Marc Laird
Encyclopedia
Marc Laird is a Scottish
professional footballer who plays as a midfielder
for League One
club Leyton Orient
.
Though he began his career with Manchester City
in 2006, he was never used in a first team game, though he did play in loan spells at Northampton Town
and Port Vale
. He signed with Millwall
in 2008, playing in the club's 2009–10 promotion campaign. In 2011 he played for Brentford
and Walsall
on loan, before moving on to Leyton Orient in summer 2011.
, signing professional forms in preparation for the 2006–07 season. He scored his first goal for the first team on 21 July 2007, in a 4–0 pre-season friendly
victory against Carlstad United BK
. After coming on as a 70th minute substitute, Laird struck the fourth and final goal in the 78th minute. However he never played a competitive game for the first team, instead he had brief loan spells at Northampton Town
in February 2007 and with Port Vale
in November/December 2007. It was at Vale Park
where Laird scored his first league goal, when he netted a 25 yard strike against Walsall
on Boxing Day
.
His next game was also at Vale Park, however this time he was in a Millwall
strip having signed with the club permanently in January 2008. On 23 February 2008, Port Vale again provided Laird with yet another milestone, as he scored his second career league goal and first goal for Millwall in the 44th minute of their 3–0 home win over Vale.
He played 29 games in the Lions promotion-winning 2009–10
campaign. He was an unused substitute in the play-off final
victory over Swindon Town
. At the end of the season Laird agreed to sign a new one-year deal with the club.
Laird signed on loan at Brentford
in January 2011. He was recalled after five appearances to play for Millwall in a Championship
clash with Norwich City
. In March he joined Walsall
on loan for the rest of the season.
Laird signed a two year deal with Leyton Orient
in July 2011; O's boss Russell Slade
described Laird as "a good passer and a decent athlete who will add strength to our squad."
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|2007–08||Millwall
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|2010–11
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|2010–11
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Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
professional footballer who plays as a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
for League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
club Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
.
Though he began his career with Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
in 2006, he was never used in a first team game, though he did play in loan spells at Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
and Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
. He signed with Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
in 2008, playing in the club's 2009–10 promotion campaign. In 2011 he played for Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
and Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
on loan, before moving on to Leyton Orient in summer 2011.
Playing career
Laird started his career with Manchester CityManchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
, signing professional forms in preparation for the 2006–07 season. He scored his first goal for the first team on 21 July 2007, in a 4–0 pre-season friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
victory against Carlstad United BK
Carlstad United BK
Carlstad United BK is a Swedish football club located in Karlstad. The club, formed in 1999, is currently playing in the fourth highest Swedish league, Division 2. The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund...
. After coming on as a 70th minute substitute, Laird struck the fourth and final goal in the 78th minute. However he never played a competitive game for the first team, instead he had brief loan spells at Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
in February 2007 and with Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
in November/December 2007. It was at Vale Park
Vale Park
Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950....
where Laird scored his first league goal, when he netted a 25 yard strike against Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
on Boxing Day
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. In Ireland, it is recognized as...
.
His next game was also at Vale Park, however this time he was in a Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
strip having signed with the club permanently in January 2008. On 23 February 2008, Port Vale again provided Laird with yet another milestone, as he scored his second career league goal and first goal for Millwall in the 44th minute of their 3–0 home win over Vale.
He played 29 games in the Lions promotion-winning 2009–10
2009–10 Football League
The Football League 2009–10, called the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The...
campaign. He was an unused substitute in the play-off final
2010 Football League One play-off Final
-Second leg:Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town won 5–4 on penalties.----Millwall 2–0 Huddersfield Town on aggregate.-Match details:Match rules:*90 minutes of normal time....
victory over Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
. At the end of the season Laird agreed to sign a new one-year deal with the club.
Laird signed on loan at Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
in January 2011. He was recalled after five appearances to play for Millwall in a Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
clash with Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
. In March he joined Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
on loan for the rest of the season.
Laird signed a two year deal with Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
in July 2011; O's boss Russell Slade
Russell Slade
Russell Slade is an English football manager currently in charge of League One side Leyton Orient.-Notts County:Slade was assistant manager to Mick Walker at Notts County, and took over as caretaker manager when Walker was sacked in September 1994. When County appointed Howard Kendall as manager...
described Laird as "a good passer and a decent athlete who will add strength to our squad."
Statistics
|-|2006–07||Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
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|2006–07||Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
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Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2007–08||Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
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|2007–08
2007–08 Port Vale F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was Port Vale's ninety-sixth season of football in the Football League, and fourth successive season in League One. Vale finished second-from-bottom, and were relegated, some twelve points from safety. Manager Martin Foyle left the club in September, and Lee Sinnott failed to...
||Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2007–08||Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||17||1||0||0||0||0||17||1
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|2008–09||Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2009–10
2009–10 Football League
The Football League 2009–10, called the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The...
||Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2010–11
2010–11 Millwall F.C. season
The 2010-11 NPower Championship season sees Millwall playing back in the second tier of English football, after a four year absence. They secured promotion from League One via the Play-offs. This is Millwall's 84th season in the Football League and 36th in the second tier.-Squad:-No longer at...
||Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
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|2010–11
2010–11 Brentford F.C. season
The 2010–11 season is Brentford's 2nd consecutive season in League One following their championship winning promotion from League Two in 2008–09. Brentford will be looking to improve on the 9th place that they achieved at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season....
||Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2010–11
2010–11 Walsall F.C. season
-Npower League One:-FA Cup:-Carling Cup:-Johnstone Paint Trophy:...
||Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2011–12
2011–12 Leyton Orient F.C. season
The 2011–12 Leyton Orient F.C. season will be the 113th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 96th in the Football League, and sixth consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.-Squad:...
||Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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- Football League TrophyFootball League TrophyThe Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
and play-off results included in totals.
Honours
with Millwall- Football League OneFootball League OneFootball League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
play-off winner: 20102010 Football League One play-off Final-Second leg:Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town won 5–4 on penalties.----Millwall 2–0 Huddersfield Town on aggregate.-Match details:Match rules:*90 minutes of normal time....