{"id":557882,"date":"2020-07-13T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=557882"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:27:24","slug":"burton-albion-complete-signing-of-steven-lawless-from-livingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/13\/burton-albion-complete-signing-of-steven-lawless-from-livingston\/","title":{"rendered":"Burton Albion Complete Signing of Steven Lawless From Livingston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Buxton has made his first signing as manager of Burton Albion by bringing in Steven Lawless on a one-year deal. The 29-year-old winger joins the Brewers from Scottish Premiership side Livingston.<\/p>\n<h2>Steven Lawless Signs for Burton Albion<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenLawless91?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@StevenLawless91<\/a> is Jake Buxton&#8217;s first new signing as Burton Albion manager!<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiviFCOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LiviFCOfficial<\/a> man joins the Brewers on a one-year deal \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C8mjssZJA3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/C8mjssZJA3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BAFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MFA61MDAqn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MFA61MDAqn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burtonalbionfc\/status\/1282699091437289474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Winger Excited to Get Going<\/h3>\n<p>Burton will be looking to improve on their mid-table finish in League One this season when they go again in 2020\/21. Lawless is certainly a signing to bring an extra edge to their attack and, when speaking to the club website, he expressed his delight at the move.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/july\/13-07---steven-lawless-is-buxtons-first-new-signing-for-burton-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He said<\/a>: \u00a0\u201cI had a good season last season at Livingston and after I spoke to the gaffer, I straight away knew I had my heart set on joining Burton Albion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve played all my career up in Scotland and after I came with my wife to look at the facilities, I couldn\u2019t turn down this new challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manager was very honest and didn\u2019t want to hide anything from me, which was a really big factor in me joining. He seems like a great guy and I am really looking forward to working with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Lawless has, so far, spent all of his career in Scotland. The Glasgow-born winger started out at Motherwell in 2009 but left in 2012 having not made a first-team league appearance. He did, though, have loan spells at Annan Athletic and Albion Rovers to get his first taste of professional football.<\/p>\n<p>His next move took him to Partick Thistle on a permanent deal and it is there where he spent the bulk of his career. He made a total of 228 appearances in all competitions for them (the first season being in the Scottish First Division before they were promoted to the Premiership).<\/p>\n<p>His two seasons at Livingston produced 75 outings in all competitions. 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