Nicky Bisset | |
Fullname: | Nicholas Bissett |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1964 |
Birth Place: | Fulham, England |
Position: | Central defender |
Years3: | 1987–1988 |
Clubs3: | Dagenham[1] |
Caps3: | 71 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 1988 |
Clubs4: | Barnet[2] |
Caps4: | 16 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1988–1995 |
Caps5: | 97 |
Goals5: | 8 |
Years6: | 1995 |
Caps6: | 1 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs7: | Stamco |
Nicholas Bissett (born 5 April 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made 97 Football League appearances playing as a central defender for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Bissett was born in Fulham, London. He worked as a gas service engineer and played football for Hornchurch and Walthamstow Avenue of the Isthmian League and Conference clubs Dagenham and Barnet, who set a record for a transfer between non-league clubs when they paid £20,000 for his services in March 1988.[3] Six months later, Second Division club Brighton & Hove Albion broke the record for a non-league player when they paid Barnet £115,000 for Bissett.[4] He became a regular in the team over his first 18 months, but he suffered a badly broken leg in a match against Swindon Town that kept him out for nearly a year.[5] He returned in time to help Albion reach the 1991 Second Division play-off final, which they lost to Notts County, but broke the leg again in 1993 and suffered a knee injury the following year which effectively finished his professional career.[6] He made one substitute appearance for Crawley Town,[7] and then tried his luck in minor football with Stamco, but his knee prevented his playing even at that level.[8]
He and his family relocated to York, his wife's home town, and he worked as a postman.[8], their sons George and Harry were playing non-league football in Yorkshire.[9] [10]