Andrew (Andy) Campbell was born 3.10.1959, in Guilford, Surrey. He was snapped up by Exeter for a cut price £500 from Reading in 1981 and he was soon to prove just what a bargain that had been.

Had to wait several weeks before he his chance during a match at his old club Glasgow, where he topped scored for the Falcons and ensured his team place for the rest of the season. Such was his form that Andy scored an average of 7.00 pts per match in his first 6 meetings.

He was able to maintain that promising start and by the end of the 1981 season he had appeared in 33 matches for the Falcons and ended on an average of 6.48. But if 1981 was excellent, 1982 turned out to be sensational.

Had been selected to ride for the N.League test sqaud in 1982, and in that same year, he was chosen to ride for the Scottish team against England which they won with a 62-46 score. His selection for the Scots had been possible, because of the fact that his parents were from North of the border.

He was ever present in that 1982 side and finished the season on an average of 8.38, but his exceptional talent had not gone unoticed by the British League Clubs. In 1983 he switched to neighbouring Poole and finished the season on a creditable average of 4.74 from his 43 matches with the "Pirates".

The 1984 season saw Exeter make the bold of moving back up into the B.League and Andy returned to the County Ground onced more. He was ever present during that season and amongst the "Big Guns", he upped his average of 1983 to 6.90.

Exeter's ill fated return saw them drop back down into the N.League in 1985, and despite all efforts to keep Andy at the County Ground, he moved to Belle Vue in a reported £15,000 deal. However, Andy found it an unhappy transition and was subsequently loaned to Kings Lynn for the 1986 and 1987 seasons.

Andy stated (of the 1984 season), "Exeter were terribly unlucky, it went wrong from the word go. Poor leif Wahlmann was killed, then Buddy Robinson banned by the A.M.A. In my twp spells I got on very well with Peter Oakes,he believed in me absolutely. And the Exeter public were fabulous, they are a crowd who respond well, and they are very sporting. Exeter were the only N.L club I would have ridden for".

He retired from Speedway in 1991 to build a Design and Printing business, but he was to continue racing on Ice and in 1992 he was picked for an England Select Team and scored 10pts. They were to beat an Overseas side by 52-25 and Falcon Richard Green also made his debut managing just a single point.


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