Lawro declared for Ireland aged 19 while at Division Three (League Two) side Preston. He later signed for Liverpool and won multiple league titles and a European Cup, so people wondered whether he had been too hasty in declaring for Ireland as a teenager.
Lawrenson always maintained that he had no regrets about playing for Ireland, saying that it was probably why Liverpool eventually signed him. But he really does look like he'd rather be anywhere else other than playing in this World Cup qualifier against the Soviet Union in 1984.
