John Hodge (English footballer)
John Hodge (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 April 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Ormskirk, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Falmouth Town | 3 | (4) |
| 1991–1993 | Exeter City | 65 | (13) |
| 1993–1996 | Swansea City | 102 | (10) |
| 1996–1998 | Walsall | 76 | (13) |
| 1998–2000 | Gillingham | 52 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Northampton Town | 59 | (2) |
| 2003 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He went on trial with Manchester United from November 1989 to December 1989. Whilst at Swansea he was a part of the team that won after a penalty shootout in the 1994 Football League Trophy Final.[1] He joined Gillingham in July 1998.[2]
His only league goal was a second-half injury-time equaliser against Macclesfield on 3 October 1998. He was regarded as a 'supersub', coming off the substitute's bench to often devastating effect - including setting up Robert Taylor for a last-minute goal against Fulham on 28 November 1998, and Andy Thomson for a 100th-minute winner against Walsall in a FA Cup replay on 8 January 2000.
He was the only Gillingham player to successfully convert a penalty in their 3-1 penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester City in the 1998/99 Division Two Play-off final. Hodge was signed by Kidderminster Harriers in January 2003.[3]
Notes
- White, Clive (25 April 1994). "Football: Sublime Swansea glide to victory: Welsh pride stirred at Wembley". The Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 292. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- "Britton signs Hodge". BBC Sport. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2007.