Background
Hodgkiss was born in Stafford, Staffordshire.
Hodgkiss was born in Stafford, Staffordshire.
He was released by Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2009 before joining Forest Green Rovers. West Bromwich Albion He made his first team debut in the third round match against Reading on 17 January 2006 at the Madejski Stadium. His Premier League debut came on 7 May 2006, coming on for Steve Watson on the last match day of the season, at Goodison Park against Everton.
In August 2007 Hodgkiss signed a new two-year deal at Albion.
In August 2008, he joined Aberdeen on a loan deal until January 2009 and made eight appearances for the Scottish side. A second loan spell followed in March, this time at Northampton Town for the remainder of the season.
Hodgkiss played five games for the League One club Hodgkiss was released by West Brom in the summer of 2009.
After his release, Hodgkiss maintained his match fitness by playing for Market Drayton Town in the Northern Premier League Division One South.
Forest Green Rovers In October 2009, Hodgkiss signed for Conference Premier side Forest Green Rovers. He made his debut on 3 October 2009 in a 1–0 away defeat against Mansfield Town. He scored his first goal for the club in a first round proper 1–1 draw with Mansfield Town a month later.
His first league goal for Forest Green came in a 1–1 home draw with Cambridge United on 20 February 2010.
After an impressive spell with Forest Green, he was awarded a new one-year contract for the 2010-2011 season. He picked up a knee injury in February 2011 and was forced to have an operation as well as six weeks out on the sidelines.
In June 2011, Hodgkiss signed a new one-year contract with Forest Green. In July 2011 it was announced that he would be the new first team captain at Forest Green for the 2011-2012 season.
On 6 March 2012, he agreed a new extended contract with Forest Green that would keep him at the club until the end of the 2013-2014 season.
He made his 100th league appearance for Forest Green on the final day of the 2011-2012 season against York City. On 28 April 2014, having made 164 league appearances for Forest Green, he was released after a five season stay with the club Kidderminster Harriers On 23 June 2014, Hodgkiss joined Kidderminster Harriers on a one-year contract.
He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2014-2015 Conference Premier season where he played the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 away draw with Lincoln City.