Dave Campbell

Who is Dave Campbell?

David Martin "Dave" Campbell is a former Irish footballer and is currently Chief Scout for St Patrick's Athletic.

Campbell was a defender who started his career with Stella Maris in Dublin who represented Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, St Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne, Bray Wanderers and Dublin City during his career in the League of Ireland. He also had a spell on loan to Newry Town in the Irish League.

With Stella Maris under-15s when he won the Conway Cup for 1984/5, Fintan O’Neill scoring in the last minute to beat Lourdes Celtic 2–1. Stella won the FAIS Cup the same season, but Lourdes, in Scully's last season with them before he moved to Arsenal, returned the Richmond Park favour the following year in Knockrabo as under-16s, Scully heading home about five minutes from time to take the FAIS Cup from under Stella Maris’ noses.

At the end of his under-17 season, Dave was included in the Leinster schoolboy selection to meet the Westphalian selection from Germany, an annual event. And it was after that match – played on a pitch that's now a housing estate, in Palmerstown – that he was approached by Billy Young to sign for Bohemians, which he did as an amateur. In his second season with the reserves, he made his senior debut for the Gypsies on New Years Day 1989, and completed that and the next season at Dalymount before being signed for Huddersfield Town. During his time with Bohs, he had, he says, "the dubious honour" of marking Gary Lineker – then making his Tottenham debut having signed from Barca – but dubious or no, it was he who won the Man of the Match award on the day.