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Craig Lawton Personal information Full name Craig Thomas Lawton Date of birth 5 January 1972 Place of birth Mancot, Flintshire, Wales Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Playing position Left midfielder
Centre midfielderClub information Current club Bala Town Youth career ?–1990 Manchester United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–1994 Manchester United 0 (0) 1994–1996 Port Vale 3 (0) 1996–2002 Colwyn Bay ? (?) 2002–2006 Connah's Quay Nomads ? (?) 2006– Bala Town ? (?) National team Wales U21 1 (?) Wales B ? (?) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Craig Thomas Lawton (born 5 January 1972) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a left winger for Bala Town in the Cymru Alliance.[1]
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Club career
Born in Mancot, Flintshire, Lawton began his career at Manchester United, signing his first professional contract with the club in July 1990. The closest Lawton got to making an appearance for the Red Devils came in a Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers in January 1993, when he was an unused substitute. He was given the number 22 jersey for the 1993–94 season, but did not make a single appearance for United. Soon after, he suffered a broken leg,[2] and was allowed to join Port Vale on a free transfer in July 1994.[3]
He made his debut as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat at Watford on New Year's Eve 1994, but broke a leg in a reserve game in March 1995. His full debut came in a goalless home draw with Genoa in an Anglo-Italian Cup game on 8 November 1995. Unable to gain a first team place, he was given a free transfer to Colwyn Bay in May 1996.[3] He played for Colwyn Bay for six years, before moving to Connah's Quay Nomads, and then Bala Town four years later.
International career
Despite being born and raised in Wales, and representing Wales at various levels,[4] including schoolboy, youth, under-21 and "B" internationals,[3] Lawton was once included in an England Under-21 squad; he did not make any appearances.
References
- ^ "Sgwad 2008-2009 Squad". balatownfc.co.uk. http://www.balatownfc.co.uk/sgwad.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ John Brewin (25 September 2001). "Premier Focus: Players should stand and be counted". Columns. ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/archive/columns/2001/0925/20010925premfocusjb.html. Retrieved 23 August 2007. "...Lawton was moved on to Port Vale after a bad leg break."
- ^ a b c Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 169. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- ^ "Colwyn Bay FC first team squad". ColwynBay.fc. 2001. Archived from the original on 2003-04-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20030427171521/http://www.geocities.com/colwynbayfc/squad.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2007. "An exceptionally skilful player he has also won Welsh representative honours at various levels."
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Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Flintshire
- Welsh footballers
- Wales youth international footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales B international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Colwyn Bay F.C. players
- Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players
- Bala Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
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