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John Hodge (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a tricky right winger.

John Hodge

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-04-01) 1 April 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth	Ormskirk, England
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Falmouth Town	3	(4)
1991–1993	Exeter City	65	(13)
1993–1996	Swansea City	102	(10)
1996–1998	Walsall	76	(13)
1998–2000	Gillingham	52	(1)
2000	→ Northampton Town (loan)	1	(0)
2000–2003	Northampton Town	59	(2)
2003	Kidderminster Harriers	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He went on trial with Manchester United from November 1989 to December 1989. Whilst at Swansea he was a part of the team that won after a penalty shootout in the 1994 Football League Trophy Final.[1] He joined Gillingham in July 1998.[2]

His only league goal was a second-half injury-time equaliser against Macclesfield on 3 October 1998. He was regarded as a 'supersub', coming off the substitute's bench to often devastating effect - including setting up Robert Taylor for a last-minute goal against Fulham on 28 November 1998, and Andy Thomson for a 100th-minute winner against Walsall in a FA Cup replay on 8 January 2000.

He was the only Gillingham player to successfully convert a penalty in their 3-1 penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester City in the 1998/99 Division Two Play-off final. Hodge was signed by Kidderminster Harriers in January 2003.[3]

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