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Nicholas "Nicky" Law (born 8 September 1961 in Greenwich) is an English football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Northern Premier League First Division club Buxton.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Career summary 2 Managerial career 3 References 4 External links

Law played as a central defender and represented England at schoolboy level. He began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal, turning professional in 1979; however, he failed to play a single game for the Gunners and moved north to join Barnsley in 1981. He made his league debut away at Shrewsbury Town on February 2, 1982. After 114 league games for the Tykes, he moved to Blackpool in 1985.

After spells at Plymouth Argyle, Notts County, Scarborough and Rotherham United, Law then joined Chesterfield in 1993 and captained the side in the 1995 Wembley play-off final win over Bury.

He wound down his playing career with Hereford United after being dogged by injury for a few seasons. By the end of his career he had amassed over 500 league appearances.

• 1979: Turned professional with Arsenal
• 1981: Signed for Barnsley
• 1985: Joined Blackpool
• 1987: Joined Plymouth Argyle for £40,000
• 1988: Joined Notts County for £70,000
• 1990: Joined Rotherham United for £30,000
• 1993: Moved to Chesterfield for first time
• 1996: Moved to Hereford United

Law was made Football in the Community officer with Chesterfield before taking over as manager from John Duncan in the spring of 2000. The change was too late to save the Spireites from relegation in 1999-2000, but with some shrewd signings by Law, the team dominated Division Three in 2000-01 and led the table, until the pressures of the Football League enquiry into financial irregularities started to impact on performances. Despite a nine-point deduction, Law nevertheless led Chesterfield to second place and automatic promotion to Division Two.

He has since managed Bradford City and Grimsby Town before being appointed to his current role.

• Panini (1988). Panini's Football Yearbook 1988-89, Panini Publishing, ISBN 1-871178-00-2
• Career Statistics on Chesterfield F.C. website
• Nicky Law page at the League Managers Association
• Law moves to Bradford article on BBC website

• Nicky Law managerial statistics at soccerbase.com

Preceded by John Duncan	Chesterfield F.C. manager 2000-2001	Succeeded by Dave Rushbury
Preceded by Steve Smith (caretaker)	Bradford City F.C. manager 2002-2003	Succeeded by Bryan Robson
Preceded by Graham Rodger (caretaker)	Grimsby Town F.C. manager 2004	Succeeded by Russell Slade