John Campbell (19 February 1869 – 8 June 1906) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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, primarily for
Sunderland
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. He was the stepbrother of Sunderland manager Robert Campbell.
Club career
Having won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Renton in 1888, followed by the 1888 'World Championship' a few months later, Campbell switched to English football along with teammates
John Harvey John Harvey may refer to:
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and
David Hannah
David Hannah (born 4 August 1973) is a Scottish footballer and coach, who played in central midfield. He began his career with Dundee United, transferred to Celtic in 1996 and rejoined Dundee United from 1999 to 2002. He then had short spell ...
; he made his debut for Sunderland on 18 January 1890 against
Blackburn Rovers
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in the
FA Cup
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first round; Sunderland lost the game 4–2 after extra time at
Leamington Road
Leamington Road was a football ground in Blackburn in England. It was the home ground of Blackburn Rovers between 1881 and 1890.
History
Blackburn Rovers moved to Leamington Road from their Alexandra Meadows ground in 1881.Paul Smith & Shirley S ...
. He played for the club from 1890 to 1897, winning three
Football League
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championships ( 1891–92, 1892–93 and 1894–95). In each of these seasons, Campbell was the top scorer in the competition. He also won the
1894–95 World Championship
The 1895 World Championship was a football match that took place at Tynecastle Park on 27 April 1895 between the winner of the English Football League First Division, Sunderland, and Scottish League Division One, Heart of Midlothian. The matc ...
with the team, scoring two goals in the win over Heart of Midlothian. After making 186 league appearances for Sunderland, scoring 133 goals, he moved to their arch-rivals
Newcastle United
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.
He made his Newcastle debut (again alongside John Harvey) against Woolwich Arsenal F.C. on 4 September 1897 where he also scored a goal in a 4–1 win. He led Newcastle to their first promotion in the 1898 season, overall he made 29 appearances for Newcastle scoring 12 goals; retiring to become a licensee.
Campbell played in an unofficial international match for
Scotland
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against
Canada
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in 1888 and later took part in the first
Home Scots v Anglo-Scots
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cap
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for his country – 1896 was the first year consideration was given to select players based in England to appear for the Scotland team.
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1887–88
*
Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
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: 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
*
Football World Championship
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1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...