Ian Holloway

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Ian Scott Holloway (born 12 March 1963) is an English professional football coach and former player who was the most recent manager of Queens Park Rangers in the Championship Division. In 1981, a midfielder at Bristol Rovers began his career at a youth club in Bristol, England, Brentford, Torquay United (on loan), back to Bristol Rovers for a second stint, and finally, a third spell as a player-manager before completing his playing career in 1999.

He has also worked with Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City, Blackpool, Crystal Palace, and Millwall.

Holloway led Crystal Palace to promotion to the Premier League three years ago, but after losing only one of their opening eight games after less than a year in charge, he resigned on October 23, 2013.

Holloway signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Millwall on January 6, 2014; this was ended in March 2015.

On November 11, 2016, he rejoined Queens Park Rangers as their manager. He is best described by the spelling "ollie," which also refers to his autobiography.

Holloway is known for his Bristol accent, off-the-wall interviews, and amusing responses to questions from the media, with a large number of quotes and soundbites being distributed.

Personal life

Holloway met fellow Bristolian Kim when they were both 15 years old, and after marrying, he cared for her by lymphatic cancer. William, Eve and Chloe, and Harriet are the couple's four children. Both Ian and Kim had a recessive form of a certain gene, so there was a greater chance that they would have deaf children. The doctors told them that there was only a small chance of any other children being deaf, but Harriet was also born deaf. Holloway said, "it's been a fight all the way down to get proper care for the girls, especially a good education." There have been arguments, judgments, appeals, and continuous phone calls. We have been branded bolshie parents. Any child in the world should be educated properly, and whether your eyes or ears don't work is irrelevant. However, the current setup makes it impossible."

Holloway commuted daily from Bristol to London, a 250-mile round trip, so the children could attend a deaf school in Bristol for three years of his QPR career. He also had severe sciatica as a result. For the same reason, they moved to St Albans when the children were in second grade. Holloway has learned sign language, and his zany media-friendly quotes have made him a high-profile campaigner on deaf questions and concerns.

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Holloway became involved in the self-sufficiency movement, purchasing a brood of chickens and learning enough carpentry to build what he described as "Orpington Manor" during the time between leaving Leicester and his appointment as Blackpool's boss. The family brought 33 chickens, three horses, two dogs, and two ducks with them when he took over at Blackpool when he was first taken over at Blackpool. Seven turkeys were delivered after they settled into their home near Pendle Hill, Blackpool's groundsman Stan Raby gave them seven turkeys.

During a post-match interview on October 20, Ollie revealed that the day had been "one of the worst days of my life." He revealed that he had learned of the suicide of one of his closest friends earlier in the day.

In a show of faithful support for him, members of 'The Fishy', a Grimsby Town fan forum, initiated a campaign to raise funds in favor of Holloway. The fundraiser received contributions from around the world, as well as many donations from fans of clubs that he had previously operated. Holloway donated it to two charities chosen by his friend's family. The final total amount raised was £6,686.85, of which Holloway donated it to two charities.

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Playing career

Holloway, a native of Kingswood, grew up in Cadbury Heath, where his mother, Jean, lived in the same council house until her death in April 2018. In Oldland Common, Holloway attended Sir Bernard Lovell School at the same time as Gary Penrice was attending Chase School for Boys in Mangotsfield. They are all close friends today. Bill – the son of an amateur footballer – served as both a seaman and a factory worker.

Holloway began his playing career as an apprentice with his hometown team Bristol Rovers, turning professional in March 1981 and making his league debut the same year. He used to play on the right side of midfield and made his name as one of the top prospects in the Third Division (now League One). He was drafted to Wimbledon in 1985 after four seasons at Rovers.

Holloway's stay at Wimbledon was short. He was sold to Brentford for £25,000 in March 1986, less than a year at the club, where he also spent less than a year. He joined Torquay United on loan in January 1987 and has played five times. Holloway returned to Bristol Rovers in August 1987 after two years in London.

Holloway thrived, with Rovers now playing "home" games at Twerton Park in Bath and under the new Rovers boss Gerry Francis' wing. He played just five games in four seasons. QPR's First Division manager, Francis, signed Holloway in 1991 for a fee of £230,000. Holloway spent five seasons at QPR, playing more than 150 games for the club before returning to Bristol Rovers for the third time in August 1996, this time as player-manager.

Managerial career

Holloway took over a team that was suffering both on and off the field. Rovers' captain in his first season as boss, he led the club to 17th position in Division Two (now League One). Nonetheless, the Bristol Rovers earned their fifth position and made the playoffs in the next season. Despite winning a 3-1 advantage over 3–1, the Rovers later fell 3–0 in the second leg and fell 4–3 on aggregate and fell 4–3 on aggregate. With a somewhat disappointing 13th finish in 1998-99, we came to a disappointing conclusion. Holloway's career as a player ended after the season, with more than 400 games for Bristol Rovers, allowing him to concentrate entirely on leadership. Rovers finished 7th in 1999-2000, his last full season with the club, barely missing the playoffs.

Holloway was appointed as the team's manager in February 2001, midway through the 2000-2001 season, when he was given the challenge of keeping the team in Division One. QPR came in second place from last, and was relegated to third place for the first time in 34 years. He didn't fail to do so. Holloway stayed on and rebuilt the team despite the relegation. Holloway and QPR were promoted to second place in 2004 after steadying the ship in 2001–02 and a near miss in 2002–03.

Holloway's first full season in The Championship ended with a respectable 11th position, and the team continued to hover around mid-table during the 2005–06 season.

Holloway was suspended (sent on gardening leave) as the head of Queens Park Rangers on February 6, 2006. Holloway's persistent rumors relating them to the vacant managerial position at Leicester City were causing too many issues for the club, according to the QPR board. As it turned out, Rob Kelly took over the Leicestershire job, and QPR finished 21st, just one spot above the relegation positions.

Holloway became the boss of Plymouth Argyle on June 28th, promising to return the team to the Premier League after it was announced on June 28. Holloway said on August 12th, "Anyone who travelled up there to buy every one of the 700 fans who made the 805-mile (1,296 km) round trip a drink." "I would love to buy you a drink."

Following widespread rumors, Holloway resigned from the Plymouth Argyle board on November 21, 2007, amid rumors that he was going to be given the vacant managerial role at Leicester City. According to a statement, he was still employed by Plymouth and legally bound to his employment, and the board's decision on whether or not to accept his resignation will be announced on Friday, November 23rd. He was confirmed by Milan Mandari as Leicester manager on November 22nd, after he had agreed to a compensation contract for his services. Argyle supporters were outraged, however, when he left.

Holloway said after an open top bus tour in Blackpool, his Blackpool side won promotion to the Premier League three years later.

Holloway defeated Bristol City 2–0 for his first league game in charge after being the first Leicester manager in over 50 years to win his first league game in charge.

Argyle chairman Paul Stapleton condemned Holloway for allowing several high-profile players to leave the team before joining Leicester on February 7, 2008, in a build-up to a match against Plymouth at the Walkers Stadium. In January, a total of five players left Plymouth, which he said was all Holloway's fault. Holloway's lawyers reviewed the documents, while Mandari accused Stapleton of "sour grapes" over Holloway's transfer to Leicester, according to Mandari, who said Plymouth Argyle should be grateful for what he achieved during his time there. Plymouth defeated Holloway 1–0 as Holloway's former charges returned to haunt him. Leicester were relegated from the Championship on May 4th, then one hundred and twenty-four years ago, defeating just nine out of 32 games. Leicester City is one of only a handful (nine) of English clubs that had never been out of the first two tiers of English football, with Leicester City being one of the first two tiers.

Holloway and Leicester City parted company by mutual consent on May 23, 2008, following the club's relegation. "Leicester City is a magical club, and I am as distraught as anyone else that this great club was relegated," says the narrator. I gave 100% to the cause, but we ran out of time. The supporters here are from a different group and deserving a lot more. I'd like to wish everyone connected with Leicester City well for the future – the club will always be close to my heart."

Following the departure of Blackpool's caretaker boss Tony Parkes, Holloway, who had been 364 days out of football, was due to be named as the new manager of Blackpool on May 21. Holloway's transfer was confirmed later the same day, with the club's one-year deal. On August 8, 2009, his first league game in charge of the Seasiders was a 1–1 draw with his former club Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. He led the club to the Premier League after a sixth-place finish in The Championship, making him the second Blackpool boss (after Les Shannon in 1970) to win promotion in his first full season. Holloway characterized the experience as the best moment of his life, other than the birth of his children. Holloway stepped up in late July by leading Blackpool to victory in the South West Challenge Cup annual pre-season tournament. It was the first time a Premier League club had participated.

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Holloway had signed a new two-year contract the following day.

Blackpool was fined £25,000 on Saturday for fielding what they believed to be a weak team against Aston Villa on November 10, 2011. Holloway, who had originally threatened to resign if punishment was not fulfilled, made ten changes to the team for the match. Holloway was warned of the fine for using the phone while playing golf with his wife at Shawhill Golf Club in Chorley. He resigned to Karl Oyston, but it was turned down.

Blackpool lost their Premier League status after losing 4–2 to champions Manchester United at Old Trafford, as well as other events, and returned to The Championship after one season.

Holloway won, his 17th game in charge of Blackpool, over Ipswich Town at Bloomfield Road on September 10, 2011.

Holloway led Blackpool into the Championship play-offs for the second time in as many seasons as a season. In the play-off final, the team lost 2–1 to West Ham.

Holloway's win percentage in League games as the Blackpool manager was 37.8% (54 victories out of 143 games).

Holloway's decision to join Crystal Palace as boss on November 3, 2012, was confirmed by the team's caretaker boss, Curtis Fleming, but the team was still under control of the team on that day. He was in charge of Crystal Palace's first game, which was 5–0 against Ipswich Town on November 6th. Holloway led Crystal Palace to promotion to the 2013-14 Premier League after beating Watford 1-0 thanks to a penalty converted by Kevin Phillips in extra time on May 27.

Crystal Palace's 2013–14 Premier League season began with just three points from the first eight games as Holloway came under pressure to keep his job.

Holloway left the club by mutual consent after less than a year as coach on October 23, 2013.

He agreed to Millwall's two-and-a-half years on January 7, 2014, according to him. As Millwall finished 19th, four points above the relegation places, he led the team to Championship success for the 2013–2014 season. Holloway admitted that he had been an unpopular boss among Millwall fans in the 2014-15 season as Millwall lost in the relegation places in The Championship. Holloway was dismissed for the first time in his managerial career on March 10, 2015, after losing five of their last six games.

Holloway was named as the head of Queens Park Rangers for the second time on November 11, 2016, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was sacked. On May 10, 2018, he left the club.

Holloway joined Grimsby Town as boss on December 29, 2019, at the same time he announced that he would be buying £100,000 in shares, allowing him to attend board meetings in addition to his role as club administrator, with Holloway becoming a director. The Mariners saw their first two games under Holloway with a 1–0 victory over Salford City and a 1–0 win over Mansfield Town the following week. Billy Clarke and Elliot Grandin were among Holloway's former Blackpool players who were signed. With a 2–0 win over Scunthorpe United, the team's season came to an end early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Holloway made dramatic improvements to the Grimsby side over the summer, which included seven loan signings, but only had the ability to select five in a match day squad. Holloway claimed he had deleted one of his new signings, Bilel Mohsni, despite publicly stating, "he is my king, he is my Virgil van Dijk." Despite not playing in the 5–0 loss, Mohsni was suspended after failing to qualify Holloway's requirements, which prompted Mohsni to set up a Twitter account and post a video announcing that he had not left the team, was fit, and that he will be training the next day. Holloway said the resignation had been decided the day before and that it was not his concern that the player stayed with the club until January. On December 1, 2020, Mohsni signed for Barnet.

Holloway struck out at new potential investors of the football club this week, and Fenty had welcomed May to a game with him aiming to invest £1 million into the club. However, with the news of May's attendance being revealed by the Grimsby Telegraph, the club was met with strong resistance from fans and was deferred by the club. Unrelated to the May draw, the club had also reported that it had spoken with a consortium led by London-based businessman Tom Shutes about a potential takeover, with Holloway re-affirming his position as the club's manager, who said that it was becoming more difficult to do his job. He also stepped away from his managerial role to focus on his position as boss, and supporters will be able to connect on social media more often, although others have said he would not be going anywhere unless told otherwise.

Holloway had not invested any money into the club, and prospective investment in the club would have only followed after the auction of his house in Bristol. Following Grimsby's 1–0 win over Scunthorpe United on December 19, 2020, the king announced that he would not go forward with plans to invest £100,000 of his own funds in the club due to the on-going debate about a takeover and ongoing negotiations regarding a takeover.

Holloway resigned as Grimsby Town manager on the morning of 23 December 2020, only hours after Grimsby's 1–2 home loss to Bradford City, only hours after the Grimsby Town manager resigned on Twitter. He had been in charge of the team for less than a year, placing them 20th in League Two with only five victories out of nineteen games. He resigned because of John Fenty's decision to sell his shares in the club, saying he did not want to continue playing at the club without the people he came here to work with. Holloway also said that a key factor in his departure was that the prospective consortium interested in purchasing the club had reached out and contacted him several times, but that if we were to have a relationship with him, we would have to create a legend with him in place (which we also discussed with Philip Day in our last week). The company also expressed surprise and chagrine at his resignation. Although the contract was officially rejected by Fenty due to the consortium's bid, the club's terms were finally agreed on December 29, 2020, to sell the team to Jason Stockwood and Andrew Pettit, members of the Shutes consortium.

Holloway will be replaced for a short time by Ben Davies, the club's assistant, and everything was fine. On Tuesday night, we went into the game against Bradford, but the narrator appeared and said he had resigned. Of course, it's impossible to take when you get closer to someone over the past year or so, but it's the way it goes.

Holloway has received criticism for his decisions as well as the state and quality of the squad he put together over the summer, with the squad he left behind bloated in numbers and lacking in quality after his departure. Holloway went on to say that he was uncertain if he would return to football coaching again, and that his passion for football had diminished. Holloway said on January 29 that he had left the club in a better shape than when he arrived, despite the club being embroiled in a relegation battle with a squad that seemed to be headed for relegation.

Grimsby Town became England's first football club to be banned for breaking COVID-19 rules after it was revealed that Holloway had played darts with some of his players at the club's training ground.

Grimsby's former Mariners player and BBC Humberside co-commentator Gary Croft was fired back to non-League for the second time on April 27, 2021: "He's done miles more than me in the game, but I feel like it was just a toy for a toy for a toy for a play thing." I can't believe that people stood around and watched it happen, watched it unfold without coming into contact with him, harassing him, and finding out what's going on. He was like the all-powerful guy who no one dare ask. Crazy interviews that once were amusing on YouTube are now completely not funny. He's been here and turned this season into a disaster. I don't think this is a particularly strong league, I don't believe Town needs to do an awful lot, and we shouldn't want to be down where we are not going.

Media career

Holloway is well-known for his remarks in post-match interviews, which are often quoted in national media. His imaginative use of metaphors has made him one of England's most popular interviewees and one of the cult personalities. "Let's Have Coffee: The Tao of Ian Holloway" was published in June 2005, and he came 15th in a Time Out poll of funny Londoners.

Ollie's autobiography, Ollie Holloway, co-written with David Clayton, was first published in 2007, with an update in 2009. The Little Book of Ollie'sms was published in August 2008 and co-authored with David Clayton. Holloway contributed to The Official Bristol Rovers Quiz Book, which was published in November 2008.

Holloway is an Honorary Patron of the Anti-Racist group Show Racism the Red Card. He and then Blackpool club captain Jason Euell, who had only recently been the subject of racial assault, attended an educational function at Bloomfield Road in 2009. The pair attended the festival and sat on a panel to share their views and experiences of bigotry with a group of young people.

Holloway decided to write a weekly column for The Independent on Sunday for the 2010–11 season. He wrote for the Sunday Mirror in 2012-2013. In an interview with BBC show Football Focus, Holloway said that part of his decision to move to Crystal Palace was to be closer to family after the anticipation of his first grandchild.

Holloway has often appeared as a television pundit on EFL on Quest with Colin Murray during breaks in his managerial career. "The Ian Holloway Podcast" was also launched in 2019 by the author. While Stephen Robertson spent time as the administrator of Grimsby Town, the podcast was suspended, but following his departure, he announced that his show was back and asked for questions to be included on his new broadcast by posting on his Twitter account. Supporters of Grimsby Town started sarcastically asking him darts related to his football of darts, which eventually resulted in the club's suspension for breaching COVID-19 legislation, but other supporters of the club expressed their dissatisfaction with the club's lack of quality in the team he left behind.

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