Bishop began his days as a footballer playing for London Schools, as well as playing Air Force Football during the
First World War. Bishop continued his career at
Ilford, before moving on to
Crystal Palace. Bishop transferred to
West Ham United in 1920 and was part of the West Ham team that won promotion to the
First Division and also appeared in the famous
White Horse Final, the first
FA Cup final at the brand new
Wembley Stadium, during the
1922–23 season. He played for them until November 1926, making 172 appearances and netting 10 goals. He became known affectionately by the fans of West Ham as
Sticks. Bishop went on to play club football for
Leicester City where he gained
England international recognition, winning four caps, the first of them against
Scotland on 2 April 1927 (in a later era he might have played for Scotland, as his mother was from
Aberdeenshire). He also scored one goal for England in the 86th minute of a match against
Luxembourg on 21 May 1927 which England won 5–2. He moved to
Chelsea in June 1928 for £4,500 and made over 100 appearances for the club before retiring in May 1933. ==References==