{"id":152486,"date":"2026-03-30T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:09:10","slug":"roy-hodgson-rules-out-long-term-stay-at-bristol-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152486\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Hodgson rules out long-term stay at Bristol City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 78-year-old, who left Crystal Palace in February 2024, has taken over from Gerhard Struber at the Sky Bet Championship club where he was previously in charge for a short spell 44 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson\u2019s appointment at Ashton Gate \u2013 which was initially brokered by former Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore, now on City\u2019s board of directors \u2013 takes him into half a century of football management, his first job coming at Swedish club Halmstad in 1976.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.84081101.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Hodgson during a press conference at Ashton Gate\" data-title=\"Bristol City Press Conference \u2013 Ashton Gate \u2013 Monday March 30th\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jacob King\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Former England boss Roy Hodgson is looking forward to getting out on the training ground again (Jacob King\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>However, following a journey which has taken in a host of clubs \u2013 including Inter Milan, Blackburn, Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom as well as four years in charge of England, which ended in disappointment at Euro 2016 \u2013 Hodgson insists his latest venture is very much for the here and now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was the fact that it was a short-term project, a short-term appointment,\u201d Hodgson told a press conference on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the club made their decision to change, I think they were looking for someone who could step in and was prepared to do a job for seven games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.84081220.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Hodgson during a press conference at Ashton Gate\" data-title=\"Bristol City Press Conference \u2013 Ashton Gate \u2013 Monday March 30th\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jacob King\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Roy Hodgson feels he can make a difference on his return to Ashton Gate (Jacob King\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course that appealed to me, because I have retired from the real maelstrom of working as a professional coach again, but I thought that I could manage five weeks \u2013 and I might even look forward to the five weeks, which has been the case so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was any potential for the job being longer-term, Hodgson, who maintained he had no interest in a sporting director role at Ashton Gate, said: \u201cNo \u2013 I am too old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old added: \u201cI hope to get some enjoyment from being here, to re-energise myself a little bit by being back on the grass and being back with players, something which has always been what I have wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message from Roy Hodgson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdMTKDTM7D\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rdMTKDTM7D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bristol City FC (@BristolCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolCity\/status\/2037488552825458849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hodgson takes over a team 16th in the Championship, without a win in their last six fixtures, which also saw them dumped out of the FA Cup by League One strugglers Port Vale.<\/p>\n<p>His first match in charge of the Robins will be at Charlton on Good Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it is going to be what happens on the pitch. I am here to coach the team and try and help the team to get results,\u201d Hodgson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will only be satisfied if the people watching the team can see that is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.84081266.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Hodgson (right) and Bristol City CEO Charlie Boss during a press conference at Ashton Gate,\" data-title=\"Bristol City Press Conference \u2013 Ashton Gate \u2013 Monday March 30th\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jacob King\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Bristol City chief executive Charlie Boss (left) feels the arrival of former England manager Roy Hodgson can help the club move forward next season (Jacob King\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Having decided to sack Austrian Struber \u2013 who was only appointed in the summer \u2013 on Friday, City\u2019s chief executive Charlie Boss feels the arrival of a coach of Hodgson\u2019s calibre can only be positive for the club moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about it as a board about who we thought could bring, not just quality coaching over the remaining seven games, but could bring something that could last longer than that \u2013 and the first name on our list was Roy\u2019s,\u201d Boss said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I couldn\u2019t be more delighted that has materialised, and I really see this as something that has an impact, that can hopefully lead out from beyond the season into future years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 78-year-old, who left Crystal Palace in February 2024, has taken over from Gerhard Struber at the Sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-152486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}