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Biography: Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Ian Holloway has managed across the top 5 divisions in England and is one of the best managers to gain a real insight into football management.
It's an emotional rollercoaster: when you're riding it, you can't wait to get off; but once the ride stops, you want to get straight back on again and feel that adrenaline rush. He's been there, seen it and done it in his 40 years as player and manager, and has been entertaining football fans on and off the pitch for most of his life. It's not for the faint-hearted and unless you've got skin as thick as rhino and, more importantly, a wicked sense of humour, you've no chance of surviving. In a long playing career 'Ollie' racked up 675 appearances across three separate stints at Bristol Rovers and spells at Wimbledon, Brentford, Torquay United (on loan) and QPR. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.He's been head honcho at clubs in all four divisions in English football, experiencing everything from the giddy heights of taking Blackpool to the Premier League to fighting relegation from the Football League with Grimsby Town. Peter Crouch told us How to Be a Footballer, so now it’s Ollie’s turn to tell us How to Be a Football Manager.
Some good interesting stories about the less glamorous side of football management and managing players in lower leagues. Before listening I’d just thought that Ian was the managerial equivalent of Robbie Savage but there’s clearly a lot more to him and I really enjoyed how he spoke about looking after his players (horrendous preseasons aside) both on and off the pitch. In his new memoir, veteran manager Ian Holloway relates a number of anecdotes from throughout his long career which help to reveal what being a football manager is really like. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.
Listen the guy is not a voice actor so I'm not to criticise his ability to perform the book, but you can feel the passion in the voice which is important. This is not a handbook to tell you when to play a Christmas tree formation or throw on a false nine - it's about dealing with the ridiculous, fighting your corner and always having a comeback.
He got QPR promoted from Division Two in 2003-04, then achieved promotion to the Premier League with both Blackpool (2009-10) and Crystal Palace (2012-13). Olly is always a good listen when on tv or the radio and I always thought he was my kind of bloke, having listened to his story and I have the upmost respect for him and his contribution to the game, what a job he did at Blackpool I really enjoyed their time in the prem.
Football management is like being a potato - you're never too far from the sack and everyone is constantly chipping away at you.
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