherlands on 4 June 2014. [ 32 ] Lawrence was named in the Wales team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Cyprus and Israel to be played on 3 and 6 September 2015. [ 33 ] On 13 October, he came on as a substitute for David Edwards in Wales ‘ concluding euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra. [ 34 ] During Wales ‘ 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign, Lawrence made a second one-half appearance against Serbia on 12 November 2016, replacing Hal Robson-Kanu on 68 minutes. [ 35 ] Lawrence scored the decisive goal in a 1–0 succeed over Georgia in Tbilisi on 6 October 2017, to put Wales in touching distance of World Cup qualification. [ 36 ]

personal liveliness [edit ]

Lawrence was arrested aboard Derby teammate Mason Bennett in September 2019 on suspicion of drink-driving. [ 37 ] Club captain Richard Keogh was injured in the crash, and ruled out for the perch of the 2019–20 season. [ 38 ] Derby coach Phillip Cocu said that Keogh felt creditworthy for the site, [ 39 ] and after Lawrence and Bennett both returned to Derby ‘s team, Cocu said they were “ not off the addict ”. [ 40 ] Lawrence and Bennett were then both fined six weeks ‘ wages by Derby, and ordered to serve 80 hours of community serve and reclamation. Keogh was sacked by the club. [ 41 ] On 15 October 2019 Lawrence and Bennett pleaded guilty to drink driving at Derby Magistrates Court. [ 42 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 29 November 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 27 March 2021[53]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2015 2 0
2016 3 0
2017 7 2
2018 6 1
2019 2 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 23 3
Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lawrence goal.[53]

Honours [edit ]

Individual

  • Ipswich Town Player’s Player of the Season: 2016–17[57]
  • Ipswich Town Goal of the Season: 2016–17[57]

References [edit ]