Glyn Hodges

Glyn Peter Hodges (born 30 April 1963[3]) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer. His most recent position was as manager of AFC Wimbledon.

Glyn Hodges
Personal information
Full name Glyn Peter Hodges[1]
Date of birth (1963-04-30) 30 April 1963
Place of birth Streatham,[1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1980 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1987 Wimbledon 232 (49)
1981 → Koparit (loan) 12 (6)
1987 Newcastle United 7 (0)
1987–1990 Watford 86 (15)
1990–1991 Crystal Palace 7 (0)
1991–1996 Sheffield United 147 (19)
1996 Derby County 9 (0)
1996–1997 Sing Tao 10 (4)
1997–1998 Hull City 19 (4)
1998–1999 Nottingham Forest 5 (0)
1999 Scarborough 1 (0)
Total 535 (97)
National team
1984–1996 Wales 18 (2)
Teams managed
2001 Barnsley (Caretaker)
2002–2003 Barnsley (Caretaker)
2013–2018 Stoke City U23s
2019–2021 AFC Wimbledon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his playing career he played for Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Watford, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Derby County, Hull City, Nottingham Forest and Scarborough. He also played 18 times for the Wales national side, scoring twice.[3]

Football career

Hodges started his playing career with Wimbledon and made more than 200 appearances for the Crazy Gang during seven years at the club.[3] He had a brief spell with Newcastle United before returning south to join Watford in 1987 to re-team with ex-Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett. In the summer of 1981 Hodges played in Finland for Koparit.

He made over 100 appearances at Vicarage Road, enjoying four years at the club, and being voted Player of the Season in 1989, before joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 1990. His spell with the Eagles was short lived and the winger moved on loan to Sheffield United and thereby again linked up with former boss Dave Bassett. Hodges' form was impressive and he scored a number of key goals, before the move was made permanent for £410,000 via the help of a Sheffield United Grand National Sweepstake ticket, paid for by the Sheffield United fans.

Hodges' five years at Bramall Lane were successful and he became a fans favourite during his stay. Hodges notably scored the winner against Manchester United in a 5th round cup tie win at Bramall Lane.

Hodges made over 150 appearances for The Blades, before joining Derby County for a brief spell in 1996. After a year in Hong Kong with Sing Tao, Hodges returned to England for a brief spell at Hull City.[3] However, a big club clause in his contract allowed a move to Nottingham Forest to link once again with Bassett as a potential coach. However, an injury crisis at the start of the 1998–99 season meant Hodges was drafted in as a player. Brief spells at Total Network Solutions and Scarborough followed before Hodges retired in 2000.

Coaching career

The former Dons man arrived at Barnsley in August 2000 to link up with his old friend Bassett again. His work with the reserves had seen the side regularly challenge for honours both in the league and cup.

He was appointed caretaker manager for the first time back in October 2001 following the dismissal of Nigel Spackman and was in charge for just four games before Steve Parkin left Rochdale to take over The Tykes.

Parkin's tenure lasted just nine months as he was dismissed, with the club going into administration following their relegation to Division Two. Hodges again became caretaker manager and remained in charge for the remainder of the season up until the summer of 2003. Then, with the club in desperate trouble financially, Hodges was replaced by Gudjon Thordarson, who was part of the consortium that took control of the club in June 2003.

In early 2004, Glyn Hodges joined Mark Hughes in the Wales International set-up, becoming Wales Under 21 manager. Despite making "positive strides", Glyn was removed from his role by John Toshack's shake up of the Football Association Wales staff in December 2004

Glyn then rejoined his former boss, Mark Hughes, as Blackburn Reserve team manager. In July 2008 Glyn announced he was to leave Blackburn Rovers whereupon, after a month of delays, he followed Hughes to Manchester City, being appointed again in the role of Reserve Team Manager. However, he became unemployed on 19 December 2009 when Mark Hughes and his complete backroom staff were relieved of their duties at the club.

Glyn subsequently spent a brief spell at Leeds United as a coach before re-joining Mark Hughes as First team coach at Fulham in October 2010.[4] He then worked at Queens Park Rangers and on 2 July 2013 he joined Stoke City as under-21 coach.[5] He left Stoke in January 2018.[6]

On 4 December 2018, he joined Wally Downes as AFC Wimbledon's assistant manager.[7] On 25 September 2019, he took over the management of the first team on a temporary basis following the suspension of Downes who had been charged by the FA for betting misconduct.[8] This appointment became permanent on 23 October 2019.[9] Hodges left the role on 30 January 2021 following a home loss to their bitter rivals, MK Dons.[10]

Career statistics
  • Sourced from Glyn Hodges at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wimbledon 1980–81 Fourth Division 305400000345
1981–82 Third Division 342102061433
1982–83 Fourth Division 379001030419
1983–84 Third Division 42152063105118
1984–85 Second Division 223302000273
1985–86 Second Division 306103000346
1986–87 First Division 3794220004311
Total 2324915216310127355
Koparit (loan) 1981 Mestaruussarja 126000000126
Newcastle United 1987–88 First Division 7000000070
Watford 1987–88 First Division 243504100334
1988–89 Second Division 275000030305
1989–90 Second Division 357311000398
Total 861581513010217
Crystal Palace 1990–91 First Division 70004100111
Sheffield United 1990–91 First Division 124000000124
1991–92 First Division 262410000303
1992–93 Premier League 314723000416
1993–94 Premier League 312102000342
1994–95 First Division 254101000274
1995–96 First Division 223302000273
Total 14719163800017122
Derby County 1995–96 First Division 9000000090
Sing Tao 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division 104000000104
Hull City 1997–98 Third Division 184101020224
Nottingham Forest 1998–99 Premier League 5000000050
Scarborough 1998–99 Third Division 1000000010
Career Total 53497406345151623109
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Group Cup, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 January 2021[11]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Barnsley 25 October 2001 9 November 2001 4 1 1 2 025.0
Barnsley 15 October 2002 30 June 2003 35 9 10 16 025.7
AFC Wimbledon 20 October 2019 30 January 2021 62 18 18 26 029.0
Total 101 28 29 44 027.7

References
  1. "Glyn Hodges". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Football League Career Stats". Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. "Senior Coaching Changes". Fulham FC. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  5. "Hodges' Key Role". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  6. "Stoke City managerial latest: Hughes confidants depart bet365 Stadium". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Wally Downes appointed as AFC Wimbledon's new manager". AFC Wimbledon Official Site. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  8. "Club statement". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  9. "Glyn Hodges: AFC Wimbledon appoint caretaker boss as permanent manager". Sky Sports.
  10. "Glyn Hodges: AFC Wimbledon manager leaves by mutual consent". BBC Sport.
  11. "Managers: Glyn Hodges". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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