England’s football manager is an Updike fan Posted on June 27, 2012 by James Plath Member Andrew Moorhouse sent us this item about England’s new football manager, Roy Hodgson, being an Updike lover. “Roy Hodgson liking Updike will take some getting used to; The new England manager is serious and classy so should he really be reading work by such a frisky author?” It appeared online in the Guardian on Friday, May 18 and in the print version the following day.