Signed copy of 'Bobby Campbell - They dont make them like him no more' by Paul Firth

50 times for Northern Ireland?

He won just a couple of caps didn't he?

 

Cook is very similar to bobby in stature and temperament, only thing is Cook isnt allowed by the officials to put it about like bobby did,i,e, knocking the ball and the keeper in the net,but if it was allowed i'm sure he would be

 

He did, both as a sub I believe, my point is if he hadn't gone off the rails he could have achieved that when you compare what he had to the two strikers they had at the time in Gerry Armstrong & Billy Hamilton. Whiteside was also in the 82 squad but he was only 17.

 

Remember well him heading Gorham and the ball into the back of the Oldham net. I wouldn't have wanted Bobby nutting me.

 

Was only a relative youngster when Bobby was playing but remember the chant 'Bobby's gonna get you...'

 

Ah, apologies. I mis read the post.

Yeah I agree, if he hadn't got himself into bother on a weekly basis and looked after his body a bit better he probably had the ability to go a fair bit higher.

That said, he wasn't really a bloke for regrets!

 

Very true

 

Fair enough, must have missed that bit

 

Can't have been under mcfarland .he took him when he was much older

 

Roy McFarland took Bobby Campbell to Derby when he left Bradford City a day or so before we played Manchester United in the 3rd round second leg of of the Milk Cup at Old Trafford I wasn't aware he'd had trials at Derby but if he did it was before McFarlands time as manager.
During his time at Derby he scored 4 goals in 11 appearances which to say he'd moved up to league two which is now the Championship wasn't bad in a piss poor derby side, McFarland obviously didn't fancy him even though he hadn't played half a season and allowed Bobby to come back to Valley Parade.

 

I don't understand that comment, Bobby played along side McFarland at Valley Parade and McFarland has certainly never been the Derby manager previously, certainly not when Bobby was a young player.
I have the book and its a great read for football fans generally but more so Bradford City fans who remember Sir Bobby Campbell I'll have to give it another read if I missed that with regards a trial at Derby County.

 

If Bobby went on trial to Derby at 14, then Brian Clough would have been manager and Roy McFarland bossing their defence. Mcfarland had a long management career but even he didn't start managing at age 22.

 

Legend who just loved scoring goals. Still don't know how Bobby thought he'd pulled off that Liverpool goal celebration