Lee Camp joined QPR for £300,000 from Derby County after two successful loan spells at the club. Back
in 2004 Rangers were without Chris Day, Nick Culkin and Jake Cole
for the trip to Hartlepool leaving the team without a recognised
goalkeeper. Holloway swooped to sign Camp and the young keeper made
an excellent start to his spell at QPR. Many fans wanted Camp to make the move permanent and the club tried to sign Camp later that summer but he was in George Burleys plans. He was a regular for Derby in 2004/05 and was one of their best players showing some superb form as they just missed out on promotion losing in the playoff final. He fell out with the manager at Derby Phil Brown and has struggled to win his place back ever since. He had a loan spell at Norwich before coming back to QPR in February for a three month loan. Camp was outstanding and played a huge role in keeping us up and also featured in the first game at the new Wembley when he played for England under 21's against Italy. He returned to Derby before the end of the season and helped them to win a place in the playoffs and was on the bench when they won promotion at Wembley. In the summer of 2007 Camp made the move back to QPR in a £300,000 move and got his chance to be the first choice keeper at Loftus Road. His own performances were of a high standard behind a struggling defence and won this websites award for the best QPR player of 2007. Camp didn't miss a league game all season but soon faced competition for his place with the arrival of Radek Cerny and has found first team opportunities limited this season. There was a reported fall out in the summer with rumours that Flavio Briatorie didn't rate Camp and wanted him replaced which appeared to be backed up when Flavio himself said one of the arguments with Dowie was over which keeper should be playing. Camp found himself number two in the pecking order and in search of first team football he joined Nottingham Forest on loan where he played well for them saving two penalties as they moved out of the bottom three. He returned to QPR in January only to be made to train with the youth team in what looked like a final slap in the face before he left but an injury to Cerny saw Camp called upon again and he kept clean sheets against Blackpool and reading before a disappointing performance at his old club Nottingham Forest. Camp's future looks like it is away from Loftus Road but he's made a big impression during his time at QPR and remains one of the better keepers in the Championship.
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