Darren Campbell

“I GAVE the chairman a call from Weymouth and said: ‘look, I’ve got the opportunity to go pro with Plymouth’. He just laughed and said: ‘I’ll see you at pre-season!’” Weymouth Football Club played a significant role in the career of Team GB sprinter Darren Campbell – Olympic 4x100m relay gold medal winner at Athens…

FORMER Weymouth FC player turned British Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell has revealed he “nearly died” after suffering a bleed in the brain. The 44-year-old, who won 4×100 metres relay gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, is recovering in hospital after having a seizure at home, which left him having to be resuscitated. Campbell…