Connect with us

Northern Premier League

Former Southport boss Andy Bishop returns to playing with Hyde United

VETERAN striker Andy Bishop is lacing up his boots again after his spell as Southport manager, signing for Step 4 club Hyde United.
bishop

VETERAN striker Andy Bishop is lacing up his boots again after his spell as Southport manager, signing for Step 4 club Hyde United.

Bishop, still only 33, left the Sandgrounders at the beginning of the month after a tough start to the National League season.

He was named as the successor to Dino Maamria in April after an impressive spell in caretaker charge and led the club to 16th last term before just one win in their opening eight games of this campaign.

Bishop has returned to football just a few weeks after his Southport departure, making his Hyde debut on Tuesday night in the Tigers’ 4-0 win at Prescot Cables.

He impressed in his first game for Darren Kelly’s side and while he didn’t get on the scoresheet, he helped Hyde seal a comprehensive victory.

The match report on the Tigers’ website described Bishop as “the missing piece to pull this group of players into a squad who can challenge”.

Bishop started his career at Walsall but made his debut for Kidderminster Harriers before also playing for Rochdale and Yeovil Town.

He really made his name at Bury, however, netting 83 goals in 264 appearances over a seven-year spell with the Shakers before his move into Non-League with Wrexham.

Related Topics
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.
My Betting Sites
Isuzu
free bets

 

best-betting-sites-by-betinireland-banner

More in Northern Premier League

  • Sisa Tuntulwana wheels away after heading Gainsborough Trinity level against Accrington Stanley Sisa Tuntulwana wheels away after heading Gainsborough Trinity level against Accrington Stanley

    FA Cup roundup: Non-League quartet bow out in first round

    It proved a tough afternoon for the non-league contingent in the FA Cup first round on Sunday, with all four sides bowing out against EFL opposition.

  •

    Sorry Lions are given mauling by the Pitmen

    GUISELEY 1 HEDNESFORD TOWN 5 By Tom Feaheny HIGH-FLYING Hednesford Town produced a performance of complete dominance to demolish struggling Guiseley. Both teams had had a few tricky results but while the Lions were in the drop zone, Hednesford had their sights on returning to the play-off places – and...

  •

    LUKE MAKES IT CHILDS’ PLAY…

    DIV 1 MIDLANDS By Will Whyte LICHFIELD CITY 3 BOURNE TOWN 2 LICHFIELD City got the better of Bourne Town in a thrilling encounter at Tyre Trade Community Stadium. The hosts broke the deadlock in the 12th minute, Luke Childs setting up Harry Wakefield who fired home from 18 yards....

  •

    WITTON ALBION 1 CLITHEROE 0

    DIV 1 WEST By Barry Heaps ■ WITTON Albion ended a five-match sequence without a win, thanks to Tom Hoyle’s first-half header which proved enough to see off Clitheroe. The striker’s sixth league goal of the campaign, glanced in off the far upright from Aaron Fleming’s free-kick, arrived in first-half’s...