Roy Hodgson receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Thursday 26 Nov 2015
Roy Hodgson receives his award (Picture: Pride of Sport / Mirror)

Roy Hodgson was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Pride of Sports Awards. 

The England manager collected the honour at a ceremony on Wednesday night at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London. 

Roy's 40-year coaching career

  • First club: Halmstads BK (1976)
  • Number of club teams managed: 15
  • Nations managed: 4
  • Major international tournaments: 3

The achievement was in recognition of a 40-year coaching career that has taken in 20 different roles.

The Pride of Sports Awards, backed by The Mirror and Sport England, celebrates and recognises the unsung heroes of sport. 

Roy, who was also joined on the night by FA chairman Greg Dyke, told MirrorSport: “I’ve also been very fortunate to work at clubs and for a number of other countries around Europe.

“Now it is an honour to lead the English national team, a position that gives me a lot of pride and a lot of pleasure."

Roy Hodgson at the 1994 World Cup with Switzerland

He continued: “I go to the Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards every year. 

"It is a very prestigious occasion and a great occasion in the sense that it honours people that otherwise maybe wouldn’t have got such a recognition.

“In the same way I am honoured to have been at this event for sport. I can relate to it even more because thats where I have spent my life.”

England are next in action in March when they take on Germany and Holland.

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