Nicky Law

Nicholas Alexander Law (born 29 March 1988) is an English professional footballer who is currently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship.

He is the son of football manager and former player Nicky Law Sr.

Law began his career with Sheffield United, however he failed to make a significant breakthrough into the first team and had loan spells with Yeovil Town and twice at Bradford City.

After his loan spell with Bradford City came to an end, Law played his first match, when he went on as a substitute in the 89th minute, in a 3–0 win over Leicester City.

A member of Sheffield United's academy, he was given a squad number despite only being expected to play in the reserves and Under-18's. However, he made his first team debut as a 58th minute substitute for Colin Marrison in the League Cup against Reading on 25 October 2005.

A few weeks later, on 16 November 2005, Law signed a two-year contract with the club.

One year on, but this on 18 October 2006, Law signed a two-year contract extension which will keep him at Sheffield United until 2009.

Law made his Premier League debut for the Blades as a 90th-minute substitute against Newcastle United on 4 November 2006.

and made his home league debut as week later, as a substitute against Bolton Wanderers at Bramall Lane the following week.

He made four Premier League appearances during the 2006–07 season.

In February 2006, Law joined Yeovil Town on a month's loan, later extended to two months playing six times whilst at Huish Park.

Having made six appearances for the club so far, Law had loan extended with Yeovil Town for another month.

However, ten days later, Law was recalled by his parent club.

He subsequently signed on loan for Bradford City on 5 October after being recommended to the club by his father and former City manager Nicky Law.

Law had to wait until his third senior season to score his first goal for the Blades coming in a second round League Cup tie at MK Dons on 28 August 2007.

He scored his first career league goals when he scored twice in the final minutes of Bradford's 4–1 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge on 17 November 2007.

He returned to Sheffield United after two months opting to fight for a first team place in the Championship.

In July 2008, Law then went on a trial with Cheltenham Town.

In October 2008, Law was again signed on loan at Bradford City, as cover for Joe Colbeck, who was injured in a victory against Grimsby Town.

His first game during his second spell was a day later and ended in a 1–0 victory against Bury at Valley Parade, with Law nearly scoring in the first half.

He scored the first goal of his second spell in his fifth game to give City a 2–0 victory against Rotherham United at the Don Valley Stadium on 22 November With City suffering a number of injuries to midfielder's, Law's loan deal was extended until the New Year and another time until the end of the season.

Law returned to Bramall Lane at the end of the season having made 29 appearances for the Bantams but was placed on the transfer list as Sheffield United sought to trim their squad.

In 2009, he was given a free transfer joining Rotherham United and later moved to Scotland to join Scottish Premier League side Motherwell.

In June 2009, despite interest from both League One and League Two clubs, Law signed a two-year deal with Rotherham United.

He left Bramall Lane on a free transfer but with the Blades retaining a 50% sell on clause.

Law joined Rotherham United, rather than Bradford City, but stated not joining Bradford was one of the toughest calls to make.

However, Law did believe that joining Rotherham United would be the best move for him at that point in his career.

Law went immediately into Rotherham's first team after impressing in pre-season, making a huge impact to the squad and endearing himself with the fans.

Consistent outstanding performances throughout the first month of the season brought much praise and attention to the young midfielder.

Sky Sports pundits commented that he could "easily play in the championship, if not higher."

On the strength of this, Middlesbrough reportedly placed a late deadline day bid, but this was rejected by Rotherham.

After topping the list of assists in League Two consistently since the start of the season, Law scored his first goal for Rotherham on 26 September against Barnet.

By January, Rotherham turned down another bid for Law, this time a £150,000 offer from Championship side Blackpool.

Though the bid was turned down, Manager Ian Holloway, himself, says the club kept himself distance from signing Law.

In his first season, Law, along with two other Rotherham United's player, Ian Sharps and Adam le Fondre, named the 2009–10 Football League Two Team of the Year.

In 2010–11 season, Law starts his season in a match against Cheltenham Town, where he provided four assists, in a 6–4 win and scored his first goal of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Stevenage.

Law continued to impress in the 2010–11 season and still do the same thing by topping the list of assists in League Two consistently since the start of the season, which Law was, once again, named the 2009–10 Football League Two Team of the Year, becoming the second member to be named, in the previous season, for the PFA Team of the year in the second consecutive in a row.

Then, on 26 February 2011, Law made a hat-trick of assists, in a 4–2 win over Burton Albion.

Whilst with Motherwell Law was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for season 2012–13 and the following summer joined Rangers.

Law was born in Plymouth, Devon.