Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Adam Federici, Adam Mekki, Andy Cyrus, Andy Salako, Angelo Simmons, Anthony Cook (footballer), Armel Tchakounte, Barry Friend, Ben Wright (footballer born 1988), Boncho Genchev, Byron Harrison (footballer), Charlie Ide, Craig Faulconbridge, Darren Annon, Dean Coney, Dean McDonald, Dwayne Plummer, Gus Hurdle, Ian Cox, Ian Hazel, Ismael Ehui, Jack Macleod, Jamie Pace, Jamie Taylor, Jones Awuah, Karl Murray, Keith Dublin, Landry Zahana-Oni, Leke Odunsi, Lennie Lawrence, Ludovic Quistin, Mark Hawthorne, Mark Marshall, Marlon Patterson, Martin Kuhl, Merrick James-Lewis, Michael Boateng, Mike Kelly (footballer born 1954), Pat Morrissey, Paul Harding (association footballer), Paul Smith (footballer born 1979), Paul Underwood, Peggy Lokando, Peter Fear, Reece Jones (footballer), Richard Hodgson, Richard Teale, Romauld Bouadji, Roy Hodgson, Ryan Woods, Sam Saunders, Steve Talboys, Stuart Massey, Stuart Searle, Tommy Williams (footballer born 1935), Trevor Dark, Vic Akers. Excerpt: Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English former footballer who is the manager of the England national football team. Hodgson, who has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries, guided the Switzerland national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. From 2006 to 2007, he managed the Finland national team, guiding them to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 33rd place and coming close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in their history. He has managed two teams beaten in the finals of both the UEFA Cup and the Europa League. Hodgson has also coached many notable club sides, including Internazionale, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion. Hodgson served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup. Hodgson speaks five languages and has worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached. On 1 May 2012, Hodgson was appointed as manager of the England national team and officially assumed duty on 14 May. Hodgson was born in Croydon, Surrey His mother was a baker in the town and his father, who was an Everton fan, originally from Walton, Liverpool, worked in a chemical factory. Hodgson's family lived in the same building as Steve Kember, one of Hodgson's schoolmates at John Ruskin Grammar School. The two played on the school football team, a side which also included Lennie Lawrence. Bob Houghton, who would go on to play a prominent part in Hodgson's career, joined the school in the sixth form. Hodgson was a moderately successful youth player with Crystal Palace, but was never able to break into the first team. After leaving Crystal Palace he played non-League football for several years with Tonbridge Angels and Gravesend & Nort