Although still connected to Glasgow Perthshire, he played three matches in 1904[1] for Edinburgh side Hibernian when their regular custodian Harry Rennie was unavailable.
[5] With Newcastle he won the English Championship in 1905, 1907 and 1909, and the FA Cup in 1910, also playing on the losing side in the finals of 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1911.
[6] In 1911, he also represented the Scotland national team on one occasion, a 1–1 draw with England at Goodison Park in Liverpool in the British Home Championship.
[7] Lawrence showed an aptitude for administration when acting as chairman of The Players' Union in his later days at Newcastle, and after his playing retirement he moved into management.
[9] He was thought to have been born in 1885, and used this year in his registration documents with Newcastle United, but sports historian Andy Mitchell found that he was in fact born six years earlier (along with a twin sister); this discovery makes him Newcastle United's oldest ever player.