Archie Campbell (footballer, born 1991)

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

For other people with the same name, see Archie Campbell (disambiguation).

Archie Campbell
Personal information
Full name Archibald Campbell
Date of birth (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club 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 ? (?)
National team‡
2007–2008 Scotland U17 13 (5)
2009–2010 Scotland U19 6 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:50, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:31, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

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

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

Cowdenbeath loan

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

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

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

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

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

Career statistics

[18]

As of 2 December 2013
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2010–11 Scottish First Division175000000175
Cowdenbeath Total 175000000175
Greenock Morton 2011–12 Scottish First Division325211010366
2012–13 Scottish First Division22131020102613
2013–14 Scottish First Division293103210345
Morton Total 85214162309824
Career totals 1022641623011529
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Personal
  • 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

References
  1. 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. "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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