Simeon Hodson

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Simeon Hodson
Personal information
Full name Simeon Paul Hodson
Date of birth March 5, 1966 (1966-03-05) (age 42)
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		 027 0(0)
005 0(0)
00? 0(?)
056 0(0)
034 0(1)
083 0(0)
015 0(0)
006 0(0)
017 0(0)
125 0(0)
025 0(0)
026 0(0)
068 0(0)   
National team
1994 England C 003 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

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

  1. ^ "Ex-England defender Hodson forced to quit", Non League Daily, 26 August 2001. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  2. ^ Sean Ingle. "Which player has been relegated the most?", The Guardian, 20 February 2002. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  3. ^ "Three new PCSO's for North Warwickshire", Warwickshire Police Media Portal, 30 November 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 

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