four England caps. He scored on his debut, in the 5–0 defeat of Malta in a UEFA European Football Championship qualifier at Wembley on 12 May 1971. He was on the bench, after a spell out injured, as Liverpool reached the FA Cup final again in 1974. As the 12th man, he received a winner's medal when Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3–0, but he did not see any action. Bill Shankly's sudden departure from the club in the summer of 1974 marked the downturn of Lawler's Liverpool career, in addition to an injury suffered against Queens Park Rangers in 1973. New manager Bob Paisley purchased specialist right back Phil Neal from Northampton Town at the end of the year, and thereafter Lawler played only sporadically. He made his final Liverpool appearance against Hibernian in a UEFA Cup tie on 17 September 1975. Lawler joined Portsmouth in October 1975, who were managed by former Liverpool teammate Ian St John. Lawler later joined Stockport County in 1978. He also played for Welsh League side Bangor City. In 1976, he played the summer on loan to the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League. In 1980–81 Chris Lawler played and coached second-level club Raufoss I.L. in the Norwegian league system. Lawler became a coach at Liverpool FC after his playing days were over until he was acrimoniously released from his duties in 1986. Rumours about something involving his release and the man who replaced him – Phil Thompson, surfaced at the time. Lawler has kept a low profile since then, though has done some work for Liverpool, scouting for players. He also works in Skelmersdale, coaching young children. Lawler was voted in at No.51 in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop poll on the Liverpool FC Club website. Honours * Liverpool F.C (1960–1975) – 549 appearances, 61 goals Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73 FA Cup: 1964–65, 1973–74 FA Charity Shield: 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974 UEFA Cup: 1972–73 F.A Cup runners-up medal (1971) European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up medal (1966) Charity shield runners-up medal (1971) 1st division Runners up 1968–69 * England (1971) 4 caps, 1 goal References External links Thisisanfield.com Forgotten Heroes LFChistory.net profile 1943 births Living people English footballers Footballers from Liverpool Association football fullbacks England international footballers England under-23 international footballers UEFA Cup winning players English Football League representative players English Football League players North