Jimmy Hodson

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Jimmy Hodson
Hodson while with Brentford in 1920.
Personal information
Full name James Hodson[1]
Date of birth (1880-09-05)5 September 1880
Place of birth Horwich, England
Date of death 27 February 1938(1938-02-27) (aged 57)[2]
Place of death Deventer, Netherlands
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1902 St Helen's Recreation
1902–1905 Bury 2 (0)
1905–1915 Oldham Athletic 252 (1)
1916–1918 West Ham United 49 (0)
1919 Belfast Celtic 0 (0)
1919 Southport 0 (0)
1919–1921 Brentford 68 (0)
1921–1922 Guildford United 56 (7)
Total 427 (8)
Managerial career
1921–1922 Guildford United (player-manager)
1922–1925 Royal Berchem Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Hodson (5 September 1880 – 27 February 1938) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Bury and Brentford. He later managed Guildford United and Belgian club Royal Berchem Sport.

Playing career[edit]

Early years[edit]

Hodson began his career in his native north west with Lancashire Combination club St Helens Recreation in 1900 and transferred to First Division club Bury in 1902.[3] He was a reserve during Bury's 1902–03 FA Cup-winning campaign.[2]

Oldham Athletic[edit]

Hodson transferred to Oldham Athletic for a £15 fee and played in the club's very first Football League match in September 1907.[1][2] He had a successful time with the club, winning promotion to the First Division in the 1909–10 season, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1912–13 and finishing second in the First Division in 1914–15.[1] The outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 saw competitive football suspended for the duration of the war after the close of the 1914–15 season, which brought Hodson's time with the Latics to an end.[4] He made 252 league appearances and scored one goal during his time at Boundary Park.[1]

First World War[edit]

In the midst of the First World War, Hodson joined London Combination club West Ham United.[5] He contributed to the Combination title win in his first season and made 49 appearances for the Hammers, the last of which coming in a 3–1 defeat to eventual 1918–19 champions Brentford on 28 December 1918.[5] Hodson had a spell at Belfast & District League club Belfast Celtic in the second half of the club's title-winning 1918–19 season.[1][6] He also made two Lancashire Senior Cup appearances for Southport late in the 1918–19 season.[2]

Brentford[edit]

Hodson transferred to Southern League First Division club Brentford in May 1919.[3] He made 35 appearances and got another chance at League football in 1920,[1] when the Bees were added to the new Third Division for the 1920–21 season.[7] A week short of his 40th birthday, Hodson made his first Football League appearance since 1915 in Brentford's 3–0 defeat to Exeter City on 28 August 1920.[8] He made 34 appearances during a dire season, after which the Bees had to apply for re-election.[8] Hodson departed Brentford at the end of the campaign, after making 68 appearances for the club.[1]

Guildford United[edit]

Hodson dropped back into non-League football to sign for Southern League English Section club Guildford United on 7 May 1921.[9]

Management and coaching career[edit]

Hodson combined his playing duties at Guildford United with that of the club's manager.[1] After retiring as a player, Hodson moved to Belgium to take over as manager of First Division club Royal Berchem Sport in 1922.[10] He managed the club to three mid-table finishes before departing at the end of the 1924–25 season.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 1914–15[4] First Division 37 0 5 0 — 42 0
Southport 1918–19[2] — 2[a] 0 2 0
Brentford 1919–20[8] Southern League First Division 34 0 1 0 — 35 0
1920–21[8] Third Division 33 0 1 0 — 34 0
Total 67 0 2 0 — 69 0
Career Total 104 0 7 0 2 0 113 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup

Honours[edit]

Oldham Athletic

West Ham United

Belfast Celtic

  • Belfast & District League: 1918–19[1][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 78. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Hodson Jimmy Brentford 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Oldham Athletic Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "J [ww 1] Hodson". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Northern Ireland – Final League Tables 1890–1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  7. ^ Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  8. ^ a b c d White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0951526200.
  9. ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 99. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  10. ^ a b "Geschiedenis". K. Berchem Sport. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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