Sol Campbell Walks from County

The revolution in the East Midlands appears to be struggling already. Despite his team taking League Two by storm with an astonishing run of...er, four wins from eight, including three losses, Sol Campbell, it has been reported today, has quit Notts County.

Quite what that means and his contractual obligations and implications is, as yet, unclear. This is, however, yet another demonstration of Campbell's inability to leave a club on good terms.

In his prime, not that we need reminding, Campbell was a powerful and commanding centre-back who could challenge the very best in the world. The unbeaten season with Arsenal is probably the best example of on this gifted player's resilience and quality. His  formative years with Tottenham were where he first caught the attention of fans around the country and burst on to the international stage. He would eventually accrue 73 caps.

At Portsmouth, he formed solid partnerships with Linvoy Primus and Sylvain Distin that would keep them in the Premier League throughout his time with them. Another FA Cup winners' medal was added in to the bargain after he captained the side to a 1-0 win over Cardiff.

Dropping three leagues to join a fledgling side apparently hell-bent on world domination, a feat literally impossible to achieve within Campbell's proposed five-year contract, was never going to end well. But we surely thought that he'd give it a proper go. Didn't we?

Well, maybe we got duped again by a man not know for sticking to his word and certainly unconcerned by a little bit of controversy. The consistent reassurance of Spurs' fans that Campbell would never leave was infamously ripped from them when he popped over to the Arsenal, apparently for Champions' League football. Maybe he meant he wouldn't leave North London.

After four-and-a-half years of valiant service, Arsenal fans had made their rival's darling their own hero and then there was the West Ham game. A horrible first-half and suddenly he became a shadow of the player he had been. Early taxi home and six months later he was gone, apparently for the continent and warmer climes.

So in August, much to Wenger's annoyance, he was lining up for Premier League rivals and sea-side town Portsmouth; not exactly the Spanish Riviera. It's okay though because he got paid £90,000-a-week. And after bankrupting them, he went for his Indian summer in Nottingham.

Not the sunniest of cities, believe me. Whilst David Beckham splits his time in the latter years of his career between Los Angeles and Milan, Campbell could have boasted that he still playing in the centre of England, geographically.

But it wasn't to be and I am sure the tale will unravel over the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, we can speculate. The Galaxy? Fenerbache? Milan? They do like their pensioners. Pack it in and stop causing trouble? Who knows but at least we have not heard the last of this mischief maker.