Number of caps: 1 If you ever need a reason why Stuart Pearce should never manage at the highest level - you know, beyond his atrocious record at club level and his history of getting promising England Under-21 sides knocked out of tournaments playing kick-and-rush football - then the fact he capped Frazier Campbell should be enough. Then Under-21 boss, Pearce took control of the senior side on an interim basis following the shock resignation of Fabio Capello. His first (and as it turned out, only) game as national boss was a friendly against the Netherlands, and the ex-left back wanted to selected untried and untested young players. It was not necessarily a bad idea, but one of those "young" players was 24-year-old striker Fraizer Campbell. The game took place at the end of February 2012, and the form cited for the call up of the Sunderland man was his first goal of the season, which he had scored a few weeks previously. It was to be his only goal that season. In fact, he had only netted 6 league goals in the previous 4 years. Since his England debut he's been relatively prolific, with 18 league goals in the four years since (7 of them in the Championship). Still, according to Stuart Pearce, one goal every few months makes you an international class striker. You may not be surprised to learn that Pearce is currently an out of work manager.
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