After spending a year with St Albans City of the Isthmian League, he left the RAF and signed for Southampton in August 1926.
[1] In the summer of 1926, the "Saints" manager Arthur Chadwick had signed several new players, including Dick Rowley and Sammy Taylor, both of whom could play in either of the inside-forward positions.
[3] The form of Rowley and Taylor prevented Bishop regaining his place in the first-team, and he spent the remainder of his Saints' career in the reserves, where he made 23 appearances before his contract was cancelled in January 1927.
[1] After a period in non-league football, he briefly resurrected his League career with a season in the Third Division North with Barrow.
He rejoined the RAF at the outbreak of World War II, serving as an aircraft gunner in France before the Dunkirk evacuations.