Roy Hodgson managed the Switzerland national side between 1992-95, and in that time, he pulled off one of the most remarkable achievements seen in international football. 24 years later, with Crystal Palace’s participation in the annual Uhrencup taking the manager back to the alpine nation, we’ve broken down just how Hodgson saved the Swiss.
As the then-44-year-old stepped into his first role on the international stage, Roy Hodgson was little known away from Scandinavian shores despite the wealth of success he had amassed in almost 16 years of professional management. The role he would step into - that of managing the Swiss national side - fittingly came without an overwhelming weight of expectation due to years of failure grounding a sense nationwide pessimism when it came to global football.