How to Be a Football Manager: Enter the hilarious and crazy world of the gaffer

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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. About the Author: Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades.

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. 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.

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. Biography: Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades. Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades. What was surprising was the the touches of psychology and self reflection contained within Ian's words which elevated the story above your standard football biography.

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). 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.I've always known it's a privilege to be able to do what I did for 40 years as a player and a manager, and in this book I'm going to explain what being a gaffer is really all about.

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. 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. Read this for a chance of pace as needed something lighter and i wasn`t disappointed as i enjoyed this. 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. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.