England Coach, Roy Hodgson, Resigns After His Team Loses To Iceland.

Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager after his side's 2-1 defeat by Iceland saw them knocked out of Euro 2016.

The 68-year-old had been in charge for four years after replacing Italian Fabio Capello but has won just three of 11 games in major tournament finals.

Iceland - with a population of just 330,000 - were among the lowest-ranked teams in France at 34 in the world.

"I'm sorry it will have to end this way but these things happen," Hodgson said.

"I hope you will still be able to see an England team in a final of a major tournament soon.

"Now is the time for someone else to oversee the progress of a hungry and extremely talented group of players. They have done fantastically, and done everything asked of them."

Hodgson, who won 33 of his 56 games in charge, would have been out of contract at the end of the tournament and was set to have talks over having it renewed.

FA chairman Greg Dyke had stated he would only stay on if England "do well" in France, indicating that meant at least reaching the quarter-finals - b

In a statement issued following Hodgson's resignation, the FA said: "Like the nation, we are disappointed to lose this evening and that our run in Euro 2016 has come to a premature end.

"We had high hopes of progressing through to the latter stages of the competition and accept that we have not met our own expectations or those of the country.

"We back Roy Hodgson's decision to step down as England manager and will discuss next steps imminently."

England qualified for Euro 2016 with a 100% record in their group. They started the finals with a 1-1 draw against Russia before beating Wales 2-1 and drawing 0-0 with Slovakia in their final Group B game - results that left them in second place and in a tougher half of the draw.

Hodgson faced heavy criticism following the Slovakia game for making six changes to the side that had beaten Wales.

Under Hodgson's guidance, England had reached the quarter-finals of the last European Championship, losing to Italy on penalties, before a dismal showing at the 2014 World Cup where they went out at the group stages without winning a game.

Speaking to reporters following Monday's last-16 defeat in Nice, Hodgson confirmed his assistants Ray Lewington and Gary Neville would also be leaving their posts.

BBC Match of the Day pundit and former England international Alan Shearer - who revealed he went for the England job before Hodgson was appointed - said of the Iceland defeat: "That was the worst performance I've ever seen from an England team. Ever. We were outfought, outthought, outbattled and totally hopeless for 90 minutes.

How does Hodgson compare?

England managers records
Manager	England career	Played	Won	Win %
Fabio Capello	2008-12	42	28	66.7%
Alf Ramsey	1963-74	113	69	61.1%
Glenn Hoddle	1996-99	28	17	60.7%
Ron Greenwood	1977-82	55	33	60%
Sven-Goran Eriksson	2001-06	67	40	59.7%
Roy Hodgson	2012-16	56	33	58.9%
Walter Winterbottom	1946-62	139	78	56.1%

Who's next for England?

The latest bookmakers' odds have England Under-21 boss and former Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate as favourite to succeed Hodgson.


Odds are also being offered on Neville and Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew (10/1); Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe and new Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers (16/1); Arsenal's Arsene Wenger (28/1) and Manchester United's Jose Mourinho (33/1).


Hodgson highs and lows

After a playing career that saw him represent Crystal Palace, Gravesend and Northfleet, Maidstone and South African side Berea Park, Hodgson began life in management with Halmstads in Sweden at the age of only 28, where he won two league championships.


He took over at Bristol City in 1980, but was dismissed after just four months in charge, before returning to Sweden where he won five successive titles with Malmo.

Hodgson took over as Switzerland manager and led them to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup finals and Euro 96 in England.

There followed unsuccessful spells back in club football in charge of Inter Milan and Blackburn, before he took charge of the United Arab Emirates - but was sacked after finishing fifth in the Gulf Cup. He also managed Finland, but quit after failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

In 2007 he was appointed manager of Fulham and took them to their highest ever top-flight finish of seventh, followed by a remarkable run to the Uefa Cup final, where the London side were beaten by Atletico Madrid. He then moved to Liverpool in July 2010, but left just seven months into a three-year contract.

In February 2011 he took over at West Brom and guided them clear of relegation. The following April the West Midlands club gave the FA permission to speak to him about the vacant England manager position.



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