Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager after his side suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Iceland to crash out of Euro 2016 at the last-16 stage.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Iceland – with a population of just 330,000 – were among the lowest-ranked teams in France at 34 in the world.<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry it will have to end this way but these things happen,” Hodgson said.<\/p>\n “Now is the time for someone else to oversee the progress of a hungry and extremely talented group of players.<\/p>\n “They have done fantastically and done everything asked of them. I hope you will still be able to see an England team in a final of a major tournament soon.”<\/p>\n Hodgson, who won 33 of his 56 games as England boss, would have been out of contract at the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n The former Liverpool and West Brom boss was due to discuss a possible contract renewal but Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said he would only stay on if England “do well” in France.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “We back Roy Hodgson’s decision to step down as England manager and will discuss next steps imminently.”<\/p>\n England qualified for Euro 2016 with a 100% record in their group.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Hodgson faced heavy criticism following the Slovakia game for making six changes to the side that had beaten Wales.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n They went out at the group stages without winning a game.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters following Monday’s defeat, Hodgson confirmed that assistants Ray Lewington and Gary Neville would also leave their posts.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager after his side suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Iceland to crash out of Euro 2016 at the last-16 stage. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":226121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n