 He made 38 appearances in all competitions that season, scoring twice, as Scunthorpe narrowly missed out on the League One play-offs after finishing in seventh position.Laird did not feature in the majority of Scunthorpe's matches at the start of the 2016–17 season, a five-minute cameo appearance in a 5–0 home win over Gillingham served as his only appearance in the opening month of the campaign.Having found himself out of favour at Scunthorpe, Laird joined fellow League One side Walsall on loan on 31 August 2016, with the loan deal initially running until January 2017.