birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
29 may 1965 000 -- 1989 1989 1989 -- 1998 1998 -- 2001 2001 ? 2002 2002 -- 2003 2003 -- 2004 2004 -- 1983 1984 1984 -- 1988 1988 000 ? -- 1983 1 8 10 16 4 132 44 19 255 78 23 2 0 0 1 3 0 14 2 2 12 2 0 0 320 ian 19 april 2014.jpg bishop at west ham united 's boleyn ground ian bishop bishop at the boleyn ground , april 2014 ian william bishop liverpool , england england b 5 11 592 36 everton everton bournemouth manchester city west ham united manchester city miami fusion → barry town rochdale radcliffe borough new orleans shell shockers crewe alexandra -lrb- loan -rrb- carlisle united midfielder ian bishop -lrb- footballer -rrb-

ian bishop -lrb- footballer -rrb-

ian william bishop -lrb- born 29 may 1965 in liverpool -rrb- is a former footballer 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 for # 465,000 in a deal involving paul moulden .
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 scoring city 's third goal , on 23 september 1989 .
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 the top flight .
he transferred to miami fusion in march 2001 and played major league soccer -lrb- 23 apps 0 goals -rrb- , before finishing his playing career with a stint at the new orleans shell shockers in the usl premier development league .
