David Hodgson (footballer)

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]

David Hodgson
Personal information
Full name David James Hodgson
Date of birth (1960-08-06) 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

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

As a manager

Managerial statistics
Team Nat From To Record
GWLDWin %
Darlington) August 1995 December 1995 2175933.3
Darlington August 1996 August 2000 21576815835.3
Darlington October 2003 September 2006 14451514235.4

References
  1. "David Hodgson". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "1982/83 Charity Shield 3 83/84". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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