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The troubling, humorous and honest world of Ian Holloway: an artist in a game of robots. These Football Times. Author - Edd Norval. Published 24 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018. A midfielder, he notably played in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers where he made just under 150 league appearances in a five-year spell. He spent most of his career at boyhood club Bristol Rovers where he had three spells which included the start and finish of his playing career. He was part of the Wimbledon team that won promotion to the top flight in 1986, a place they would remain for the next fourteen seasons. He also played in the Football League with Brentford and Torquay United. On 11 November 2016, Holloway was appointed as manager of Queens Park Rangers for a second spell replacing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. [41] He left the club on 10 May 2018. [42] Grimsby Town [ edit ]Paul Hurst the right man to get Grimsby Town out of mess left behind". GrimsbyLive. 6 January 2021. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 18 January 2021. His autobiography, Ollie: The Autobiography of Ian Holloway, co-written with David Clayton, was first published in 2007, with an update in 2009. In August 2008 the Little Book of Ollie'isms was published, also co-written with David Clayton. Holloway also wrote the foreword for The Official Bristol Rovers Quiz Book, published in November 2008. [ citation needed] For the last three years of his QPR career, Holloway commuted daily from Bristol to London, a 250-mile round trip, so the children could attend a deaf school in Bristol. As a result, he developed severe sciatica. [71] They then moved to St Albans when the children were of secondary school age, for the same reason. Holloway has learned sign language, and his quirky media-friendly quotes have made him a high-profile campaigner on deaf issues and concerns. [72]
Murply, Alex (1 June 2005). Jones, Richard; Faragher Steve (eds.). Let's Have Coffee: The Tao of Ian Holloway. Bristol: Naked Guides Ltd. ISBN 0-9544177-9-8. He has also managed Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City and Millwall in a coaching career that has spanned more than 23 years. For the 2010–11 season, Holloway agreed to write a weekly column for The Independent on Sunday. For the 2012–13 campaign, he wrote for the Sunday Mirror. [ citation needed] Holloway cited, in an interview to BBC programme Football Focus, that part of his decision to move to Crystal Palace was to be closer to family following the expectation of his first grandchild. [ citation needed]In February 2023, Holloway applied for and was interviewed for the vacancy at Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, although the board eventually chose Stuart Kettlewell. [68] Personal life [ edit ] Ian Holloway accepts Crystal Palace manager role". BBC Sport. 3 November 2012 . Retrieved 3 November 2012. His time at the club has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, with last season's League Two campaign curtailed while this season has largely been played out behind closed doors.
Ian Holloway hits out at Grimsby Town owners and potential investors". Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. 17 December 2020. Grimsby Town takeover off as John Fenty rejects Tom Shutes offer". Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. 23 December 2020. On 12 January 2021, Grimsby Town became the first football club in England to be fined for breaking COVID-19 protocol after it was revealed that Holloway had played darts with some of his players at the club's training ground. [64] Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades.Holloway's brief Town comment as he outlines intentions for management return". Grimsbylive. 9 December 2022. Holloway is well known for his comments in post-match interviews, which are often quoted in the national media. His creative use of metaphors has made him one of the most popular interviewees and one of the cult personalities in English football. In June 2005 a book of his quotes, "Let's Have Coffee: The Tao of Ian Holloway", was published; and in June 2006 he came 15th in a Time Out poll of funniest Londoners. [77]
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