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Breks wrote:Jeff Whitley, I'm sure he's now a car salesman.

Wonderwall wrote:

Alioune DVToure wrote:

Benjay wrote:
Anyone from the side that got us out of League 1. Morrison, Wiekens, Cooke, Weaver, Bishop etc etc. And not forgetting Big Joe and David Bernstein. Without them all we can only speculate....

I'm pretty sure Bishop rejoined after we got promoted back to Division One, as it was. Not that that detracts from your point.

EDIT: Just checked and I'm wrong. Odd, as I'm normally bang-on with dates.

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.[2] 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.[3] 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 (23 apps 0 goals), before finishing his playing career with a stint at the New Orleans Shell Shockers in the USL Premier Development League. He now resides in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife and three children.

from the ever reliable wiki

Alioune DVToure wrote:Gerard Wiekens. Good guy, never let us down and was a consummate professional in three different divisions - one of which was below his ability level and one of which was a bit above it.

Decent thread.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:George Heslop; a rough, tough, totally committed centre-half who was crudeness personified. If he'd had a brain he would have been dangerous.

How the deuce did we win the League with him in the No 5 shirt ???....but what a player !!

Benjay wrote:Remember Maurizio Gaudino? When we signed him wasn't he under investigation by the Italian police? Something to do with cars...

Fidel Castro wrote:Mpenza. Would have gone down if it wasn't for some crucial goals from him after we signed him

nottsblue wrote:

Benjay wrote:Always liked Danny Tiatto. Never shirked a challenge.

+1. Add Andy Morrison to that. Hard as nails. Limited ability but used what he had to great effect

Wooders wrote:Albert "the eagle" Riera!