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Steve Hodge Stephen Brian Hodge ( born 25 October 1962 ) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder . He enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s . Prior to the 2013–14 season Hodge was appointed development squad coach at Notts County . On 27 October 2013 Hodge was appointed caretaker manager , reverting to his position as development squad coach on 6 November 2013 with the appointment of Shaun Derry as manager . Playing career . Nottingham Forest . A left-footed midfielder who was comfortable in a central or wide position , Hodge was born in Nottingham and joined his boyhood club Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1980 ; he made his debut against Ipswich Town on the final day of the 1981–82 season . A favourite of Forests manager Brian Clough , Hodge became a first-team regular the following season as the club tried to build a new young team after the side which won two European Cups began to age and disintegrate . Hodge was a frequent goalscorer from midfield as Forest consolidated their League position but were unable to push for trophies other than a semi-final in the UEFA Cup in 1984 , where they lost in controversial circumstances to Anderlecht . In the summer of 1985 , Forest surprisingly accepted an offer of £450,000 from Aston Villa and Hodge – whose nickname was Harry – made his move from the East Midlands to the West Midlands . Aston Villa . The move to Birmingham did work initially but the team was in decline and once Hodge had received England recognition , it was perceived by the Villa fans that he was not fully committed to the teams cause , typified during a 4–1 home defeat by Norwich City where his intended back pass to Kevin Poole was slotted in by a Norwich player – the boos ringing round the ground signalled the beginning of the end for his Villa career . Hodge was sold to Tottenham in December 1986 for £650,000 . Tottenham Hotspur . Tottenham manager David Pleat put Hodge wide on the left of a vibrant , attacking five-man midfield which also included England teammates Hoddle and Chris Waddle , Argentinian veteran Osvaldo Ardiles and hardworking ballwinner Paul Allen . Each were expected to contribute goals and assists behind one main centre forward , Clive Allen , and it worked . Hodge scored on his debut on Boxing Day 1986 in a 4–0 thrashing of West Ham United and scored three times more while creating plenty for others as Spurs chased three trophies . Sadly for Hodge , his quest for domestic success eluded him again as Spurs were knocked out by fierce rivals Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup , tailed off in their First Division title charge and came third , and lost a thrilling 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley against Coventry City , following an outstanding 4–1 semi-final win over Watford in which Hodge scored twice . Return to Forest . Clough paid Spurs £550,000 to take Hodge back to Nottingham Forest . The club won the Full Members Cup in 1989 and then reached the League Cup final , with Hodge finally winning a major domestic medal : the 3–1 win over Luton Town at Wembley saw him play a crucial part as it was he , making a foraging run from deep , who was brought down for the penalty which Nigel Clough converted , setting Forest on the road to victory . A week later , however , Hodge was one of the Forest players who had to cope with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool . He played in the rescheduled game at Old Trafford , which Liverpool won 3–1 . The following season , Hodge played as Forest retained the League Cup with a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic , but by the next year he was struggling to hold down a regular place in the teams midfield after the emergence of teenage Irish phenomenon Roy Keane to partner Garry Parker , who had become the first-choice central midfielder despite being the only one of the three never to play international football . He was only named as a substitute by Clough for the 1991 FA Cup Final against his old club Tottenham Hotspur ; he came on as a second-half substitute but Spurs ran out 2–1 winners after extra time . Leeds United . In the summer of 1991 , Hodge was sold to Leeds United for £900,000 – the highest transfer fee he had commanded . He struggled to win a regular place at Elland Road but did make a significant contribution to the league title winning side of 1991–92 , winning a championship medal . In that season he made 23 appearances and scored seven goals ; his goal tally included two braces in games against Sheffield United ( won 4-3 ) and Southampton ( drew 3-3 ) and the only goal in a 1-0 win over Liverpool . In 1994 Hodge went on loan to Derby County . Late career . He joined Queens Park Rangers for a nominal fee in 1994 . Two seasons followed with Hodge playing just 15 times . Next he joined Watford . He played twice for them in the 1995–96 season . An unsuccessful trial at Walsall came in the autumn of 1996 , followed by a brief spell playing in Hong Kong . He signed for Division Three side Leyton Orient in March 1998 , playing just once before finally retiring from playing at the end of the season . International . Though he was only three caps into his international career by the time Bobby Robson announced his squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup , Hodge was given a place on the plane to Mexico , coming on as a substitute in the first two group games against Portugal and Morocco , which England lost and drew respectively . Making urgent changes for the final group game against Poland , Robson put Hodge in the side and he responded with an outstanding personal display within a crushing team performance . Hodges superb left wing cross on the run gave Gary Lineker his second goal in a first half hat-trick which eased Englands passage to the second round . There they faced Paraguay , and it was a sliding , stretching Hodge who kept in an over-hit cross from Glenn Hoddle , by pushing the ball into the path of Lineker to tap home . Again England were 3–0 victors , with Argentina awaiting ominously in the last eight . Here Hodge would earn his own somewhat dubious place in football history – inadvertently setting up Maradonas Hand of God goal – and ending the game with a highly prized memento , Maradonas No . 10 shirt . The shirt currently resides in The National Football Museum in Manchester . Hodge retained his place in the team as England began their qualification campaign for the 1988 European Championships with victories over Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia , but was not selected for the finals squad . Robson recalled Hodge for the first game after the European Championships – a 1–0 win over Denmark at Wembley – as he had been briefly back on form at club level with Nottingham Forest . He was again cast aside internationally afterwards , but his club form improved dramatically and he found himself regularly called up by Robson as a result , though actual appearances were scarce . He managed to force his way back into the England reckoning with a strong appearance as a substitute against Italy at Wembley , by which time Englands place at the 1990 FIFA World Cup was secured . Hodge subsequently played in the final four warm-up matches before the tournament itself . To his delight , Hodge made the final squad but he then suffered an injury and as a consequence was the only outfield England player not to kick a ball during the tournament , even though England reached the semi-finals . He didnt even regain his fitness in time to get on the pitch for the third-place play-off game . Robson quit after the World Cup and Hodge was not selected initially by successor Graham Taylor . Taylor brought Hodge back for a 2–0 win over Cameroon early in 1991 and he was then given his 24th and final cap in a 1–0 win against Turkey in İzmir in a qualifier for the 1992 European Championships . Coaching career . Having gained an A coaching licence Hodge worked with Roy McFarland at Chesterfield . He had brief roles at Notts County as development squad manager , and as caretaker manager of the first team . Bibliography . In 2010 Hodge released an autobiography entitled , The Man With Maradonas Shirt . Following Maradona’s death in November 2020 , Hodge was subjected to numerous requests from people wishing to buy the shirt he had swapped with Maradona at the end of the World Cup quarter-final in 1986 . Hodge said , It’s not for sale . I am not trying to sell it . Honours . Club . - Tottenham Hotspur - FA Cup runner-up : 1987 - Nottingham Forest - Full Members Cup winner : 1989 - Football League Cup winner : 1989 , 1990 - FA Cup runner-up : 1991 - Leeds United - Football League First Division champion : 1991–92 - FA Charity Shield winner : 1992 International . - England U21 - UEFA European Under-21 Championship champion : 1984 - England - FIFA World Cup fourth-place : 1990 Individual . - Nottingham Forest F.C . Player of the Year : 1982–83 - Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year : 1989–90 References . - Specific - General