League One was secured in April 2015 after a 1–0 away win at Cheltenham Town, with the club ending the season as runners-up to Burton Albion. Bristol Rovers Lawrence did not regularly start for Shrewsbury following their promotion and, as one of the club's higher earners, was allowed to join League Two side Bristol Rovers on a free transfer on 7 January 2016. Lawrence was picked in the Starting XI a number of times and he scored his first goal for the club as his perfectly placed Free-kick saw his side win 3–0 against Crawley Town. Lawrence helped Rovers achieve automatic promotion seeing his side reach 85 points and overtaking Accrington Stanley on the last day of the season. He made 4 appearances in the 2016–17 season before being told along with 5 others to find a new club on 19 January 2017 and on 31 January 2017 he left the club by mutual consent. International career Lawrence is an Irish citizen through his Kerry-born grandfather. On 16 February 2006, Lawrence received his first international call-up, for the Republic of Ireland in their friendly game against Sweden on 3 March, but spent the entire match as an unused substitute. On 18 May 2009, Lawrence was named in the Irish squad for a friendly with Nigeria and subsequently made his debut in that match ten days later. Following this, Lawrence was named in the starting eleven for Ireland's friendly against South Africa on 8 September and scored the only goal of the game, a free kick in the 37th minute for his first international goal. Lawrence made his competitive international debut in Ireland's penultimate 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Italy in Croke Park on 10 October, and provided an assist for his Stoke City teammate Glenn Whelan to open the scoring in the match, which ended 2–2. He also made a start against France in the first-leg of Ireland's crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup play-off on 14 November, which France won 1–0, with Nicolas Anelka netting the only goal. He has not played for Ireland since 29 May 2011. Coaching career In August 2020 Lawrence began coaching at the Stoke City Academy, taking charge of the under-15 team. Career statistics Club Source: International Source: International goals Source: Honours Club Mansfield Town Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 2001–02 Sunderland Football League Championship winner: 2004–05 Stoke City Football League Championship runner-up: