Rob Hodgson: “We’re going to do everything in our power to achieve our goals this year” Rob Hodgson was appointed manager of Rayleigh Town in 2023. Rob Hodgson is no stranger to performing beyond expectations. Playing for many years at Hullbridge Sports, he took up the role of player/manager at the age of just 26 in 2015, guiding ‘The Bridge’ to a memorable FA Vase run to the Round of 32 in his first season, while securing a respectable 11 th place finish in the Essex Senior League. Now the manager of Rayleigh Town, he managed to secure promotion to Step 6 for the Rochford outfit for the first time in their history in 2024 by winning the Essex Olympian Premier league, and the club enjoyed a very impressive first season in the Thurlow Nunn Division One South, finishing 4 th in the league and reaching the playoff final – only losing out to a very strong Hackney Wick side. Speaking on The Back Post Show’s Thurlow Nunn South preview show, Hodgson, now 36, looks a...