Super Kevin Campbell appreciation thread

[gerryandtheRedhaters]

I remember feeling like we signed someone who wasn't past it or a prospect for a change.....loved the lad tbf, he made some away games just about bare able in them days.

 

[Bluebonic]

Super, super Kev, super Kevin Campbell! One of an elite band of lads from south of the border, such as Kingy and Graham Stuart who just resonated with the crowd, clicked with us as much as we clicked with them! i am ashamed to think how gutted I was when we signed him (on loan initially wasnt it?) from a Turkish club, i just thought "here is some more dross we are bringing in". My word, what a game changer he turned out to be.

All of a sudden we had a target man, as good in the air as he was on the deck and with a decent turn of pace! He turned out to be the most important signing in the entire league because he kept us in the top flight! Deserves a place in what ever hall of fame we have at BMD!

 

[Badge1878]

I remember his pride captaining us at Coventry,we won 3-1 I'm sure that day, think he notched too!!he is worth twenty Lukaku's to me for what he did for us at that particular time for all Lukaku's goals,as has been previously stated on this thread,I am pretty sure we may well not have come back if we had gone down that season, top player, top guy and someone who is proud to label himself an Evertonian.

I was fortunate enough to be there on that Monday night when Super scored in that early scramble. I'd have never thought it'd take this long to say it was the last time....it'll come again and regularly is my hope. When the five minutes went up for injury time I remember Waggy screaming at the officials, but in between Franny had grabbed Westerveld by the throat and Gerrard had tried to decapitate Super in another act of petulance. Three red cards on the night and how Owen stayed on the pitch that night is beyond me, if Kuyts assault on Neville was bad, the United Premiership winning striker and Global Ambassador of our red cousins was worse....but I digress! Campbell was imperious on the night but as superb a night that was....

The day he captained us away at Highfield Road and led us to a 1-3 win was why I believe he is a true legend. I agree with Dario that was a real back to the wall, everything counts game. We went there with hardly a team, we were low on confidence and many first teasers decided it just wasn't worth it - If I remember we had about ten first teasers missing. I hated the journey down, I'll be honest I don't even think I wanted to go and see us beaten again. But you know those magical words....Everton that!!!!

We were two up in twenty minutes, may have been Danny C and Gemmill?? Campbell got the third after a penalty for them. How we celebrated!!! Met him the other year and told him about that game - his smile was infectious. He said he knew we'd win that day! I told him I wasn't so sure and he just laughed and shook my hand!

Hey Big Man...What's Your Name?

 

[matty1878]

He was superb and gave his all for us. Kept us up aswell and deserves all the credit

 

[Groucho]

And after all that, seems to love us properly.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Loved him - one of those who totally exceeded my expectations. Different circumstances, but he was the Andy Gray of that era in terms of the short term positive effects he had. And he scored our last Anfield winner. Nearly 18 years? FFS...

 

[whiteshadow]

Defo think we'd have gone down without him.

Legend.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

I was fortunate enough to be there on that Monday night when Super scored in that early scramble. I'd have never thought it'd take this long to say it was the last time....it'll come again and regularly is my hope. When the five minutes went up for injury time I remember Waggy screaming at the officials, but in between Franny had grabbed Westerveld by the throat and Gerrard had tried to decapitate Super in another act of petulance. Three red cards on the night and how Owen stayed on the pitch that night is beyond me, if Kuyts assault on Neville was bad, the United Premiership winning striker and Global Ambassador of our red cousins was worse....but I digress! Campbell was imperious on the night but as superb a night that was....

The day he captained us away at Highfield Road and led us to a 1-3 win was why I believe he is a true legend. I agree with Dario that was a real back to the wall, everything counts game. We went there with hardly a team, we were low on confidence and many first teasers decided it just wasn't worth it - If I remember we had about ten first teasers missing. I hated the journey down, I'll be honest I don't even think I wanted to go and see us beaten again. But you know those magical words....Everton that!!!!

We were two up in twenty minutes, may have been Danny C and Gemmill?? Campbell got the third after a penalty for them. How we celebrated!!! Met him the other year and told him about that game - his smile was infectious. He said he knew we'd win that day! I told him I wasn't so sure and he just laughed and shook my hand!

Hey Big Man...What's Your Name?

I'm sure we got locked in after the game that last Derby win at the tinmine!!yep I count myself lucky enough to have been at those two games too mate,a little sunshine in some bad days,and kev was our ray of sunshine back then too!!

 

[tadao]

And after all that, seems to love us properly.

Yes.
He's obviously a gooner but, loves EFC. Always tweeting/talking about us etc.
Think where we'd be without his goals then? brrr

 

[Groucho]

Yes.
He's obviously a gooner but, loves EFC. Always tweeting/talking about us etc.
Think where we'd be without his goals then? brrr

I'm not sure he's a total gooner mate. We are in his heart.

 

[nsno-chris]

Boro away, he made his comeback after that injury. Never seen our away end go so mental when he came out to warm up

 

[tadao]

I'm not sure he's a total gooner mate. We are in his heart.

Agreed mate, loves us and why wouldn't you?

 

[Walken]

was ace in his second season too, till injuries hit in typical everton fashion

 

[rochdaleblue]

Met him at a football tournament about 4 years ago, watching his son play. Was really chatty, spoke so warmly about Everton and the fans. Still has the unwanted record of the last everton player to score a winner at the pit.

 

[Walken]

I was fortunate enough to be there on that Monday night when Super scored in that early scramble. I'd have never thought it'd take this long to say it was the last time....it'll come again and regularly is my hope. When the five minutes went up for injury time I remember Waggy screaming at the officials, but in between Franny had grabbed Westerveld by the throat and Gerrard had tried to decapitate Super in another act of petulance. Three red cards on the night and how Owen stayed on the pitch that night is beyond me, if Kuyts assault on Neville was bad, the United Premiership winning striker and Global Ambassador of our red cousins was worse....but I digress! Campbell was imperious on the night but as superb a night that was....

The day he captained us away at Highfield Road and led us to a 1-3 win was why I believe he is a true legend. I agree with Dario that was a real back to the wall, everything counts game. We went there with hardly a team, we were low on confidence and many first teasers decided it just wasn't worth it - If I remember we had about ten first teasers missing. I hated the journey down, I'll be honest I don't even think I wanted to go and see us beaten again. But you know those magical words....Everton that!!!!

We were two up in twenty minutes, may have been Danny C and Gemmill?? Campbell got the third after a penalty for them. How we celebrated!!! Met him the other year and told him about that game - his smile was infectious. He said he knew we'd win that day! I told him I wasn't so sure and he just laughed and shook my hand!

Hey Big Man...What's Your Name?

was at every home game after his arrival in his first season, remember him on more than one occasion geeing up the crowd, bearing in mind he'd only just got there, big presence that fella