Lawrie Hannigan (Christopher Ellison) 2006 Duration: EP: 370 - 371 | SE: 9.14 – 9.15 When secret Harchester United owner Casper Rose, out recovering from a gunshot wound to his shoulder, removed Felix Hahn from his role as manager, he didn't bank on Lynda Block swiftly approaching a replacement in former AC Milan boss, the bullish and some would call "Dinosaur" Lawrie Hannigan. In fact, Lawrie makes it clear to Lynda that his first task as manager will be to rid the team of the formally warring Rose Brothers to bring in players of his liking. Hannigan makes an underhanded introduction to the team, undermining caretaker boss Alex Dempsey by giving the lads a team talk of his own as they struggle in the league cup semi-final at Old Trafford. And starts as he means to continue, bringing his second-in-command, the unsympathetic Vincent Burns to impose on the team his new world order. Lynda gets another taste of Lawrie's "bite now think later" stance when Hector, a free agent they let slip away, signs with Bolton Wanderers, resulting in Lawrie accusing the club of stealing their player at a press conference! On the night of the welcome-do for Hannigan and his team, Lawrie is outside the club for a smoke when a mysterious car pulls up beside him... after which Lawrie is not seen again. By morning the police are involved, and Burns, with a working-relationship, and friendship with Hannigan for twenty years, is troubled by his disappearance. When a Russian man arrives to see Lynda, he presents her with Hannigan's lighter and cigarettes, and she knows something bad has happened. The man explains how Hector belongs to “a number of people” and as they now have no player, Lynda owes them £10M, which she pays out of the club's remaining transfer money. Upon learning the man she met was in fact an actor, Lynda receives word from the owner, unbeknownst to her, Casper. He writes that he as the owner paid the Russians the £10M for Hector, and refunded himself with the transfer money Lynda paid. The owner lets Lynda believe the Russians really did kill Lawrie, when he was in fact paid five million pounds to keep a low profile on a tropical island, so Casper could progress with placing Alex in the managerial role.