Simeon Hodson

Football player infobox
playername = Simeon Hodson
fullname = Simeon Paul Hodson
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|03|05
cityofbirth = Lincoln
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
position = Defender
youthyears = 1982-1984
youthclubs = Notts County
years = 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
clubs = 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
caps(goals) = 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)
nationalyears = 1994
nationalteam = England C
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
pcupdate = 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =

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 [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=205
title=Ex-England defender Hodson forced to quit
publisher=Non League Daily
date=26 August 2001
accessdate=2008-04-01] .

Relegations

Simeon was known as something of a football Jonah during his career due to the number of relegations he suffered [cite news
url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,9204,653374,00.html
title= Which player has been relegated the most?
publisher=The Guardian
author=Sean Ingle
date=20 February 2002
accessdate=2008-04-01] . 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.

Career after football

In October 2006, Simeon joined Warwickshire Police as the Police Community Support Officer for Ansley Common, Ansley Village, Whitacre and Arley [cite news
url=http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/briefings/NORTHWARWICKSHIRE/archive/2006/11/20061130ThreenewPCSOs
title= Three new PCSO's for North Warwickshire
publisher=Warwickshire Police Media Portal
date=30 November, 2006
accessdate=2008-04-01] . Prior to that he had worked as a watchmaker and in distribution.

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=11375|name=Simeon Hodson
* [http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hods01 Lincoln City official profile]
* [http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/GtoJ/Hodson,Simeon.htm Doncaster Rovers FC profile]
* [http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/A-ZofDiamonds/0,,10784~1236577,00.html Rushden & Diamonds official profile]
* [http://www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk/your-neighbourhood/north-warwickshire-district-1/east/your-team Warwickshire Police profile]