Simeon Hodson
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| Simeon Hodson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simeon Paul Hodson | |
| Date of birth | March 5, 1966 | |
| Place of birth | Lincoln, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982-1984 | Notts County | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1983–1985 1984–1985 1985–1986 1985–1987 1987–1988 1987–1993 1992–1993 1992–1993 1992–1993 1993–1997 1996–1998 1997–1999 1998–2000 2000–2001 |
Notts County Charlton Athletic Lincoln United Lincoln City Newport County West Bromwich Albion Doncaster Rovers Kidderminster Harriers Mansfield Town Kidderminster Harriers Rushden and Diamonds Telford United Altrincham Sutton Coldfield Town |
27 (0) 5 (0) ? (?) 56 (0) 34 (1) 83 (0) 15 (0) 6 (0) 17 (0) 125 (0) 25 (0) 26 (0) 68 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1994 | England C | 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Simeon Paul Hodson is a former professional footballer who made 237 appearances in the football league, principally for his hometown team Lincoln City and for West Bromwich Albion, before moving into the non-league ranks. He spent a number of seasons playing in the football conference, making a total of 216 league appearances at this level. He was the captain of the champions Kidderminster Harriers in 1993–1994 and also represented the England semi-professional football team. He retired in the summer of 2001 with a knee-injury[1].
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[edit] Relegations
Simeon was known as something of a football Jonah during his career due to the number of relegations he suffered[2] . He has been involved in teams relegated from the top five levels of the English football league system. In his debut season, 1983–84, he was part of the Notts County team relegated from First Division. In 1990–91 he was part of the West Bromwich Albion team relegated from the Second Division. His two seasons, 1985–86 and 1986–87, with Lincoln City saw him relegated from first the Third Division and then the Fourth Division. In 1999–2000 he was relegated from the football conference with Altrincham. In 1992–93 he was a member of the Mansfield Town team relegated from the Second Division which, following the inception of the FA Premier League, was now the third level of the league system. Thus, he can also claim to have been relegated from the top five levels of the English football league system with five different clubs.
It is worth noting that, though he left before the season's end, he played for Notts County in the 1984–85 season when they went on to be relegated from the Second Division. Consequently, his first four seasons saw him involved with clubs relegated from the top four levels in order. To cap it all off, his fifth season (1987–88) saw him initially at Newport County who went on to be relegated from the Fourth Division.
[edit] Career after football
In October 2006, Simeon joined Warwickshire Police as the Police Community Support Officer for Ansley Common, Ansley Village, Whitacre and Arley[3]. Prior to that he had worked as a watchmaker and in distribution.
[edit] References
- ^ "Ex-England defender Hodson forced to quit", Non League Daily, 26 August 2001. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Sean Ingle. "Which player has been relegated the most?", The Guardian, 20 February 2002. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ "Three new PCSO's for North Warwickshire", Warwickshire Police Media Portal, 30 November 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
[edit] External links
- Simeon Hodson career stats at Soccerbase
- Lincoln City official profile
- Doncaster Rovers FC profile
- Rushden & Diamonds official profile
- Warwickshire Police profile
