Campbell Hooper (Dean Holness) 2000-2001

First Regular Appearance: 4.1 (#203)  Sunday 1st October 2000

Last Regular Appearance: 4.26 (#228)  Sunday 15th April 2001

Duration: EP: 203 - 228  |  SE: 4.1 – 4.26

Squad Number/Position: #24 (Midfielder) (2000-2001)

Last Seen: With the squad celebrating Champions League qualification. Leaves for Aston Villa in a summer transfer.

Billy O’Neill’s replacement in midfield, Campbell Hooper was brought in from Millwall after impressing Ray Wyatt with his progress there along with his England Under-18 appearances. While Campbell himself was greatly excited for a move to the Premier League, his former chairman Theo Paphitis couldn’t be less impressed - accusing Harchester of poaching one of his club’s brightest talents they had moulded from schoolboy level. This results in Mr. Paphitis demanding chairwoman Lynda Block pay a £2M fee in compensation.

Campbell is inexperienced when dealing with the attention that comes with playing for Harchester, and forms a close bond with his on-the-pitch partner Wes Kingsley. Not long into his spell with the Dragons however, Wes is sold to neighbouring club Birmingham City as a way of bringing in funds for the compensation pay to Millwall. Campbell misses his friend, and suffers without his guidance especially where Karl Fletcher is concerned. This is evident when Campbell is due to replace Richard Blackwood at the Black Hair & Beauty Awards, wearing a tailor-made pink suit his team mates would never forget. Fletch deliberately doesn't pass on the message that Richard is on for the gig after all, until Campbell has made a fool of himself with his big dreams.

Campbell lodges at Eddie Moliano’s house at The Barrons along with Danny Rawsthorne. The three become firm friends, and Campbell and Danny are worried when Eddie begins dating Maria Kitson, a known gold-digger Campbell himself previously slept with. Despite their best efforts to show him otherwise, Eddie refuses to listen and falls out with his housemates. It takes him to get his heart broken by the schemer before Eddie realises what good friends he has.

The rest of Campbell’s season sees him contributing to a third-place finish and a Champions League gain for the Dragons. Following Prashant Dattani's murder, Sam Irving becomes Harchester United’s new chairman, appointing Alan Rothman as Ray Wyatt’s replacement. Rothman is desperate to bag Aston Villa’s Stevie Shaw, and sees Campbell as a way of getting his man. Ultimately Campbell and Stevie swap clubs, with Campbell leaving for the next stage of his career at Villa.

Dean Holness got the chance to mirror real life with fantasy, and left Dream Team to continue a career as a professional footballer, playing first for Southend United and then onto Fisher Athletic and Banstead Athletic.

In May 2020 Dean appeared at the Dream Team cast reunion fundraiser Harchester Reunited