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

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My view is that every child in the world has the right to be educated properly and whether your eyes or ears don't work is irrelevant. 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.

A midfielder, he notably played in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers where he made just under 150 league appearances in a five-year spell.

The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. 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. His creative use of metaphors has made him one of the most popular interviewees and one of the cult personalities in English football. Following press speculation, on 21 November 2007, Holloway submitted his resignation to the Plymouth Argyle board, with speculation that he was about to be offered the vacant managerial position at Leicester City. On 23 October 2013, after a 4–1 loss against Fulham, Holloway left the club by mutual consent after less than a year in charge.

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. 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.The pair attended the event and sat on a panel to share their opinions and experiences of racism with the audience of young people. Grimsby would replace Holloway temporarily with his assistant Ben Davies who following the club's next game, commented "I had a good chat with him, and everything was okay. Winning just nine out of 32 games, Leicester were relegated from the Championship on 4 May 2008 entering for the first time ever in their, then one hundred and twenty four-year, history the third tier of English football.