Player Profile

After two thirds of a season with a succession of rookie goalkeepers of varying quality, the vastly experienced Camp was brought in as a free agent in March 2021 with the hope of helping Town avoid relegation. Having made more than 500 appearances in his career, mostly at Championship level and played internationally for Northern Ireland, Camp’s pedigree was undoubted despite his advancing years.

He immediately kept two clean sheets in wins over Fleetwood and Bristol Rovers, at a stroke doubling the amount Town had kept all season. The main improvement looked to be that he communicated with and organised the defence in a way that previous keepers had not. Camp was another player whose best work was done in his first few games unfortunately, and he didn’t keep another clean sheet across the final nine games as Town’s threatened great escape petered out almost immediately.

Having signed only a short-term contract where he travelled down from his base in the north of England for games and not training, he was not offered a new contract at the end of the season and departed the club having done a respectable job in difficult circumstances.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Derby County Derby County	(academy) July 16th, 2002 (signed professional contract); transferred out (rptd July 27th, 2007)
Burton Albion Burton Albion	January 2003 (loan); expired (February 2003)
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	March 12th, 2014 (loan); retired (2013/4)
Norwich City Norwich City	September 8th, 2006 (loan); expired (December 2006)
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	February 19th, 2007 (loan); contract terminated (rptd April 25th, 2007)
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	August 7th, 2007 (announced July 27th, 2007) (transferred in , £300,000 ); transferred out (July 3rd, 2009)
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	October 20th, 2008 (loan); contract terminated (rptd January 5th, 2009)
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	July 3rd, 2009 (transferred in, undisclosed fee reported to be £100k plus additional payments); released (rptd January 23rd, 2013)
Norwich City Norwich City	January 24th, 2013 (unattached); released (2012/3)
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	September 2nd, 2013 (unattached); released (rptd January 1st, 2014)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	October 31st, 2013 (loan); expired (January 1st, 2014)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	rptd January 4th, 2014 (unattached); released (September 1st, 2015)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	September 1st, 2015 (unattached); released (2016/7)
Cardiff City Cardiff City	July 1st, 2017 (unattached); transferred out (August 8th, 2018)
Sunderland Sunderland	January 31st, 2018 (loan); expired (2017/8)
Birmingham City Birmingham	August 8th, 2018 (transferred in); released (rptd August 3rd, 2020)
Coventry City Coventry City	November 27th, 2020 (unattached); released (rptd January 28th, 2021)
Swindon Town Swindon	rptd March 12th, 2021 (unattached); released (rptd May 14th, 2021)
Clitheroe Clitheroe	rptd February 4th, 2022 (unattached)
Wrexham Wrexham	rptd March 24th, 2022 (unattached); retired (2021/2)
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	July 2022 (coach)
Blackpool Blackpool	February 2023 (academy goalkeeping coach) April 2023 (interim senior professional development phase lead)
Accrington Stanley Accrington	October 2023 (professional development phase coach)