Kevin Campbell – a life in pictures
The former Arsenal, Everton, Nottingham Forest and West Brom player has died at the age of 54. We look back at his career
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Campbell in 1990. He was a trainee at Arsenal in the 1980s and made his first-team debut in 1988.
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He won his first and only league title in 1991. He’s pictured here (second left) with, from left: Andy Linighan, Paul Davis, David Rocastle and Lee Dixon.
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Arsenal did the FA Cup and League Cup double over Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. Campbell is seen here celebrating with the League Cup.
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Campbell takes on Lee Sharpe of Manchester United in a league fixture in 1993.
Photograph: Mark Leech/Offside/Getty
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In 1994, Arsenal claimed the European Cup Winners’ Cup after beating Parma in the final, during Campbell’s most prolific season with the Gunners.
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He then spent three seasons with Nottingham Forest, with whom he suffered relegation in 1997.
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After a short spell at Trabzonspor, he joined Everton. He is pictured here in 2002 fending off Stanislav Varga of Sunderland.
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Campbell was on hand to celebrate with Wayne Rooney after the latter’s stunning winner against Arsenal at Goodison Park in 2002.
Photograph: Reuters
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An avid music lover, Campbell owned a record label, ‘2 Wikid’ while still a football player.
Photograph: Offside
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Campbell moved to West Brom for two seasons and helped to keep them up in 2005 despite being bottom on Christmas Day and at the start of the final day.
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In recent years he was a pundit for Sky Sports, before dying after a short illness in 2024.
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