Nicky Bissett

Bissett was born in Fulham, London.^[1] 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.^[2][5] 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.^[6] 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.^[2][7] 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.^[2][8] He made one substitute appearance for Crawley Town,^[9] and then tried his luck in minor football with Stamco, but his knee prevented his playing even at that level.^[2]

He and his family relocated to York, his wife's home town, and he worked as a postman.^[2] As of 2020^[update], their sons George and Harry were playing non-league football in Yorkshire.^[10][11][12]