fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date managerclubs article_title name
joseph daniel laidlaw middlesbrough 1965 1979 -- 1980 1980 -- 1982 1982 -- 1967 1972 -- 1976 1976 -- 1979 1965 -- 1967 middlesbrough carlisle doncaster rovers portsmouth hereford united mansfield town 109 151 128 60 62 4 whickham , england 20 44 27 19 8 0 5 8 midfielder 12 july 1950 fareham town chichester joe laidlaw
 joe laidlaw
joe laidlaw

joe laidlaw -lrb- born 12 july 1950 -rrb- was a combative midfielder who played for six english league clubs over a 15-year period spanning three decades .
he was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras , beginning his career as a wing-half and ending it as a midfielder despite playing a similar role throughout .
he was born in whickham and started playing locally for swalwell before becoming an apprentice at middlesbrough .
he signed his first professional contract in august 1967 and went on to make over 100 appearances for the club .
in july 1972 he moved on to begin a four-year stint with carlisle before a three-year spell with billy bremner 's doncaster rovers .
in june 1979 he moved to portsmouth for a fee of 15,000 gbp .
appointed club captain he quickly became a firm favourite with the fratton faithful .
in a memorable roller-coaster first season he led pompey to promotion , this being achieved on the last day of the season after the club beat northampton 2 -- 0 and bradford lost 1 -- 0 to peterborough .
the following december laidlaw was sold to hereford for 15,000 gbp , his last match having been a 1 -- 0 defeat at barnsley the preceding month .
laidlaw played a further 62 league games for the bulls scoring 8 goals before ending his career with a very brief spell at mansfield .
after his professional career ended he returned to the south coast to live , and has managed fareham town and chichester city united f.c.
