Tag: Hodgson

Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City: Roy Hodgson signs off Robins reign with win
2 May 2026 Off

Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City: Roy Hodgson signs off Robins reign with win

By Total Football News

Bristol City ended their Championship season and Roy Hodgson’s interim spell in charge on a positive note with a 2-0 win over Stoke City.

Delano Burgzorg capitalised on a first-minute error by Stoke keeper Viktor Johansson to give the hosts control, with Scott Twine and Tomi Horvat both going close to a second before the break.

Stoke did improve after half-time but struggled to find a cutting edge despite racking

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Roy Hodgson: Bristol City caretaker boss says role ‘hard to turn down’
30 March 2026 Off

Roy Hodgson: Bristol City caretaker boss says role ‘hard to turn down’

By Total Football News

Roy Hodgson said there was much he missed about football after coming out of retirement to return to the dugout as caretaker manager of Bristol City.

The 78-year-old accepted the role at the Championship club until the end of the season following the sacking of Gerhard Struber on Friday.

The former England manager has not worked since leaving Crystal Palace in 2024 and confirmed he will only be in the

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Roy Hodgson: Bristol City appoint ex-England boss as interim head coach
27 March 2026 Off

Roy Hodgson: Bristol City appoint ex-England boss as interim head coach

By Total Football News

City proved Hodgson’s first managerial job in English football when he was appointed in 1982 having spent two years as Bob Houghton’s assistant.

Hodgson lasted just four months amid considerable financial upheaval at Ashton Gate, where the club nearly went out of business, and has previously said his time there was “nothing short of a disaster”.

He returns to the West Country with vast experience having managed Inter Milan,

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