Lawton Green (Alloa Athletic FC | Scotland)

Congratulations to 🇳🇿 goalkeeper Lawton Green, who has signed for Malaysian Super League club Kuala Lumpur City FC ahead of the 2024/25 season.

The 20 year old was previously on the books at Motherwell & Greenock Morton in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 prior to his move to Malaysia.

Good luck Lawton. 👏 pic.twitter.com/L8P4FEdsHk

— YoungHeart - 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@YoungHeartHM) May 3, 2024

As stated in the 'Young Kiwis Outside the UK' thread. Lad gets his own thread for this move.
 
Lots of interesting happenings for Kiwis abroad recently. Long may it continue.

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Lawton Green made one appearance for Queen of the South in Scotland’s League One, the Tauranga born goalkeeper subbed on in a 1-1 draw against Kelty Hearts in April when the main man got injured. He was on the bench for pretty much every game from December onwards. He also appeared in three cup games. That lot fell short in the playoff semi-finals trying to get into the Championship and it’s not yet been confirmed if Lawton Green will be sticking around. 

Has moved to Alloa Athletic who play Scotland's League One (3rd tier).

Mods please update.

In goal overnight as AA lost 2-0 at Edinburgh City in the Scottish League Cup.

Oddly the guy he was back up to at QOS, he has then followed across to Alloa.

Alloa Athletic: “Alloa Athletic are pleased to confirm the signing of goalkeeper Lawton Green. The 22-year-old New Zealand shot-stopper was a graduate of the Motherwell academy in 2021. Lawton later signed for Greenock Morton then a stint abroad in Indonesia with Kuala Lumpur City. Lawton spent last season as the understudy to Ross Stewart at Queen of the South. The move to Alloa ensures the two keepers will continue their close working relationship.”

There ya go, another one for the Scottish contingent with Tauranga-born goalkeeper Lawton Green making the shift from Queen of the South to Alloa Athletic, a parallel move within League One. Green, who turns 23yo in a month, was the back-up goalie for QOTS last year where he made one appearance off the bench when the main man got injured. That main man was Ross Stewart who has since joined Alloa Athletic and now Lawton Green has followed him. Sweet as. Definitely a back-up goalkeeper situation again but perhaps he’s ready for a few more rotational opportunities. He’s already had one of those, lining up in the League Cup as Alloa Athletic lost 2-0 to Edinburgh City. Not ideal to go down to a team a division below but oh well.