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Grimsby Town become first club to be fined for Covid-19 breaches". GrimsbyLive. 12 January 2021. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 28 January 2021. Jimbo hails Ollie arrival". Leicester City F.C. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008 . Retrieved 25 November 2007. The board and Ollie had a joint vision, first to improve the league position, secondly to deliver top class training facilities and finally by relocation to a new community stadium. 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 ]
Ben Davies reflects on 'tough week' after Grimsby Town defeat". Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. 26 December 2020. 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]
Holloway made history when he became the first Leicester manager in over 50 years to win his first league game in charge, beating Bristol City 2–0. [15]
Ian Holloway: They said Charlie was on his way to Anfield... but he was sat next to me in my office". The Independent . Retrieved 12 September 2014. 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] Confusion reigns as Bilel Mohsni denies leaving Grimsby Town". GrimsbyLive. 22 November 2020. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 20 January 2021.I had a year out of football and had to think about what went wrong in my life. I was given some decent values from my mum and dad in our council house, and one of them was honesty and trust and loyalty. And I forgot to do all that at Plymouth. I left them, and I made the biggest mistake of my life. Leicester City [ edit ] Chalmers, Robert. "Ian Holloway – In a league of his own". gamblog. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006 . Retrieved 22 June 2009. 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]
Spencer, Phil (22 March 2018). " 'Not in a million years,' Holloway refutes claims he's set to leave QPR". football.london . Retrieved 12 June 2018. I feel like a kid in a sweet shop': Ian Holloway appointed Grimsby manager". The Guardian. 31 December 2019. Why? The relationship between the incoming new owners, board and manager is so so important. It needs to be strong for a club to succeed, and we got off on the wrong footing. 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.Following his initial departure from Grimsby, Holloway went on to state that he was unsure whether he would return to football management again, saying his appetite for football has diminished. [66] The inside story on Ian Holloway's departure from Grimsby Town". GrimsbyLive. 24 December 2020. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 28 January 2021. It was also announced that Holloway had not yet invested any money into the club like first thought, and that this investment would now only be made upon the sale of his house in Bristol. [53] Following Grimsby's 1–0 victory over Scunthorpe United on 19 December 2020 he stated that he would not be going ahead with plans to invest any of his money in the club due to the on-going discussions in the boardroom and continuing talks of a takeover. [54] The troubling, humorous and honest world of Ian Holloway". Thesefootballtimes.co . Retrieved 12 January 2021.
The Mariners have not won a game in more than three months - a run of 15 games - and have slipped to 21st in League Two, six points above bottom side Stevenage. Spiro, Colin (22 November 2007). "Holloway appointed Leicester boss". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 22 November 2007. [ dead link] Holloway looks to Rangers future. The Guardian. Author - Aidan Magee. Published 10 May 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
A native of Kingswood, near Bristol, Holloway grew up in Cadbury Heath, where his mother, Jean, lived in the same council house until her death in April 2018. [6] Holloway went to Sir Bernard Lovell School in Oldland Common at the same time that Gary Penrice was at Chase School for Boys in Mangotsfield. They still remain close friends today. His father Bill – an amateur footballer – worked as a seaman and a factory worker. [ citation needed] The funniest and most entertaining sports book you’ll read this year. Peter Crouch’s How to Be a Footballer but for managers. In the 2013–14 Premier League season, Crystal Palace started with just three points from the first eight games as Holloway came under pressure to keep his job. 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. Following Tuesday's 2-1 defeat by Bradford, Grimsby are 20th in the table after 19 games and just six points above the relegation places.
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