Colby Bishop

Colby David Bishop (born 4 November 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Accrington Stanley.

Colby Bishop
Personal information
Full name Colby David Bishop[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996[2]
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 19
Youth career
0000–2014 Notts County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Notts County 4 (0)
2016 → Gloucester City (loan) 9 (2)
2016–2017 Worcester City 25 (8)
2017 Boston United 10 (0)
2017–2019 Leamington 49 (28)
2019– Accrington Stanley 49 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:05, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Bishop signed his first professional contract with Notts County in November 2014.[3] He made his first team debut for the "Magpies" in a 1–0 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons at Meadow Lane on 26 December, he was replaced by Elliott Whitehouse after 73 minutes.[4] In May 2017 he was signed by National League North side Leamington.[5] He combined his playing career with a job in a school.

Accrington Stanley

On 13 July 2019 he joined Accrington Stanley of League One for an undisclosed fee.[6] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the season, playing the duration of a 2–0 defeat at Lincoln City,[7] before he scored his first goal for the club in his second appearance, equalising from the penalty spot as Accrington were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Sunderland in an eventual 3–1 defeat.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 February 2021
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Notts County 2014–15[9] League One 3000000030
2015–16[10] League Two 1000000010
Total 4000000040
Gloucester City (loan) 2015–16[11] National League North 9200—0092
Worcester City 2016–17[11] National League North 25800—1[lower-alpha 1]0268
Boston United 2016–17[11] National League North 10000—00100
Leamington 2017–18 National League North 19721—2[lower-alpha 1]0238
2018–19 National League North 282000—2[lower-alpha 1]13021
Total 472721—415329
Accrington Stanley 2019–20[12] League One 27101011213112
2020–21[13] League One 227110031269
Total 49172111525721
Career total 14452421110315958
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Accrington Stanley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Colby Bishop". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Teenager Colby Bishop pens pro deal with Notts County". Nottingham Post. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. "Notts County 0 - 1 MK Dons". 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. "Former Notts County youngster signs". 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. "Colby Bishop: Accrington Stanley sign Leamington striker". 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. "Lincoln City 2–0 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. "Accrington Stanley 1–3 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. "Games played by Colby Bishop in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  10. "Games played by Colby Bishop in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  11. Colby Bishop at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  12. "Games played by Colby Bishop in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. "Games played by Colby Bishop in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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