Lee Camp (footballer)

He was released by West Brom in January 2014 and subsequently joined Bournemouth on a two-and-a-half-year deal, but left after one year for Rotherham United, where he was a regular for 18 months until an injured knee kept him out for the rest of his contract.

He had a short non-playing spell at Coventry City as injury cover before spending the last two months of the 2020–21 season with Swindon Town.

At the end of the same season, he went to Queens Park Rangers for the last few games also on loan, where he helped the club reach promotion to Division One.

He returned to QPR[10] when Colin Calderwood was sacked and replaced by Billy Davies, his former manager at Derby County.

[11] He made his first start as a permanent Forest player on 10 August 2009 in their league opener against Reading where they were unlucky to come away with only a 0–0 draw.

Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies spoke of his delight at having a goalkeeper with the class of Camp, saying "You talk about positives and negatives in players, but his performances have been first-class – simply outstanding."

Camp kept a clean sheet in the first leg of the 2010–11 EFL Championship playoff semi-final against Swansea City where he was forced to make numerous saves.

Camp was able to keep his second clean sheet in the Reds' first league win of the season, against Doncaster Rovers.

Camp's outstanding performance which saw him make critical saves against Watford, was key to seeing Forest pick up their second win and third clean sheet of the campaign.

[16] Camp signed for Norwich City on 23 January 2013 following his release from Nottingham Forest and would wear the number 42 shirt.

He made his second debut for Norwich on 17 March 2013 after goalkeeper Mark Bunn was sent off for handling a loose ball outside of the penalty box.

On 31 January 2018, Camp made a deadline day switch to Sunderland, signing on loan for the remainder of the season.

[25] Having been on the bench for the next league match, Camp replaced Connal Trueman for the visit to Reading in the EFL Cup first round, a 2–0 defeat.

[30][31] Northern Premier League Division One West (eighth-tier) club Clitheroe signed Camp on a short-term basis in early February 2022 as cover for their injured first-choice goalkeeper.

[35] Having not earned a call-up to the full England team, Camp stated that he would be keen on playing for Northern Ireland, for whom he qualifies through his Newtownards-born grandfather.

Lee Camp in the Nottingham Forest goal wearing green