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English footballer

Greg Campbell
Personal information
Full name Gregory Robert Campbell
Date of birth (1965-07-13) 13 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1984 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 West Ham United 5 (0)
1987 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2 (0)
1987–1988 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 15 (2)
1988–1990 Plymouth Argyle 39 (6)
1990–1992 Northampton Town 47 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Gregory Robert Campbell (born 13 July 1965) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for West Ham United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Sparta Rotterdam, Plymouth Argyle and Northampton Town.

Playing career

Born in Portsmouth, Campbell started his football career in the youth team at West Ham United making his first team debut on 4 September 1984 in a 3–1 home win against Coventry City. In his second game, against Watford he suffered a broken jaw and did not play first-team football until 24 August 1985. The success of Tony Cottee and Frank McAvennie as West Ham's main strikers particularly during season 1985-86, meant Campbell played only two more games for West Ham. In the 1987–88 season he had a loan period with Brighton & Hove Albion playing only two games and a loan with Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam. In 1988, he left West Ham and joined Plymouth Argyle making his debut in November 1988 in a 6–2 defeat by Chelsea in the 1st round of the Simod Cup. He remained with Plymouth for only two seasons before moving to his last club, Northampton Town in 1990, to work with former teammate, Bobby Barnes. Again lasting only two seasons, Campbell retired from the game in 1992. Campbell is the son of former Fulham, Portsmouth and Chelsea manager, Bobby Campbell.

References

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  4. "Game played on 04 Sep 1984". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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  7. "Plymouth Argyle – Greg Campbell". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  8. "Chelsea v Plymouth". 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  9. "Northampton Town – Greg Campbell". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. "Boys of 86 events". boysof86.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  11. "GoS-DB Players".
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