Mark Camm
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mark Camm
| image =
| fullname = Mark Liam Camm
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mansfield, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 | year = 2003 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | isbn = 1-85291-651-6 | page = 76 }}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–1999
| youthclubs1 = Sheffield United
| years1 = 1999–2000
| clubs1 = Sheffield United
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2000–2004
| clubs2 = Lincoln City
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = → Gainsborough Trinity (loan)
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2003
| clubs4 = → King's Lynn (loan)
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2004–2009
| clubs5 = King's Lynn
| caps5 = 209
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2009–2010
| clubs6 = Boston United
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2010
| clubs7 = Worksop Town
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| years8 = 2010–2011
| clubs8 = Frickley Athletic
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 = 2010
| clubs9 = → Rainworth Miners Welfare (loan)
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
| years10 = 2011
| clubs10 = Belper Town
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2011–2013
| clubs11 = Rainworth Miners Welfare
| manageryears1 = 2014
| managerclubs1 = Shirebrook Town
}}
Mark Liam Camm (born 1 October 1980) is an English football manager and former player. Camm featured as a professional in the Football League for Lincoln City, having also been contracted to Sheffield United without featuring. He has since forged a career in non-league football by turning out for Gainsborough Trinity, King's Lynn, Boston United, Worksop Town, Frickley Athletic, Belper Town and Rainworth Miners Welfare. He later had a spell as manager of Shirebrook Town.
Playing career
Camm began his career with Sheffield United after being promoted to the club's first team squad for the start of the 1997-1998 campaign.
On 4 August 2000, he signed for Lincoln City agreeing a three-month deal with the club.{{cite web
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|url-status=dead
|archive-date=4 April 2012
|title=Camm on down
|date=4 August 2000
|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
|accessdate=19 November 2010}} On 15 January 2001, he agreed to a deal to remain with them until the end of season.{{cite web
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|url-status=dead
|archive-date=4 April 2012
|title=Camm with Imps for season
|date=15 January 2001
|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
|accessdate=19 November 2010}}
While at Sincil Bank he was mainly used as a covering midfielder, and played just under 40 times for the club in four seasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=camm02 |title=Mark Camm |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=2 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311110555/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=camm02 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} On 7 February 2003, he joined Gainsborough Trinity on loan{{cite web
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|archive-date=7 March 2012
|title=Camm Loaned To Gainsborough
|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
|date=7 February 2003 |accessdate=19 January 2010}} debuting in the following days' 1–0 home defeat to Gateshead. He remained on loan with the club until April, making ten Northern Premier League appearances and scoring one goal, his final appearance being the 1–0 victory at Worksop Town on 21 April 2003.
Camm joined Southern League side King's Lynn on a three-month loan in October 2003, making his debut against Ashford Town. On 12 January 2004, he agreed a deal to cancel his contract with Lincoln City by mutual consent{{cite web
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|url-status=dead
|archive-date=4 April 2012
|title=Camm and Coulson leave the Imps
|date=12 January 2004
|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
|accessdate=19 November 2010}} enabling him to join King's Lynn on a permanent basis, agreeing an 18-month contract with the club.{{cite web
|url=http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/sport/just_the_ticket_1_539197
|title=Just the ticket
|date=16 January 2004
|publisher=Lynn News
|accessdate=19 November 2010}}
Camm remained with the club until the end of the 2008–09 season. During his time at King's Lynn he was an integral part of the side which won the Southern League Eastern Division title in 2004, the Southern League Cup in 2005 and the Southern Premier League title in 2008. Whilst he was mainly utilised as a holding midfielder, he also played at full back and centre back when the need arose.
On 2 January 2006, in a league match at Banbury United; Camm played in goal for almost 80 minutes. King's Lynn were already trailing 2-0 when goalkeeper John Higgs dislocated his shoulder. With no substitute keeper on the bench Camm volunteered to don the gloves and put in an inspired performance despite the Linnets eventually losing the game 4–2.http://www.thelinnets.co.uk/matchreports/ln020106.shtml{{dead link|date=May 2025}}
A change in management at King's Lynn following their demotion from Conference North for ground grading issues at the end of the 2008–09 season saw Camm released from the club he had served for over five years. He made a total of 269 appearances for the West Norfolk club and scored six goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelinnets.co.uk/archive/whowhere2008.php|title = The King's Lynn Football Club – Appearances 2008-09}} He is still held in high regard by many King's Lynn supporters and in April 2016 he was named 47th in the club's "50 players from the past".{{Cite web |url=http://www.kltown.co.uk/2016/04/07/50-past-players-from-the-past-no47/ |title=50 Past Players from the Past (No47) | King's Lynn Town Football Club |access-date=11 April 2016 |archive-date=7 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407174158/http://www.kltown.co.uk/2016/04/07/50-past-players-from-the-past-no47/ |url-status=dead }}
Finding himself without a club, Camm became the first new signing for Boston United for the 2009–10 season. He was released in May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8671086.stm|title=Boston United release five after promotion season|date=9 May 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=22 August 2010}}
He signed for Worksop Town in May 2010.{{cite web
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|url-status=usurped
|archive-date=1 October 2012
|title=Two "new" Tigers
|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
|date=15 May 2010
|accessdate=14 December 2010}} He joined Frickley Athletic, debuting in the 3–0 defeat Northern Premier League Premier Division at Burscough on 20 November 2010.{{cite web
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|title=Blues aim to bounce back
|publisher=Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
|date=25 November 2010
|accessdate=14 December 2010}} In a bid to try to obtain regular football to improve his fitness on 13 December 2010 he joined Rainworth Miners Welfare on loan. In July 2011 he signed for Belper Town.{{cite web
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|url-status=usurped
|archive-date=1 October 2012
|title=New signing sent out to gain fitness
|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
|date=13 December 2010
|accessdate=14 December 2010}} debuting in the Northern Premier League First Division South 2–1 home defeat to Grantham Town on 14 December 2010.{{cite web
|url = http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/rainworthmwfc/s/results-reports-26353.html&official=1&fixture_id=168851
|title = Battling Rainworth earn no reward
|date = 15 December 2010
|publisher = Rainworth MW F.C. Official Website
|accessdate = 5 January 2011
}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He left the club in May 2013.[http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/rainworth-mw-say-goodbye-to-mark-camm-and-danny-bacon-1-5674537 Rainworth MW say goodbye to Mark Camm and Danny Bacon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816062036/http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/rainworth-mw-say-goodbye-to-mark-camm-and-danny-bacon-1-5674537 |date=16 August 2016 }} The Chad, 15 May 2013
Coaching career
Following his departure at Rainworth he subsequently joined Shirebrook Town's coaching staff, before being appointed joint manager alongside Danny Bacon in February 2014.[http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/new-managers-at-shirebrook-town-1-6423176 New managers at Shirebrook Town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816100510/http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/new-managers-at-shirebrook-town-1-6423176 |date=16 August 2016 }} The Chad, 6 February 2014 However, he resigned in August 2014.[http://www.ncefl.org.uk/news/nceldivisionone/2014/3382-wattsreturnstoshirebrook/ Watts Returns to Shirebrook] Northern Counties East League, 14 September 2014
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311110555/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=camm02 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile]
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Category:Footballers from Mansfield
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
Category:King's Lynn F.C. players
Category:Boston United F.C. players
Category:Worksop Town F.C. players
Category:Frickley Athletic F.C. players
Category:Rainworth Miners Welfare F.C. players
Category:Belper Town F.C. players
Category:Shirebrook Town F.C. managers
Category:English Football League players