Career
As a player Campbell was a noted lower division forward whose 131 goals in all competitions established the individual record for a player with Brechin City. He had previously appeared for Dunfermline Athletic and Arbroath and went on to appear for Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline again and Montrose before retiring. Brechin struggled in the First Division which was mainly made up of full time clubs and as they sat at the bottom of the table his tenure was ended towards the end of the season.
He left Forfar in June 2014 to concentrate on his business commitments.
Campbell also works closely with the Scottish Football Association delivering courses to assist the development of coaches and managers. Campbell has also pursued a career in business, joining Czech Republic Smith after his playing career and progressing from personnel manager to operations director and then managing director
In 1993, Campbell set up Avenue Scotland as part of the Creyfs Group, where he became Group Managing Director, looking after 46 recruitment companies across Europe. In 2001, he left his post with the Creyfs Group to focus his efforts on Avenue Scotland Group, which now includes Avenue Recruitment, Avenue Care Services, Avenue Logistics as well as Avenue Consultancy - a specialist business consultancy working with companies across the United Kingdom. Campbell is also a Director of Hotel Connexxions.
As of June 2014, he was managing director of Human Resources, a company based in Dunfermline.
Campbell is also a Director of Fife based Curtain Walling and Commercial Glazing company, Avtek Solutions.