James Hubert Lawrence (born 8 March 1970) is a football coach and former professional player who played as a right winger.
Lawrence was born in Balham, London, before moving first to Totteridge House in Battersea for a year before settling more permanently on the Latchmere Estate and attending John Burns Primary School.
Within days of signing for the Roker Park club, he made his debut as a substitute in a televised match against Middlesbrough.
Although Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 4–1, Lawrence had made enough of an impression to be selected to start in the following match against Luton Town.
[10] Terry Butcher was sacked a month later and replaced by Mick Buxton where Lawrence was not part of the new managers' plans and he was sold to Doncaster Rovers for £20,000 on 17 March 1994.
[7] In April 2019 Lawrence spoke out against racism in football, revealing that during his playing career he had been racially abused by one of his own teammates.