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Don Campbell: Defender |
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Date of Birth:
19.10.1932 |
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With the Reds: 1950-1958 |
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Bought from: Local |
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Signed for
LFC: Ј0 - November 1950 |
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Debut: 14.11.1953 (Aged 21) |
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Last match:
08.03.1958 |
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Debut
goal: 19.04.1957 |
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1st team
league games: 47 |
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1st team
league goals: 2 |
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Total 1st
team games: 48 |
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Total 1st
team goals: 2 |
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Contract expiry: July
1958, transfered to Crewe for Ј4,000 |
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Former clubs:
Crewe, Gillingham; Folkestone Town, Margate, Canterbury (all three amateur) |
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Birth Place:
Bootle, Liverpool, England |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1953-54 |
2 |
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2 |
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| 1954-55 |
12 |
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12 |
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| 1955-56 |
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| 1956-57 |
6 |
1 |
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6 |
1 |
| 1957-58 |
27 |
1 |
1 |
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28 |
1 |
| Total |
47 |
1 |
1 |
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48 |
1 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
started/substitutions |
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Total |
Competition |
| 48 |
Started |
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47 |
League |
| 0 |
On the bench |
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1 |
League Cup |
| 0 |
Substitute |
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| 0 |
Substituted |
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Career Milestones for Don Campbell:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
14.11.1953 |
Sunderland |
2-3 |
Roker Park |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
19.04.1957 |
75 |
Bristol Rovers |
4-1 |
Anfield |
League |
Total LFC
games/goals for Reserves
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Reserves |
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League |
LS Cup |
La S Cup |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1953-54 |
13 |
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13 |
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| 1954-55 |
10 |
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10 |
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| 1955-56 |
18 |
2 |
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18 |
2 |
| 1956-57 |
18 |
3 |
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18 |
3 |
| 1957-58 |
10 |
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10 |
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| Total |
69 |
5 |
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69 |
5 |
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PROFILE
Don was a local player born in Bootle who signed for the club in November 1950 when
he was 18 years old after graduating through the Junior ranks. A Youth international
defender, he didn't get his chance of first-team action until the 1953-54 relegation
season, one of an astonishing thirty-one players called on by manager Don Welsh during
that traumatic year. He made just two appearances in the middle of that season and another
12 the following season, when Liverpool tried unsuccessfully to bounce straight back into
the top division.
He had to wait for a change of manager to get a decent run in the team and his best
season for the club, under the leadership of Phil Taylor, came in the 1957-58 season when
he appeared in the first 26 league fixtures before losing his place. He turned out for the
first-team just once more that season, a defeat at Bristol Rovers on 8th March 1958, and
made a further 10 Second Division appearances in 1957-58 before being transferred to Crewe
Alexandra. He made 149 Football League appearances for Crewe before signing for Gillingham
in 1962. He played 29 games for Gillingham before joining Folkestone in 1964 where he
spent three years. He then settled in at Margate where he played 99 games as right-back
and on occasion in midfield, while working as a painter and decorator.
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