Pie,Peas & Gravy: Sol, Sol, wherever you may be..

Morecambe 2
Bentley (36)
Mullin (52)
-Vs-
Notts County 1
Davies (71)

Att: 3,335

Sol Campbell hated his Notts County debut at Morecambe so much it prompted the former England star to quit after just one game.
Defender Campbell, 35, had his lucrative five-year contract with the League Two club terminated yesterday by mutual consent.
But the star had no plans to leave County until playing 90 minutes in a 2-1 defeat at Christie Park last Saturday.

Just last week he was house-hunting in Nottingham and planning to honour his commitment to the Meadow Lane club.
Yet Campbell's debut at Morecambe brought home the enormity of his drop from the Premier League after leaving Portsmouth on a free.
Campbell also felt let down by the lack of other high-profile arrivals at County after director of football Sven Goran Eriksson persuaded him to join.
But his abrupt decision to quit and say goodbye to team-mates on Tuesday has left the club’s hierarchy fuming.
Owners Munto Finance feel badly treated by Campbell and believe the veteran was naive not to expect life in League Two to be a massive culture shock.
Magpies’ chairman Peter Trembling said: “This is a five year project, not a five week one.
“If a player doesn’t want to play for us we don’t want him here.”
Campbell also felt put in an awkward position as it was Eriksson who brought him to the club - not manager Ian McParland.
And McParland was noticeably ambivalent towards the arrival of the former Spurs and Arsenal star.
Campbell in turn was not impressed by McParland having worked under the likes of Arsene Wenger in the past.
But McParland insists he did not force Campbell out of the club, last night saying: “Sol is a smashing lad and a decent human being.”
Campbell is now considering his options but the Football League claim he will not be able to play for a new club until the January window.
And he is unlikely to be the only man departing soon as the pressure mounts further on McParland with County eighth in the table.

Shamelessly ripped from the Daily Mirror site (23/09/09). Including the following concise comment on the Sol debacle from stalwart Shrimps supporter Mike Gibson:

"Oh poor Sol. The 'enormity of the drop' was what caused him to leave. Nothing to do then with him being slow, over-weight and unfit. Nothing to do with his horrendously late tackle (not malicious just woefully slow) on Manny Panther it broke his foot. Nothing to do with being dumped on his rear twice by Phil Jevons. Nothing to do with being skinned twice by Michael Twiss who admis to being short on pace. Or nothing to do with the fact that Notts County lost, should have been by more and looked anything but a promotion side. He left because of the shame of being paid £40K a week for what a young up and coming non-leaguer could have done as well and with passion for a 50th of the price."

Like father, like son - Kasper Schmeichel comes close to equalising for County in spectacular fashion during injury time at the end of the second half.