The powerful striker arrives in Farsley with a wealth of experience behind him - he's scored goals in the Premier League, helped send Manchester United spiralling out of the FA Cup, scored the winner in a play-off final, and spent numerous spells at some of the country's most famous clubs.

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Whilst Celtic's Throstle Nest ground marks a dramatic change of scenery for the former Middlesbrough and Cardiff striker, Farsley's new signing insists he is as committed and excited about playing the game as ever.

"It's a new challenge for me obviously, but I can't wait to get going and start scoring goals for Farsley.

"Promotion is a must for us this year, and I'm really looking forward to getting the club back up into the Conference."

Speaking ahead of the club's upcoming Blue Square North campaign, it is obvious that Campbell's love of the game remains strong, and his thirst for scoring goals remains unquenched, despite the often turbulent path his career has taken thus far.

Middlesbrough-born Campbell started his career at his hometown club, and worked his way through the club's burgeoning academy set-up before making his first-team bow in 1995.

Boro had high hopes for the energetic Campbell, which he shouldered during a seven-year spell with the club.

During this time he helped establish Boro as a fully fledged member of the Premier League, racking up 56 appearances and four goals for the club he supported as a boy.

However, many of Campbell's appearances came from the substitutes bench, and a desire for more regular first-team football saw him farmed out on loan to a number of lower league clubs.

Impressive spells followed at Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and most prolifically of all, at Cardiff City, where a purple patch of six goals in five games saw the Ninian Park club pay Middlebrough a fee of £1 million for his signature.

Whilst he never quite recaptured this initial prolific form for the Bluebirds, Campbell did write himself into Cardiff folklore at the end of the 2003 season, by scoring an exquisite extra-time lob over Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Simon Day in the League One play-off final to secure the club promotion to the Championship.

Sadly, Campbell's sensational winner was not the kick-start his career needed, and despite this match-winning strike, Campbell never managed to recapture his best form for the Welsh club.

Loan spells with Doncaster Rovers and Oxford United followed, before he was transferred to Dunfermline Athletic for a short spell north of the border.

He quickly returned south however, and settled immediately at Halifax Town, where he re-discovered his touch and established himself as a firm favourite with the Halifax faithful over two successful and goal-laden seasons.

As Campbell embarks on the next phase of his career, he once again faces high levels of expectation – Farsley boss John Deacey has recently billed Campbell as "one of the best signings we may ever make".

Such praise is bound to add pressure, but Campbell insists that he is relishing matching and even surpassing his manager's expectations.

"I'm not worried by things like that – I know I've been brought to the club to score goals, and comments like that are nice to hear and to be honest, they spur you on.

"I've had people expecting a lot of me throughout my career so it's nothing new – it's nice that the gaffer thinks I'm the man for the job and I hope I can start scoring and start justifying those sorts of comments."

While trips to Solihull Moors, Hucknall Town and Gainsborough Trinity are certainly a far cry from trips to Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and Anfield, Campbell insists his footballing CV still has room for a few more accolades on it yet – accolades he hopes to achieve with his new club.

"As a footballer you want to play in a successful side, and I'm no different.

"It'd be easy to stop playing the game if I didn't enjoy it, but I still absolutely love the game, and whilst you do miss those big match atmospheres, the feeling you get scoring a goal in front of 5,000 or 50,000 people is exactly the same.

"There will obviously come a time when my legs can't take it any more.

But right now I want to keep performing as best I can, keep enjoying myself and keep scoring goals, because I feel I've got a number of good years left in me yet.

"I've still enjoyed every aspect of my career so far, and I'm sure Farsley will be no different."