David Hodgson (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | David James Hodgson | ||
Date of birth | 6 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
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) |
1978–1992 | Total | 287 | (27) |
National team | |||
1980–1982 | England U-21s | 7 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
1995 | Darlington | ||
1996–2000 | Darlington | ||
2003–2006 | Darlington | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
David James Hodgson (born 6 August 1960) is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland 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 .[1]
He was director of sport at bhpsport, a division of Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP. He left his post as Darlington manager in October 2006, 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[]
As a player[]
- Liverpool
- FA Charity Shield winner: [2]
- First Division Title winner: 1982–83, 1983–84
- European Cup winner: 1983–84
- Sunderland
- Milk Cup runner-up: 1984–85
- England U-21s
- UEFA Under-21 Football Championship Title winner: 1982
As a manager[]
- Darlington
- Division Three Play-Off Final runner-up: 1999–00
Managerial statistics[]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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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[]
- ^ "David Hodgson". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "1982/83 Charity Shield 3 83/84". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
External links[]
- David Hodgson at Soccerbase
- David Hodgson management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
- Profile at LFCHistory.net
- Liverpool FC profile
- David Hodgson at BDFutbol
- 1960 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- English expatriate footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- English football managers
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. managers
- Xerez CD footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Segunda División players
- FC Metz players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
- Japan Soccer League players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Association football forwards
- English expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- English expatriate sportspeople in France