Andrew Jamie Bishop (born 19 October 1982) is an English semi-professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for
National League North
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club
Stalybridge Celtic
Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip.
In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...
.
Bishop started his career in the youth team at
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...
, taking
loan
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spells with
Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...
,
Rochdale
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and
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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. He was released by Walsall in 2004 and he joined
York City
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...
where he stayed for two seasons before signing for
Bury
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*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
. Bishop was the
player-manager
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of
National League
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club
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
during 2016.
Club career
Walsall
Born in
Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...
, Staffordshire, Bishop started his career at
Walsall
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's youth system as a trainee, signing a professional contract on 9 August 2002.
He joined
Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...
on a one-month
loan
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on 18 November 2002. Kidderminster extended this loan in December 2002. He joined Kidderminster for a second spell, joining on loan at the start of the
2003–04 season.
His loan at Kidderminster was extended for a second month in September 2003.
He was signed by
Rochdale
Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
on a one-month loan on 20 November 2003. This loan was extended for a second month in December 2003. He returned to Walsall in January 2004, after Rochdale opted not to extend his loan.
He joined
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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on a one-month loan on 5 February 2004.
Yeovil decided not to sign Bishop on a permanent deal, because of niggling injury problems.
York City
Bishop was signed by
Conference National
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team
York City
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...
on 15 July 2004 after rejecting a new deal at Walsall. He was named the Conference National Player of the Month for February 2006, having scored seven goals to help York move into a play-off place during that month. He scored 22 goals for York in the Conference National during
2005–06,
which made him the division's top scorer.
Bury
Bishop joined League Two club
Bury
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*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
on a
free transfer on 8 May 2006, signing a two-year contract. He marked his first season back in the Football League by scoring 21 goals in all competitions,
becoming the first Bury player to score 20 or more goals in a season for 13 seasons. He signed a new deal with Bury, which would expire in June 2010, in September 2007.
Bury offered Bishop a new contract in January 2009, but he rejected it to weigh up his options. However, he eventually signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract, which contracted him at the club until June 2012. Bishop missed the majority of
2009–10 due to two surgeries, and only returned to full fitness in February 2010.
Grimsby Town
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made an enquiry for Bishop in May 2010, following their
relegation
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into the
Conference Premier
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. On 30 November 2011, Bishop signed a contract extension with Bury until the end of the 2013–14 season.
On 31 August 2012, Bishop signed for Conference Premier club
Wrexham
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on loan until 2 January 2013. He made his debut in Wrexham's 0–0 draw away to
Luton Town
Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...
on 15 September 2012, before scoring his first goal the following week in a 2–2 home draw with
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
.
He was recalled by Bury on 4 October 2012, after making four appearances and scoring two goals. His return to the team came after starting in a 1–1 extra time draw with Rochdale in the
Football League Trophy
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second round, which Bury won 5–4 in a
penalty shoot-out
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.
Wrexham
Bishop joined Conference Premier side Wrexham permanently on a two-year contract on 9 July 2013.
Bishop made his debut in his second spell in a 2–1 home win against
Welling United
Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football.
History
Welling United Foot ...
, before scoring his first goal on 14 September 2013 in a 2–0 home win against Luton.
Bishop achieved his first hat-trick for Wrexham in November 2013, as they came from behind to beat
Gateshead
Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...
3–2.
He was released by new manager
Gary Mills in May 2015.
F.C. Halifax Town
Bishop signed for
National League
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club
F.C. Halifax Town
FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...
on 23 June 2015. He made his debut on the opening day of
2015–16, in a 3–1 loss to
Boreham Wood
Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known ...
on 11 August 2015.
Bishop made four appearances for Halifax,
before joining their divisional rivals
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
on 27 August 2015.
Southport
Bishop made his first appearance for Southport against
Barrow on 29 August 2015 in a 1-0 losing effort. He scored his first goal for the club on 17 October 2015, the only goal in a 1–0 win over Kidderminster Harriers. He was appointed as Southport's
caretaker manager
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on 19 March 2016,
and took charge of their 1–0
away defeat to
Torquay United
Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...
the same day. He was appointed as
player-manager
A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the sq ...
permanently on 27 April 2016, after losing only one of his first seven matches in charge. His Southport team finished the
2015–16 National League
The 2015–16 National League season (known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) was the first season under the new title of National League, the twelfth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-seventh season overal ...
in 16th place. On 3 September 2016, Bishop parted company Southport, after the team won only one of their first eight matches of
2016–17.
Hyde United
Bishop returned to playing with
Northern Premier League
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Division One North club
Hyde United
Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1919, they were renamed Hyde F.C. between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City.[Prescot Cables
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.
International career
Bishop was
capped
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four times by
England C
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Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it fe ...
, scoring two goals, from 2004 to 2006.
Career statistics
Managerial statistics
Honours
Individual
*
PFA Team of the Year
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(
Football League Two
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):
2008–09
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Andy
1982 births
Living people
People from Cannock
Footballers from Staffordshire
English footballers
England semi-pro international footballers
Association football forwards
Walsall F.C. players
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
Rochdale A.F.C. players
Yeovil Town F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Wrexham A.F.C. players
FC Halifax Town players
Southport F.C. players
Hyde United F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Northern Premier League players
English football managers
Southport F.C. managers
National League (English football) managers
Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players