Lee Leslie Hodges (born 4 September 1973) is an English
football
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player and
manager
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who plays for
Plymouth Marjon
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Plymouth' ...
in the
South West Peninsula League
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. He made four appearances in the
Premier League
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for
Tottenham Hotspur
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and 394 appearances in
the Football League
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for
Plymouth Argyle
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,
Wycombe Wanderers
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,
Barnet
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,
Reading
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and
Torquay United
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. A versatile player, Hodges is capable of playing in defence, midfield and attack.
He spent five years as the player-manager of
Conference South
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club
Truro City across two spells, first from 2010 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2018.
Playing career
He previously played for
Tottenham Hotspur
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during which he had loan spells with
Plymouth Argyle
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and
Wycombe Wanderers
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. He joined
Barnet
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*Barnet (surname)
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in 1994 where he spent three seasons, scoring 26 goals in 104 league appearances. He moved to
Reading
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in 1997 where he made 70 league appearances before moving to Plymouth in 2001. It was announced in April 2008 that Hodges, along with five other Plymouth players, were going to be released when their contracts expired in June. He then went on to sign for
Torquay United
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in the
Conference National
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. On 9 October 2009, Hodges joined
Truro City on a three-month loan. He was released by Torquay on 15 May 2010 along with six other players.
In September 2020, aged 47, Hodges came out of retirement to join
Plymouth Marjon
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of the
South West Peninsula League
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. He made his league debut for the club eleven months later in a 6–0 defeat at
Brixham
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.
Managerial career
On 14 June 2010, after a caretaker spell as manager of
Truro City, he was appointed Truro's new manager on a one-year contract. He signed a two-year extension to his contract in June 2011 after winning the
Southern League Premier Division
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championship and promotion to
Conference South
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. After guiding the cash-strapped club through the 2012–13 season, during which the club nearly went out of business, Hodges was not offered a new contract for the following season for financial reasons.
After rejoining Truro in 2016, Hodges later resigned from the club in August 2018, after just two games into the
new season.
Honours
Player
;Plymouth Argyle
*
Football League Third Division
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winner:
2001–02
*
Football League Second Division
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winner:
2003–04
;Torquay United
*
Conference National
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play-off winner:
2008–09
Manager
;Truro City
*
Southern League Premier Division
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winner:
2010–11
Career statistics
''(correct as of 7 May 2007)''
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
People from Epping
English footballers
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Barnet F.C. players
Reading F.C. players
Torquay United F.C. players
Truro City F.C. players
Truro City F.C. managers
Premier League players
English Football League players
English football managers
National League (English football) managers
Association football midfielders