David Hodgson

David James Hodgson (born 6 August 1960) is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland, Swansea 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.

He was a member of the 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship-winning England under-21 team.

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 First Division: 1982–83, 1983–84 FA Charity Shield: 1982 European Cup: 1983–84

Sunderland Football League Cup runner-up: 1984–85

England U21 UEFA Under-21 Championship: 1982

Managerial statistics