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BISHOP AIMS TO PUT STAGS IN HEAVEN

Veteran midfielder still as hungry as ever

By Charlie Bennett

COMMITTED: Mansfield’s Neal Bishop
PICTURE: PA Images

NOTHING riles Neal Bishop quite like being labelled a has-been.
Aged 37 and back in League Two for the first time in eight years, it is easy to understand why many had dismissed the midfielder as heading into semi-retirement at Mansfield.
But, with 14 starts from the first 15 games at his new club, the veteran insists he has plenty left to give.
Under David Flitcroft, Bishop has played a key role in making the Stags one of the toughest teams to beat in League Two &nda...

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