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.
