Hope for Crystal Palace? Roy Hodgson's Premier League record in numbers

James Benge15 September 2017

Having begun his playing career in the Crystal Palace youth setup and grown up yards away from Selhurst Park, Roy Hodgson’s managerial travels have finally brought him home.

With Steve Parish ending the Frank de Boer "evolution" after five games, the chairman will be hoping the former England manager can repeat his tricks from Craven Cottage and The Hawthorns.

But is Hodgson the right man to drag Palace out of the mire? Standard Sport assesses his Premier League record...

Blackburn Rovers

Hodgson's reign in Lancashire started with a bang but ended with a whimper
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After a globe-trotting career had taken him to the Swiss national team and Inter Milan, Hodgson made his English top-flight bow at Blackburn in 1997, two seasons removed from their title win but with a mid-table dogfight a more immediate cause for concern.

Hodgson swiftly got Blackburn’s groove back, with Chris Sutton and Kevin Gallacher firing Rovers to top spot at the end of August and for some time it was they, and not eventual champions Arsenal, that were Manchester United’s nearest challengers. But a run of nine defeats in 14 games sent them tumbling to sixth, and set the tone for a dire second season.

Their woeful form continued into the new season and Hodgson was sacked on November 21 with Rovers marooned at the bottom of the table. His successor Brian Kidd could not save them from Division One.

Blackburn From To P W D L Win Rate
  Jun 1 1997 Nov 21 1998 63 22 18 23 34.9%

Fulham

The Fulham boss won the acclaim of Europe after taking the Cottagers to the 2010 Europa League final 
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Hodgson continued to make his way around Europe and beyond for the next 19 years, with the United Arab Emirates and Finland among his employers. The 60-year-old proved to be a shock replacement for Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham in 2007, but was an inspired choice.

He showed his eye for a quality signing in January as he brought in centre-back Brede Hageland, before a run of four wins in their final five games completed the great escape.

Next came the task of establishing Fulham as a force in English football. The 2009-10 season saw Fulham finish seventh, with the best defence outside the top three, and the following campaign brought a thrilling run to the final of the Europa League.

Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and Hamburg all fell before the Cottagers forced Atletico Madrid to extra-time. Hodgson won the LMA Manager of the Year prize by a record margin, earning covetous glances from Anfield.

Fulham From To P W D L Win Rate
  Dec 30 2007 Jul 1 2010 128 50 32 45 39.1%

Liverpool

Hodgson never won over the Anfield faithful
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Hodgson was chosen ahead of surprise candidate Kenny Dalglish to take the Liverpool job but was a far from popular figure on Merseyside, where his future Palace colleague Sammy Lee was on the coaching staff.

A League Cup exit at the hands of Northampton set the tone for doubts over Hodgson’s ability to manage top talent. A 3-1 defeat at Blackburn sealed his fate on January 8, 2011, as Liverpool hovered in 12th position.

Liverpool From To P W D L Win Rate
  Jul 1 2010 Jan 8 2011 31 13 9 9 41.9%

West Brom

Baggies fans hailed their manager after he took the England job just before Euro 2012 
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It was little over a month before Hodgson was back in the Premier League, stepping in for Roberto Di Matteo with Albion hovering only two points above the relegation zone. The Baggies would lose just two more games that season as they scrambled to 11th.

The second season would see further improvement and a comfortable 10th-placed finish as Hodgson once more instilled the sort of defensive solidity that England so desperately needed ahead of Euro 2012. The rest was history.

West Brom From To P W D L Win Rate
  Feb 14 2011 May 14 2012 54 20 13 21 37%