Simon Lappin

St Mirren

Lappin was an unused substitute in several games during St Mirren's 2000–01 Scottish Premier League campaign. After relegation that season he was fast-tracked into the first team where his crosses from the left, both in open play and from set pieces led to a number of goals for teammates. He made the first of his ten Scotland Under-21 appearances during 2003–04 the season and helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League for 2006–07, after which he signed a two-year contract extension. He also scored one of St Mirren's goals as they defeated Hamilton Academical 2–1 in the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final. Lappin made more than 170 appearances for the Buddies before he was signed by Norwich City manager Peter Grant.

Norwich City

On 31 January 2007, Lappin signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Norwich City for a £100,000 fee. He made his debut for Norwich on 3 February at Carrow Road in a 2–1 win against Leeds United, in which he earned the official sponsor's Man of the Match award. Lappin then scored his first goal for Norwich against Luton Town on 27 February. City were awarded a free-kick in the 90th minute of the game at Kenilworth Road, with the scores level at 2–2, when Lappin curled in a match-winning goal. Lappin played in most of Norwich City's games under Peter Grant in 2007–08, but when Grant was replaced by Glenn Roeder Lappin found himself out of favour after a 3–0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle. Lappin was one of six…

Lappin was capped four times by the Scotland national under-19 team (2001), two times by the under-20 team (2002 to 2003) and ten times by the under-21 team (2004 to 2005).

As of match played 7 April 2018

Lappin was born in Glasgow and began his career in St Mirren's youth system, signing a professional contract in July 1999.