Ian Bishop insists he has no regrets about leaving Everton after just a single first team appearance while also lifting the lid on his unusual meeting with rapper Vanilla Ice who was wearing a Liverpool shirt.
Scouser Bishop, who grew up on the Cantril Farm housing estate, went on to enjoy a long career in the game with the likes of Carlisle United, Bournemouth, Manchester City, West Ham United and Rochdale but his time at Goodison Park was restricted to a solitary 15-minute cameo as a substitute against Manchester United in a 1-1 home draw on May 5, 1984.
Speaking to the Bred A Blue podcast, Bishop was asked what he remembers from his senior debut almost four decades ago and said: “Fear… looking at their midfield, (Arnold) Muhren, (Remi) Moses, (Bryan) Robson, (Ray) Wilkins, sitting on the bench was probably worse than starting. I’m a realist so I do understand that there was an FA Cup final a couple of weeks later and people were getting rested.
