What is Mark Lawrenson?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Mark Lawrenson | fullname = Mark Thomas Lawrenson | image = Hovenkamp in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 931-7563.jpg | caption = Lawrenson in October 1981, tackling [[AZ (football club)|AZ]]'s [[Hugo Hovenkamp]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|02|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]], England | height = 6 ft 0 in<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/222 222] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}</ref> | position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]] | years1 = 1974–1977 | clubs1 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] | years2 = 1977–1981 | clubs2 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] | years3 = 1981–1988 | clubs3 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | years4 = 1988–1989 | clubs4 = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] | years5 = 1989 | clubs5 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] | years6 = 1990–1991 | caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 152 | goals2 = 5 | caps3 = 241 | goals3 = 11 | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 3 | totalcaps = 488 | totalgoals = 21 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | nationalyears1 = 1977–1987 | nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | manageryears1 = 1988 | managerclubs1 = [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]] | manageryears2 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs2 = [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] }} '''Mark Thomas Lawrenson''' (born 2 June 1957, in [[Preston]], [[Lancashire]]) is a former professional [[Football (soccer)|football]] player, a defender in the [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Football (soccer)|Irish ]]football teams of the [[1980s]]; he has since become a radio, television and internet [[pundit]] for the [[BBC]]. Despite being born in [[England]], [[UK]], he playe