Laurence "Laurie" Sivell (born 8 February 1951 in Lowestoft

Lowestoft

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) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League

The Football League

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 as a goalkeeper for Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

 and Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

.

Sivell spent 15 years with Ipswich Town, between 1969 and 1984. He made 141 league appearances for the East Anglia

East Anglia

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n club during that time, despite primarily being the understudy to goalkeepers including David Best

David Best (footballer)

David Best is an English former professional footballer. During his career he made over 200 appearances for Bournemouth, nearly 100 appearances for Oldham and 168 appearances for Ipswich Town between 1968 and 1974....

 and Paul Cooper. He also played two games on loan to Lincoln City in the 1978–79 season. Sivell was noted for his bravery, typically diving at the feet of oncoming strikers to snatch the ball, and had considerable athletic ability to offset his diminutive size (for a goalkeeper).

Together with several Ipswich team-mates, Sivell took part in the 1981 film Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory, known simply as Victory in North America, is a 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during World War II...

, known as just Victory in North America. He played the German goalkeeper.

After retiring from football Sivell became a fishmonger.