Hamilton Accies players would give me the boots off their feet, says Steve Lawson

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Steve Lawson realised he was at the right club when Hamilton Accies' players offered to lend their boots to him when his luggage went missing.The 27-year-old says captain Brian Easton greeted him like a long-lost friend despite having never met him before, and he felt at home immediately in the dressing room.But there was a more urgent imperative for the former Livingston midfielder to find himself a club, with a baby on the way.Lawson, who today became Accies' fourth January signing behind defender Dan O'Reilly, winger Ellis Brown and forward Kai Kennedy, told the club's website: "It means a lot for me to be here because it's a good club.

I played against the club a few times in the past, during the last three seasons, and it's a real pleasure to be here."My luggage was lost when I came in, I didn't have shoes or any boots to train, but other players said 'here, take my shoes, it's OK' so I was very happy to be here at that club."The other players have been very good.

I knew two players, Josh Mullin and David Moyo, from my past, but actually the first player I saw when I came in was Brian Easton."He was very friendly, like he knew me a long time before, but it was the first time I had met him, so all the players kept me involved."The way I came here, it's really good for me, because the gaffer kept me involved.

He called me, explained to me the football philosophy of the club and that's why I'm here today, because he had the good words to bring me in."Lawson was without a club for several months after leaving Livingston in May of last year, but says he kept fit by training at one of his former clubs back in France.He said: "It was a very difficult period because I didn't have a club, my missus was pregnant, so in my