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. 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.

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.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. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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.

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. 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. Whether it was the aim or not this book has changed the perception i have of Ian Holloway, a perception that was formed by the media from when he was managing in a more positive light. The book has a wicked sense of humour, and as well as shaping up to be the funniest and most entertaining book sports fans will read this year, it will provide fascinating and unique insights into the trials and tribulations of being a gaffer. 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.By that i don`t mean i disliked him before, i mean he comes across much ore thoughtful and intelligent that the chancer clown image that the media had created. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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). About the Author: Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades. I’m always a big fan of the author narrating their own story, but on this occasion it just doesn’t work.