Steve Hodge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Brian Hodge | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | Nottingham Forest | 123 | (30) |
| 1985–1986 | Aston Villa | 53 | (12) |
| 1986–1988 | Tottenham Hotspur | 45 | (7) |
| 1988–1991 | Nottingham Forest | 83 | (20) |
| 1991–1994 | Leeds United | 54 | (10) |
| 1994 | → Derby County (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Watford | 2 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Leyton Orient | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 386 | (71) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1985 | England U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 1984–1991 | England B | 2 | (1) |
| 1986–1991 | England | 24 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Notts County (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Brian Hodge (born 25 October 1962) is a retired English footballer who enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s.
Prior to the 2013-14 season Hodge was appointed Development Squad Coach at Notts County.
On 27 October 2013 Hodge was appointed caretaker manager, reverting to his position as Development Squad Coach on 6 November 2013 with the appointment of Shaun Derry as manager.
Hodge, a left-footed midfielder who was comfortable in a central or wide position, was born in Nottingham, England and joined his boyhood club Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1980 and made his debut against Ipswich Town on the final day of the 1981–82 season.
A favourite of Forest's charismatic manager Brian Clough, Hodge became a first-team regular the following season as the club tried to build a new young team after the side which won two European Cups began to age and disintegrate. Hodge was a frequent goalscorer from midfield as Forest consolidated their League position were unable to push for trophies other than a semi-final in the UEFA Cup in 1984, where they lost in controversial circumstances to Anderlecht.
In the summer of 1985, Forest surprisingly accepted an offer of £450,000 from Aston Villa and Hodge – whose nickname was Harry – made his move from the East Midlands to the West Midlands.
However, the move to Villa did work initially but really the team was in decline and once he had got England recognition it was perceived by the Villa fans that he wasn't committed to the Villa cause which was typified during a 4–1 home defeat by Norwich City where he did an awful back pass to Kevin Poole and was slotted in by a Norwich player – the boos ringing round the ground signalled the beginning of the end for his Villa career and Hodge left Villa in acrimonious circumstances and signed for Tottenham in November 1986 for £650,000.
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