Gregory Robert Campbell (born 13 July 1965) is an English former

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who played as a

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for West Ham United, Brighton & Hove Albion,

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Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

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

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. 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

. In 1988, he left West Ham and joined

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

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, Portsmouth and Chelsea manager, Bobby Campbell.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Greg 1965 births Living people English men's footballers English Football League players West Ham United F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Eredivisie players Sparta Rotterdam players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from Portsmouth Men's association football forwards