Hodgson, EPL‘s oldest head coach, out at Crystal Palace

Roy Hodgson will no longer serve as Crystal Palace’s head coach, the team shared today. The announcement comes amid a continued poor run of form and days after Hodgson was hospitalized after collapsing in training.

🚨🔴🔵 Official: Crystal Palace have announced manager Roy Hodgson has stepped down.

“This club is very special and means so much to me. I have fully enjoyed my time here… but given recent circumstances, it may be prudent at this time for the club to plan ahead”. pic.twitter.com/PNbxBAR03Z

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 19, 2024

The 76-year-old ex-England head coach has since left hospital and is “alright,” the Eagles revealed. Roy left his managerial position hours before Palace are scheduled to face Everton.

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He was the oldest head coach in the league after coming out of retirement in the past campaign to help the side avoid relegation in 2022-23, but the Eagles are performing very poor since the beginning of the current campaign.

Hodson final match as Crystal Palace boss was last week’s 3-1 loss against Chelsea, when the Eagles gave up a 1-goal halftime lead. The team have not kept a clean sheet in 13 Premier League games and are in the 16^th place with 24 points, only 5 ahead of the relegation zone.

Ex-Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner will replace Hodgson as the head coach of the Eagles.

Welcome to Palace, Oliver Glasner 🇦🇹🦅

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) February 19, 2024