John Campbell (footballer born 1870)
John Middleton "Johnny" Campbell ( born February 19, 1870 in Renton, † 1906 in Sunderland) was a Scottish football player.
Career
The center forward won in 1888 with FC Renton Scottish Cups and changed in 1890 in the English Football League for Sunderland AFC. There he enjoyed great success and won in 1892, 1893 and 1895, in addition to the three English championships also each the title of the best league goalscorer.
Campbell played in his home town first for Renton Union before it drove him to FC Renton, who possessed in the 1880s on one of Scotland's best football teams. He won there shortly before his 18th birthday with a 6-1 final win against FC Cambuslang on February 4, 1888 the Scottish Cup, said Harry Campbell on the inside left position - later at Blackburn Rovers twofold English Cup - another Campbell stood in the formation of FC Renton. Although the Scottish club after a 4-1 win on May 19, 1888 could feel as " unofficial world champion " against the FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion, it drew Johnny Campbell in 1890 to England. He followed it as many Scots at the time the call of the founded two years earlier the English Football League.
His choice fell on the AFC Sunderland, who first participated in the 1890/91 season in the match operation of the Football League. Previously, Campbell had made his debut in the FA Cup, which was, however, passed on January 16, 1890, 2:4 lost against Blackburn Rovers. Right away the AFC Sunderland finished second in the league in seventh place with twelve teams with 19 league goals indicated Campbell there already its above-average eye for goal, which primarily on October 25, 1890 with four goals for a 5-2 away win against Bolton Wanderers and three gates on January 10, 1891 showed for the 6-1 victory against Aston Villa. Campbell was henceforth to be more robust player in the storm center of the spearhead of a young team that is still owned by Jimmy Millar, Hannah Davy, John Scott, and from 1891 with Jimmy Hannah above-average attack range. The team that has been praised as "Team of All the Talents", won, over the next four years to 1895, three English championships and finished third in 1894, behind Aston Villa to second place. Campbell was the first championship in 1892 with 32 league goals to success and achieved the highest yield to date all scorers in the history of the Football League. After he reached the " 30 -goal sound barrier " in the 1892/93 season, followed by a relatively small number of 18 goals in the runner-up season 1893/94. Although he was able to achieve relatively few 21 Championship matches in the 1894/95 season, this gave to his third title already the best league striker.
The Zenit had Campbell - total and Sunderland AFC - exceeded after 1895. The fact that a "Johnny Campbell " in the 1895/96 season could enter in the list of scorers, lay in the fact that namesake John James Campbell of Aston Villa had scored 26 goals with the most hits. However, John Middleton Campbell had scored only 15 goals and after another season with a minimum yield of four gates and the next to last place in the league were the days Campbells at Sunderland AFC, in which his brother Robert Campbell held the coaching position 1896-1899, counted. With its 133 Erstligatoren but it should therefore be the best scorer in the Scottish English top flight in the 19th century and only Steve Bloomer and John Devey, but significantly more games completed, Campbells exceeded total yield at this time.
Campbell joined in 1897 for 40 pounds fee in the second class Second Division Newcastle United. In the " Magpies " he shot in 23 league games again nine goals and helped the club over the runner-up for promotion to the First Division. After a simplistic internal strife but he left the club after a short time and should not return to the professional league operating well.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1892, 1893, 1895
- Scottish FA Cup winners: 1888
- Scorer in the Football League ( First Division ): 1892, 1893, 1895