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Player Profile:
Cameron Bell
 Full Name:
Cameron Bell
Nickname:
Squad No: 13
Position:
Goalkeeper
Date of Birth:
18/9/86
Birth Place: Dumfries
Height: 5ft 11
Former Clubs:
(Loan to) Montrose.
Killie Debut: May 23rd
2009, Motherwell (A), SPL 2-1 Killie win.
Signed for Killie:
Jan 7th 2003
Contract Ends:
May 2010
2000-10 Season Player
Notes:
Aug 21st 2009...Keeper
Cammy Bell admits his career started like a car crash but he now
wants to make a name for himself at the end of a long road to
recovery.
Before Bell had even played a first-team game at Rugby Park he
smashed his knee twice during loan spells and feared he would never
kick a ball again.
 But
when the goalie finally got his head round 12 months of rehab he
returned from Queen of the South as one of the few Killie players to
have played in Europe.
Now with Alan Combe not fully fit the 22-year-old has been given a
golden chance to become the No.1.
Cammy said: "I've waited a long time for a chance at Kilmarnock and
it's great to finally get it. The last few years have been so
frustrating.
"I was worried I wouldn't get back playing after the injury. I did
my cruciate twice. I had been back three months when it snapped
again on loan at Montrose.
"There were times at the start when our physio Alex McQueen had to
convince me I'd get over it. Normally players damage their anterior cruciate ligament but I did
the posterior. I was told the injury was far more common in road crashes. It can
happen when you smash your shin against the dashboard and the op is
a bit more complex.
"It took me a year to get back and at that point my career was a bit
of a car crash.I was way down in the dumps especially in the first few weeks. It's hard to get through the rehab because it's a long road. But the loan spell at Queen of the South last season brought me
leaps and bounds. It gave me games for six months and I sampled
Europe in a live TV tie against FC Nordsjaelland.
"I got used to playing so it was tough returning to Killie and being
on the bench again."
Bell could have left Rugby Park this summer but was urged by Jim
Jefferies to stay and battle it out with Combe for a starting slot.
He has made an impressive start to the season and expects to remain
in the side when Combe returns.
Cammy said: "Alan is back in training but if I do well I hope the
gaffer will stick by me. I've learned a lot from Alan but want to keep him out of the team. The boss told me if I did well in pre-season I would play. He said Alan was a good goalie but was getting older so if I played
well I'd stay in the team. Hopefully he will stick to his word."
Oct 29th 2009....When
Bell signed a new 12-month contract at Rugby Park in the summer,
he'd hoped to be the main man to step in if Alan Combe got crocked.
Yet when Combe was injured, boss Jim Jefferies chose to bring in
Celtic's Mark Brown on loan until the end of the year instead and
Bell was back on the bench again.
Brown's deal means he won't feature at Parkhead on Saturday though
and now Bell is determined to prove the hours working with Thomson
have paid off.
"I was a bit disappointed when Mark Brown came in and I did not get
a run of games.
"I spoke to Billy about the situation and he helped me keep my head
up when I needed someone to talk to.
"He's told me I'm still young for a goalie, but he also knows what
I'm like and he realises that I want to be playing.
"He's been in here about 18 months and I love working with him. It's
good to have a goalie coach there and he's worked with some good
guys too.
"He's brought a lot of fresh ideas to my game and it's definitely
helped me.
"He always tells me stuff that Stefan Klos used to do. They are
different ideas and you try them yourself and see if they work for
you.
"Now he's told me to keep playing well in reserve games and in
training and if I do that I'll be in the manager's thoughts.
"I just need to keep working hard and see what happens. Hopefully I
can do myself justice if I get the chance on Saturday."
Bell, 23, had other options when his contract at Killie ran out in
the summer, but was desperate to get the deal which would allow him
to extend his stay there.
He added: "The gaffer told me he wanted someone with experience when
he found out Allan Combe would be out for a long time.
"He told me I've done nothing wrong and he was happy with the way I
was performing, but he just had the chance to bring Mark in and that
was it.
"It was hard for me and frustrating at first, but you've just got to
get on with it.
"Hopefully I would get another chance and I knew I'd play against
Celtic.
"I've never played at Parkhead before but I like playing in big
matches, like the European games when I was on loan at Queen of the
South last season.
"We've definitely got a chance. If we go and attack them we can
cause real problems."
Jan 20th 2010 on Getting The Killie Starting Job After Brown's
return to Celtic.... |
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"I liked Jim as a
manager, he was good to me and gave me all my
contracts. But hopefully with the new manager
coming in I've got a chance to impress and kick
on and keep my place. I'm still young for
a goalie and 23 isn't old, so I've still got a
lot to learn. Hopefully with experience I'll get
better and I can do my best for the club. I've
not really had a chance to speak to the new
manager about what's going to happen.
Feb 10th Jimmy Calderwood on Cameron Bell's
Form... "I hadn't a clue who he was, so
when we came here I thought we'd have to bring
in a keeper. Alan Combe was injured and Mark
Brown had gone back to Parkhead which reduced
our options. So it was pure luck that we decided
to throw him in and see what happened and he's
been absolutely brilliant. I hope I'm not
tempting fate, but so far he's made fabulous
saves at crucial moments in every game. But it's
not ideal when your goalkeeper is your best
player - I'd like to see him having a quieter
game for a change."