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Paul Lawson

Biography

Another summer signing by the club and probably the highest profile arrival, Paul began his career at Celtic where he was captain of the reserves side, and was a regular for the Scotland national under-21 football team, making ten appearances for his country between 2004 and 2005. During his three years at Parkhead Paul made three first team appearances and had loan spells at St. Johnstone and St Mirren. In 2007 Paul signed for Ross County where he went on to make 145 appearances over six seasons scoring 11 goals and winning both the Scottish First and Second Division Championships…Read moreRead less
Another summer signing by the club and probably the highest profile arrival, Paul began his career at Celtic where he was captain of the reserves side, and was a regular for the Scotland national under-21 football team, making ten appearances for his country between 2004 and 2005. During his three years at Parkhead Paul made three first team appearances and had loan spells at St. Johnstone and St Mirren. In 2007 Paul signed for Ross County where he went on to make 145 appearances over six seasons scoring 11 goals and winning both the Scottish First and Second Division Championships as well as appearing in the 2010 Scottish Cup Final. The last two seasons have been spent at Motherwell where a further 20 appearances were made including his debut in the Europa league qualifier against the Russians from Kuban Krasnodor.

Statistics

Apps
79 (10)
Goals
19
Yellow cards
14
Red cards
1
Goals/game
0.21
Minutes
6881*
Seasons
7
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
2021-222 (5)000
2020-210000
2019-201 (3)000
2018-197001
2017-1814 (2)180
2016-1723930
2015-1632930

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 8 Jul 2015

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Kris Hunter25 Jul 201515 Aug 201756
Paul Lawson25 Jul 201511 Sep 202179 (10)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Aberdeen

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Formartine United 1–0 Forres Mechanics

    · Highland Football League · North Lodge Park, Pitmedden

    Had Formartine failed to win this opening game of the season, it would have been an embarrassment more than a calamity, but with only two of the starting eleven that finished last season, the radically rebuilt squad of new manager Kris Hunter faced the daunting…

Appearances (89)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
19 Mar 2016 Turriff Utd 2–3 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
12 Mar 2016 Keith 2–3 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
5 Mar 2016 Formartine United 5–5 3–5 pens Brora Rangers Highland League Cup2015-16 L
28 Dec 2015 Formartine United 10–3 Buckie Thistle Highland Football League2015-16 W
19 Dec 2015 Rothes 0–8 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
12 Dec 2015 Formartine United 5–1 Lossiemouth Highland Football League2015-16 W
28 Nov 2015 Formartine United 1–1 Cove Rangers Scottish Cup2015-16 D
21 Nov 2015 Formartine United 4–0 Inverurie Locos Highland Football League2015-16 W
14 Nov 2015 Forres Mechanics 0–5 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
7 Nov 2015 Formartine United 6–1 Strathspey Thistle Highland Football League2015-16 W
3 Nov 2015 Formartine United 0–0 Turriff Utd Highland Football League2015-16 D
31 Oct 2015 Huntly 0–6 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
28 Oct 2015 Deveronvale 0–2 Formartine United Aberdeenshire Shield2015-16 W
24 Oct 2015 Formartine United 2–0 Clyde Scottish Cup2015-16 W
17 Oct 2015 Fort William 1–4 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
10 Oct 2015 Formartine United 0–1 Cove Rangers Highland Football League2015-16 L
7 Oct 2015 Formartine United 5–1 Nairn County Highland Football League2015-16 W
3 Oct 2015 Clachnacuddin 2–2 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 D
26 Sep 2015 Formartine United 3–1 Gretna 2008 Scottish Cup2015-16 W
19 Sep 2015 Formartine United 1–0 Fraserburgh Highland Football League2015-16 W
12 Sep 2015 Brora Rangers 0–2 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
5 Sep 2015 Buckie Thistle 1–2 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
29 Aug 2015 Formartine United 9–0 Rothes Highland Football League2015-16 W
22 Aug 2015 Lossiemouth 2–8 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
15 Aug 2015 Deveronvale 1–8 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W
8 Aug 2015 Formartine United 2–1 Wick Academy Highland Football League2015-16 W
1 Aug 2015 Inverurie Locos 4–3 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 L
29 Jul 2015 Formartine United 1–2 Cove Rangers Aberdeenshire Cup2015-16 L
25 Jul 2015 Formartine United 1–0 Forres Mechanics Highland Football League2015-16 W

Goals scored (19)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
6 Dec 2017 Huntly 2–6 Formartine United Aberdeenshire Shield2017-18 W 78′
18 Feb 2017 Formartine United 2–1 Inverurie Locos Highland Football League2016-17 W 48′ (pen.)
7 Jan 2017 Formartine United 1–1 Cove Rangers Highland Football League2016-17 D 66′
15 Oct 2016 Formartine United 1–4 Brora Rangers Highland Football League2016-17 L 24′ (pen.)
5 Oct 2016 Formartine United 8–0 Huntly Highland Football League2016-17 W 90′
10 Sep 2016 Cove Rangers 5–1 Formartine United Highland Football League2016-17 L 28′ (pen.)
13 Aug 2016 Formartine United 2–1 Clachnacuddin Highland Football League2016-17 W 90′
10 Aug 2016 Formartine United 3–3 4–5 pens Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Cup2016-17 L 103′
30 Jul 2016 Keith 1–4 Formartine United Highland Football League2016-17 W 53′ (pen.)
27 Jul 2016 Inverurie Locos 1–2 Formartine United Aberdeenshire Cup2016-17 W 21′ (pen.)
19 Mar 2016 Turriff Utd 2–3 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W 21′
5 Mar 2016 Formartine United 5–5 3–5 pens Brora Rangers Highland League Cup2015-16 L 51′
28 Dec 2015 Formartine United 10–3 Buckie Thistle Highland Football League2015-16 W 21′ (pen.)
12 Dec 2015 Formartine United 5–1 Lossiemouth Highland Football League2015-16 W 30′ (pen.)
17 Oct 2015 Fort William 1–4 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W 50′
29 Aug 2015 Formartine United 9–0 Rothes Highland Football League2015-16 W 40′
22 Aug 2015 Lossiemouth 2–8 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W 16′
22 Aug 2015 Lossiemouth 2–8 Formartine United Highland Football League2015-16 W 46′
29 Jul 2015 Formartine United 1–2 Cove Rangers Aberdeenshire Cup2015-16 L 49′