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VIDEO: Let's pay homage to Chris Kamara's playing career

For many of us, Chris 'Kammy' Kamara has been a constant presence on our screens at weekends. The...
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18.58 10 Dec 2014


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VIDEO: Let's pay homage to Chris Kamara's playing career

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18.58 10 Dec 2014


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For many of us, Chris 'Kammy' Kamara has been a constant presence on our screens at weekends.

The Sky Sports pundit's unique live match reports have given us some really light-hearted moments.

But as Kamara joins Off The Ball for tonight's live show in Drogheda, I got a bit curious about his playing career, which took place a wee bit before my time. 

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In all, Kamara represented 10 league clubs during his long career which really stretches from 1974 to 1995, although you could expand that to 2012 as you'll see a little further down.

Early on, the 56-year-old switched clubs numerous times with multiple spells at Swindon Town and Portsmouth. Indeed, when he made the move to Swindon from Pompey, he was the recipient of death threats and had to have a police escort to his new home ground.  

In 1988 however, he was in trouble himself when he became the first English player convicted of GBH for punching and breaking  the cheekbone of Shrewsbury Town's Jim Melrose after a match.

However, at the time provocation was publicly mentioned... 

By the brink of the '90s he was at Stoke City, where this sending off occurred...

Sky Sports played a huge part in the launch and popularisation of the Premier League. When it was starting off, Kammy had joined his hometown club Middlesbrough - albeit briefly on loan - coming up against the likes of Eric Cantona and Ryan Giggs...

He would retire soon after, finishing his career at Bradford City in 1995, before being promoted to assistant manager and ultimately manager. 

For his 21-year stretch in midfield, he did manage 71 league goals from over 600 career games which is pretty decent. 

But that was not the end of his playing career. Kamara even returned to the football field in 2012 alongside Sky Sports colleague Paul Merson, playing a couple of games for the club in 2012.


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