Steven Lawless

Steven Lawless (born 12 April 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle as a left-sided winger. Lawless, a product of Motherwell's youth system, started his professional career at Fir Park. However, he failed to break into the club's first team, and was eventually loaned to Annan Athletic and later Albion Rovers. Following an extended loan period at Rovers, Lawless joined Jackie McNamara's Partick Thistle side in 2012, where he played a significant part in helping Thistle to achieve promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2013.

Career

Motherwell

A product of the Fir Park youth system, Lawless was given a two-year professional contract in summer 2010, after helping Motherwell under-19's finish second in the 2009–10 Scottish Premier under-19 League, with Motherwell scoring the highest amount of goals that season.

Lawless was loaned to Annan Athletic for a month at the beginning of the 2010–11 season, only managing to appear twice in Cup competitions. He was then loaned to Albion Rovers towards the end of the transfer window, along with Steven Meechan and Peter Innes. Initially the loan was to last six months, but was extended to a full season after Lawless had impressed. He scored his first goal, in a 2–2 draw against former club Annan Athletic on 19 February 2011. Between 16 April 2011 and 23 April 2011, Lawless scored back-to-back goals against East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park. Later in the season, He helped the Cliftonhill side to promotion to the Second Division, beating former club Annan Athletic in the play-off final.