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  2. Feb 19, 2024 · 19 February. Getty Images. Roy Hodgson has managed his boyhood club Crystal Palace twice in the Premier League. By Phil McNulty. Chief football writer. Roy Hodgson's nomadic 48-year career in...

  3. Feb 19, 2024 · When Hodgson left Palace in 2021, he refused to say he was retiring and ultimately joined Watford in January 2022, but failed to keep the Hornets in the Premier League.

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    Hodgson, who began his playing career at Palace and supported them as a child, replaced Frank de Boer as manager with the club bottom of the Premier League having lost their first four matches of the 2017-18 season without scoring a goal. Despite losing his first three games in charge, he guided Palace to 11th in the table. They finished 12th and 1...

    Hodgson, who is the oldest person to manage in the Premier League, began his managerial career 45 years ago with Swedish side Halmstads. He has managed 16 clubs in eight countries, including Inter Milan and Udinese, as well as the Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Finland national sides. He has also been in charge of Blackburn, Liverpool, West ...

    A number of Premier League managers have being paying tribute to Hodgson in their pre-match news conferences. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said: "He's an absolute legend. What he's done for football, for English football, what he transmits as a manager and what he has done at different clubs is remarkable. "He has been doing it for so long with the wa...

    Speaking before Hodgson confirmed his departure, former Blackburn striker Chris Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club that his successor faced an "impossible job". "You have to look at the job Roy has done there - they have always stayed up pretty comfortably," said Sutton. "He is not everybody's cup of tea because of the brand of footba...

  4. Feb 19, 2024 · Roy Hodgson, the oldest ever manager in the English Premier League at age 76, left Crystal Palace on Monday just days after falling ill during a training session amid widespread reports he was about to be replaced. The former England coach said he made the decision to step aside so Palace could bring forward its plans to appoint a new manager.

  5. Feb 19, 2024 · 19 February 2024. Roy Hodgson says he is "confident the season will finish well" for Crystal Palace and has wished the team "every success in the weeks, months and seasons to come" after...

  6. Feb 19, 2024 · Getty Images. Crystal Palace fans held up posters thanking Roy Hodgson during their Premier League game at Everton on Monday. Roy Hodgson can leave Crystal Palace with his "head held high",...

  7. May 19, 2021 · Lawrence Ostlere. Wednesday 19 May 2021 09:33 BST. Comments. Roy Hodgson will step back from football coaching (PA) Roy Hodgson will step down from his role as Crystal Palace manager at...