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Cammy began his senior career with Kilmarnock and, after loan spells with Montrose and Queen of the South, went on to play over 100 matches for the club, winning the Scottish League Cup in 2012. He was first called up to the senior Scotland squad on 4 October 2010 for the European Championship qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Spain, after Matt Gilks had dropped out through injury. He made his Scotland debut the following month, coming on to replace Craig Gordon midway through the second half of a 3-0 friendly win against the Faroe Islands at Pittodrie. In October 2011, he was called up to the Scotland's squad after Gilks was dropped, again due to injury. However, he himself injured his arm during training camp and was unavailable for selection. He was again called up to the Scotland squad for a friendly against Luxembourg in November 2012.

Cammy joined Rangers in 2013, helping them to the Scottish League One title in his first season, the club operating in the unfamiliar environment of Scotland's third tier at the time. In October 2013, he stated that playing for Rangers would improve his chances of getting a call–up to the national team once again and, in May 2014, he did indeed make it back to the Scotland squad for the first time in 18 months prior to the match against Nigeria, but he did not play. In March 2015, Bell re-iterated his Scotland ambitions, but nothing else transpired. He played for Dundee United during the 2016–17 season, famously saving three penalty kicks in one match against Dunfermline. He then had short spells with Kilmarnock and Hibernian before, in the summer of 2018, signing a two-year deal with Alan Archibald's Partick Thistle, recently relegated from the Scottish Premiership.

Around this time, he spoke out about being a second-choice goalkeeper, saying: “I was at two clubs where there were established first-team goalies. It was tough to dislodge them, because they were both having good seasons. It is difficult when you're not playing. For me, I'd rather be playing every week and be in the firing line.” After missing a match due to a knock, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 league cup win away to Morton. Upon joining Thistle, Cammy started as the club's first choice 'keeper, however the team's poor form soon led to Bell making mistakes under pressure. He subsequently fell behind Conor Hazard and Jamie Sneddon in the pecking order, a particularly poor performance in a 1-5 league defeat away to Morton shattering the confidence of all, including new manager Gary Caldwell who took had taken over from Alan Archibald in October 2018. On 31 January 2019, Cammy was loaned out to St Johnstone, where he was made second choice goalkeeper, behind Zander Clark, and, in June 2019, he left Partick Thistle by mutual consent.

Post-Thistle, Cammy had short spells with Falkirk and Queen's Park before announcing his retirement from the game, halfway through the 'Covid season' of 2020-21. He pursued a new career by becoming a media pundit and commentator, alongside his work for the Wheatley Group as a development project officer.

Cammy is included in our feature piece, The Definitive Who's Who Of The Partick Thistle Internationalists →