sentences:  McLaughlin played in the 2010–11 season's successful promotion campaign playing for Ayr United in his first spell with the "Honest Men".Manager Gus MacPherson announced on 8 July 2011 that McLaughlin had agreed terms and was expected to sign that day for Dumfries club, Queen of the South.McLaughlin's debut for the "Doonhamers" was on 23 July 2011, in an extra time 2–0 defeat away to his former club, the "Honest Men" at Somerset Park in the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.