earlydoors Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He doesn't look like a winner to me. He's got no > previous record of being a winner either. > > Then again neither does Claudio Ranieri. He's done all right. Managerial Halmstads BK Allsvenskan (2): 1976, 1979 ?rebro SK Division 2 North (1): 1984 Malm? FF Allsvenskan (5): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Svenska Cupen (2): 1985?86, 1988?89 Inter Milan UEFA Cup Runner-Up (1): 1997 Copenhagen Danish Superliga (1): 2000?01 Danish Super Cup (1): 2001 Fulham UEFA Europa League Runner-Up (1): 2010 A comparison with Leicester and Ranieri? I hope not. Hodgson started his managerial career in 1976 at Allsvenskan side Halmstads BK, having been recommended by then-Malm? FF manager Bob Houghton. Hodgson spent five years at Halmstad, winning the league championship in 1976 and 1979. His success with Halmstad in 1976 is considered one of the biggest surprises of all time in Swedish football.[9] The year before, Halmstad had struggled against relegation, surviving only on goal difference and before the 1976 campaign began they were almost universally tipped for relegation. Hodgson himself says that "my greatest achievement would have to be the water-into-wine job at Halmstads BK."