Jamie Lawrence

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Personal information
Jamie Lawrence
Date of birth	8 March 1970 (1970-03-08) (age 38)
Place of birth	London, England
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Harrow Borough
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–2003 2003 2003 2004 2004–2005 2006–2007 2007–	Cowes Sports Sunderland Doncaster Leicester City Bradford City Walsall Wigan Athletic Grimsby Town Brentford Worthing Harrow Borough	00? 0(?) 004 0(0) 025 0(3) 047 0(1) 156 (12) 022 0(1) 004 0(0) 005 0(1) 014 0(0) 00? 0(?) 032 0(2)
National team²
2001–	Jamaica	042 0(?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jamie Lawrence (b. 8 March 1970, Battersea, London) is a Jamaican football player who currently plays for Harrow Borough in the English Isthmian League Premier Division, he often plays on the right, primarily as a winger but also in defence. He won forty two caps for Jamaica.

He cost Bradford City manager Chris Kamara just £50,000 when he signed from Leicester City. Lawrence played a part in Bradford's promotion to the Premier League. Lawrence was also well know for his multi-coloured hair ofter drawing comparisions to the famous basketball player Dennis Rodman.

Lawrence was, as a youth, involved in crime and was eventually imprisoned, aged nineteen. While playing for his prison side he was spotted by Cowes Sports, and then while playing for them spotted by Sunderland manager Terry Butcher. Lawrence is the author of the autobiography From Prison to the Premiership, published in 2006, which was co-authored with Ron Shillingford.

His debut for Jamaica came in a 1–0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago on 28 February 2001.^[1]

Lawrence also runs a football school in Tooting, London.^[2]