- Simon Lappin
Infobox Football biography
playername = Simon Lappin
fullname = Simon Lappin
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|01|25
cityofbirth =Glasgow
countryofbirth =Scotland
currentclub = Norwich City
clubnumber = 19
position = Full-back / Winger
years = 1999–2007 2007–
2008
clubs = St Mirren Norwich City
→ Motherwell (loan)
caps(goals) = 152 (9) 018 (2)
010 (2)
pcupdate = 14:09, 6 April 2008Simon Lappin (born
25 January 1983 ) is a Scottish professional footballer, currently playing forFootball League Championship club Norwich City. He has been capped by Scotland U-21s.Lappin signed for Norwich City from St Mirren on
31 January 2007 , for a fee of £100,000, signing a two and a half year deal.cite news
title = Norwich net Lappin from St Mirren
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6314285.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-01-31
accessdate = 2007-04-29] Lappin made his debut for Norwich on3 February 2007 atCarrow Road in a 2-1 win against Leeds. He gave a largely impressive display at left full-back which earned him the official sponsor's Man of the Match award. Lappin scored his first goal for Norwich against Luton Town on27 February 2007 . City were awarded a free-kick in the 90th minute of the game at Kenilworth Road, with the scores level at 2-2, when Lappin curled in a superb goal.He played in most of Norwich City's games under
Peter Grant in the 2007-08 season but when new managerGlenn Roeder came in he found himself out of favour after a 3-0 defeat to Plymouth and was also one of six players criticised by Roeder after a 5-1 reserves defeat to Ipswich.Consequently he joined Motherwell on loan for the rest of the season on
31 January 2008 . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/7220550.stm Norwich loan Lappin to MotherwellBBC Sport 31 January, 2008] ] On5 April 2008 he scored Motherwell's goal in a 1-0 win against Celtic atCeltic Park .References
External links
* [http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355~33250,00.html Simon Lappin player profile] at canaries.co.uk
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