[2] He featured in pre-season friendly matches in advance of the 2011–12 season, the final of which was against Southend United in a scoreless draw.
[5] After recovering from injury, Laidlaw made his senior debut on 3 March 2012, keeping a clean sheet in a 5–0 home victory against Greenock Morton.
[10] Laidlaw temporarily took over as first choice goalkeeper in September, as Marciano missed one game due to him observing Yom Kippur.
[16] On 30 May 2019 Laidlaw signed for newly promoted Scottish Premiership team Ross County on a two-year contract.
After winning Ross County's player of the year award for the 2020-21 season Laidlaw signed a new two-year contract with the club.