Ian Bishop (born on 29 May 1965 in
Liverpool) is a former
football who played as a
midfielder.
He was born on the
Cantril Farm housing estate in Liverpool and on leaving school in July 1981 he joined
Everton, turning professional for the
1983-84 season under the management of
Howard Kendall - who had taken over during the same summer that Bishop had first joined the club.
However, he failed to break into the first team at
Goodison Park. After spells at
Crewe Alexandra,
Carlisle United and
Bournemouth he signed for
Manchester City in 1989. Bishop was a good passer of the ball and in his 24 appearances for Manchester City in his first spell helped the team demolish their local rivals
Manchester United 5-1. Despite being popular with the Manchester City supporters he was sold by then manager
Howard Kendall to
West Ham United.
Bishop joined in the same week as
Trevor Morley and
Colin Foster, as manager
Lou Macari continued to rebuild the West Ham squad. He spent the majority of his career at West Ham, playing 284 times between 1989 and 1998, scoring 16 goals and becoming something of a cult figure.In 1998, having become surplus to requirements at the
Boleyn Ground, he returned to Manchester City. His second spell at the club saw the team relegated to what was then Division Two, but then promoted to Division One and in the following season to the Premiership. Bishop was an integral player in the team which earned promotion to the premiership but only played ten times for the club in...
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