Andy Bishop
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Jamie Bishop
Date of birth	19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 27)
Place of birth	Stone, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bury
Number	10
Youth career
	Walsall
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2004 2002–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2006 2006–	Walsall → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) → Rochdale (loan) → Yeovil Town (loan) York City Bury	000 0(0) 029 0(5) 011 0(2) 010 0(1) 005 0(2) 079 (34) 134 (50)
National team2
2004–2006	England C	004 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew Jamie "Andy" Bishop (born 19 October 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Bury as a striker.

[edit] Football career

[edit] Walsall

Bishop was born on 19 October 1982 and started his footballing career at Walsall in August 2002.^[1] He joined Kidderminster Harriers on a month's loan in November 2002.^[2] Kidderminster extended this loan in December.^[3] He joined Kidderminster for a second spell, joining on loan at the start of the 2003–04 season.^[4] His loan at Kidderminster was extended for a second month in September 2003.^[4]

He was signed by Rochdale on a month's loan in November 2003.^[5] This loan was extended for a second month in December 2003.^[6] He returned to Walsall in January 2004, after Rochdale opted not to extend his loan.^[7]

He joined Yeovil Town on a month's loan in February 2004.^[1] Yeovil decided not to sign Bishop on a permanent deal, because of niggling injury problems.^[8]

[edit] York City

Bishop was signed by York City in July 2004, after rejecting a new deal at Walsall.^[9] He was named the Conference National player of the month for February 2006.^[10] He scored 23 goals for York in the Conference National during the 2005–06 season, which made him the leagues top scorer.^[11]

[edit] Bury

Bishop was signed by Bury on a free transfer on 8 May 2006, signing a two-year contract.^[12] He marked his first season back in the Football League by scoring 21 goals in all competitions,^[13] becoming the first Bury player to score 20 or more goals in a season for 13 seasons.^[14] He signed a new deal with Bury, which would expire in June 2010, in September 2007.^[15] He could have been a transfer target for Crewe Alexandra the January 2008 transfer window.^[16] Bury offered Bishop a new contract,^[17] but he rejected it to weigh up his options. ^[18]

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[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andy Bishop

• Andy Bishop career stats at Soccerbase
• Andy Bishop profile at the Bury website