By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. 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. 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. About the Author: Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades.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. 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. Some good interesting stories about the less glamorous side of football management and managing players in lower leagues.

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. 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. 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.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I’m always a big fan of the author narrating their own story, but on this occasion it just doesn’t work. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. 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.

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. How To Be A Football Manager is a "rich tapestry of hilarious and irreverent stories" revealing what it is like to be a football manager.Read this for a chance of pace as needed something lighter and i wasn`t disappointed as i enjoyed this. 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. 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. 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.