David James Hodgson (born 6 August 1960) is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool,[2] Norwich City, Sunderland, Swansea[3] and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as top division clubs FC Metz in France, Mazda in Japan, and Jerez Club Deportivo in Spain. During his two-year spell at Liverpool he helped them win the First Division twice. He made 49 appearances in total between 1982 and 1984.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David James Hodgson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Middlesbrough | 125 | (16) |
| 1982–1984 | Liverpool | 48 | (4) |
| 1984–1986 | Sunderland | 40 | (5) |
| 1986–1987 | Norwich City | 6 | (1) |
| 1987 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Xerez | 14 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | Mazda | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1992 | Metz | 38 | (0) |
| 1992 | Swansea City | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 287 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1982 | England U21 | 7 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995 | Darlington | ||
| 1996–2000 | Darlington | ||
| 2003–2006 | Darlington | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was a member of the 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship-winning England under-21 team.[5]
He was director of sport at bhpsport, a division of Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP. He left his post as Darlington manager in October 2006,[6] where he was in his third spell in charge of the team, managing over 400 games. In 2004, he wrote a book titled Three Times A Quaker: My World of Football and Passion for Darlington F.C. published by Speakeasy Publishing. Voted in top 25 North East Managers of all time.
Honours
editAs a player
editLiverpool
Sunderland
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1984–85
England U21
- UEFA Under-21 Championship: 1982
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Darlington | August 1995 | December 1995 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Darlington | August 1996 | August 2000 | 215 | 76 | 81 | 58 | 35.3 |
| Darlington | October 2003 | September 2006 | 144 | 51 | 51 | 42 | 35.4 |
References
edit- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Hodgson's back with Darlington". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, UK. 16 November 1996. p. 61.
- ^ "Pembridge no to £1.5 million transfer". Newcastle Journal. Newcastle, UK. 27 March 1992. p. 42.
- ^ "David Hodgson". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Match results under 21 1976–1990". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Craig Stoddart. "Hodgson sacked". thenorthernecho.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "1982/83 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
External links
edit- David Hodgson at Soccerbase
- David Hodgson management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
- Profile at LFCHistory.net
- David Hodgson at BDFutbol
- David Hodgson – UEFA competition record (archive)
