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Archie Campbell (footballer, born 1991)

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Archie Campbell
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Crossgates Primrose
Youth career
Kelty Hearts Colts
2004–2007 Cowdenbeath
2007–2010 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Rangers 0 (0)
2011 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 17 (5)
2011–2014 Greenock Morton 85 (21)
2014–2015 Dumbarton 34 (3)
2015–2016 Clyde 16 (0)
2016–2017 Kelty Hearts ? (?)
2017–2019 Dundonald Bluebell ? (?)
2019 Kelty Hearts ? (?)
2019– Crossgates Primrose ? (?)
International career‡
2007–2008 Scotland U17 13 (5)
2009–2010 Scotland U19 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:31, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Archie Campbell (born 10 January 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Crossgates Primrose.[1]

Campbell started his career at Rangers, but left to join Morton after seven years at Ibrox. He also had a loan spell at Cowdenbeath where he scored five league goals as they failed to avoid relegation.

Club career

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Campbell started his career with Cowdenbeath in 2007, having been with the club since the age of 13.[2]

Cowdenbeath loan

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Campbell joined First Division club Cowdenbeath in the 2011 January transfer window on loan until the end of the season.[3] He quickly established himself in the first team squad with three goals in his opening few games – two penalties and a header in a thrilling 4–3.[4] win away to Stirling Albion – Cowden were three goals down with 13 minutes to play but fought back to win.

Greenock Morton

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Campbell was released by Rangers at the end of the 2010–11 season, but joined Greenock Morton after a successful trial.[5] After 17 substitute appearances, Campbell made his first start for Morton on Boxing Day 2011 away at Dens Park against Dundee, setting up the only goal of the game.[6]

In his second start, he scored his first league goal and got another assist, as Morton defeated Ayr United 3–1 at Cappielow.

On 1 September 2012, he scored his first professional hat-trick against Dumbarton to win the game 3–0.

After scoring seven goals in five matches, Campbell was awarded the SFL Young Player of the Month and the Irn-Bru Ginger Boots as top goalscorer in the SFL.[7] In May 2013, Campbell signed on with Morton for another season,[8] rejecting a more lucrative deal at Raith Rovers to do so.[9]

Dumbarton

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On 22 July it was announced that Campbell had joined Dumbarton on a one-year deal.[10] He made his debut as a sub in a 3–2 defeat to Stranraer. Archie scored his first goal for the club against Alloa in a 3–1 win.[11] He left the club in May 2015 having scored three times in 38 appearances.[12]

Clyde & Non League

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He joined League Two side Clyde following his release from Dumbarton in May 2015 before moving on to Kelty Hearts in February 2016.[13][14] After leaving Kelty he joined Dundonald Bluebell in November 2017.[15] Campbell returned to Kelty in March 2019,[16] Before moving on to East of Scotland side Crossgates Primrose in September.[1]

International

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Campbell has been capped for Scotland at both under-17 and under-19 level.[17]

Career statistics

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[18]

As of 2 December 2013
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2010–11 Scottish First Division 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5
Cowdenbeath Total 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5
Greenock Morton 2011–12 Scottish First Division 32 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 36 6
2012–13 Scottish First Division 22 13 1 0 2 0 1 0 26 13
2013–14 Scottish First Division 29 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 34 5
Morton Total 85 21 4 1 6 2 3 0 98 24
Career totals 102 26 4 1 6 2 3 0 115 29
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Personal

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  • SFL Young Player of the Month – September 2012[19]
  • SFL Ginger Boot – September 2012[19]
  • SFL Player of the Month – October 2012[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Primrose, Crossgates (27 September 2019). "Welcome to the Primrose Archie". @Primrose1926. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Rangers striker Archie Campbell hopes Cowdenbeath loan can fire him on to Ibrox glory". Daily Record. 3 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Transfers – January 2011". BBC Sport. 21 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Stirling Albion 3–4 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. 5 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Three sign up". Greenock Morton F.C. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  6. ^ Tait, Chris (29 December 2011). "Ton striker aims to build on start". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. ^ Tait, Chris (6 October 2012). "Campbell wins young player". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Player news – Archie Campbell". Greenock Morton F.C. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (13 May 2013). "Campbell turns down Raith deal to stay at Ton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  10. ^ Campbell Becomes A Son. Dumbarton Football Club (1 September 2012). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  11. ^ Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic – BBC Sport. Bbc.co.uk (27 September 2014). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  12. ^ Two Squad Members Set To Leave. Dumbarton Football Club (5 May 2015). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  13. ^ "Linton and Campbell Join Clyde". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Kelty Hearts sign former Morton striker Archie Campbell and ex Arbroath midfielder David Banjo". Dunfermline Press. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  15. ^ "The Bluebell Press". Dundonald Bluebell.
  16. ^ "ARCHIE'S BACK !!!". @KeltyHeartsFC. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Archie Campbell". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Archie Campbell Stats". Soccerbase.
  19. ^ a b "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards – September 2012". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  20. ^ Tait, Chris (10 November 2012). "Archie is Ton's Irn man". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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