Richard Hodgson

Richard Hodgson (born 1 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer.

This article is about Richard Hodgson, footballer. For other uses, see Richard Hodgson (disambiguation).

Richard Hodgson
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-01) 1 October 1979
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1996 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
2000 Scunthorpe United 1 (0)
2000–2003 Darlington 98 (6)
2003–2004 Farnborough Town 33 (9)
2004 Stevenage Borough 6 (0)
2004 →Forest Green Rovers (loan) 7 (1)
2004 Crawley Town 0 (0)
2004–2005 Cambridge United 10 (2)
2005 Crawley Town 4 (0)
2005 Carshalton Athletic
2005–2006 Gravesend & Northfleet 4 (0)
2006–2007 Farnborough Town
2007 Blyth Spartans
2007–2009 Sunderland Nissan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hodgson began his career as a trainee with Nottingham Forest, turning professional in October 1996. He was released in March 2000, having failed to break into the first team, and joined Scunthorpe United on non-contract terms. His league debut came on 11 March 2000 in Scunthorpe's 3–0 defeat at home to Cambridge United. However, Hodgson was replaced by Wayne Graves at half-time and did not feature for Scunthorpe again.

In August 2000 Hodgson joined Darlington, making over 100 first team appearances before joining Farnborough Town on a free transfer in August 2003.[1] He had a two-day trial with Bristol Rovers in December 2003.[2] He moved to Stevenage Borough in March 2004,[3] but struggled to establish himself. He joined Forest Green Rovers on loan in August 2004 and in October 2004 moved to Crawley Town.[4] However he was with Crawley for only 48 hours before moving to League Two side Cambridge United on a free transfer.[5] He left Cambridge in January 2005 [6] and played in Malaysia for Pahang.

In June 2005, Hodgson re-joined Crawley Town.[7] Later that year he joined Carshalton Athletic, moving to Gravesend & Northfleet in December 2005[8] until his release at the end of the season.[9]

He subsequently returned to Farnborough, but when work commitments led to a move back to his native north-east, he joined Blyth Spartans in March 2007.[10]

He moved to Sunderland Nissan early in the 2007–08 season.

He signed for Whitley Bay FC for the 2008/10 season

References
  1. Hodgson becomes latest Taylor new boy
  2. Boro could lose Hodgson
  3. Westley gets busy on deadline day
  4. Hodgson joins Crawley
  5. Hodgson leaves Crawley after 48 hours!
  6. Hodgson free to leave Cambridge
  7. Hodgson's here to stay this time
  8. Hodgson joins Fleet
  9. Hodgson leaves Fleet
  10. Blyth make long-distance signing

Signed for Bedlington Terriers in the Northern League Division 1 2010/11 Season

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