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'''OLLIE'': THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IAN HOLLOWAY'
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200 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2007
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August 8, 2017
I have always loved Ollie as a character and a real football man and love him more after this book.
he has gone through some real tough times with the death of his father and his girls being born death but he has coped with this admirably.
A great read and an insight in to how our football managers live and breathe football
he has gone through some real tough times with the death of his father and his girls being born death but he has coped with this admirably.
A great read and an insight in to how our football managers live and breathe football
May 15, 2025
Thought it'd be funny as he's a character
June 29, 2022
A top man
I really enjoyed the book a certain amount of honesty in the read which you don't get in a lot of sport autobiographies .
I really enjoyed the book a certain amount of honesty in the read which you don't get in a lot of sport autobiographies .
August 17, 2012
I purchased this book in a discount bookshop shortly before Ian Holloway's UK profile became more national due to Blackpool Football Club's season spent in the English Premiership. As a consequence, the book does not cover his club's season in the Premiership but focuses on his time as a player and his early managerial career mainly at Bristol Rovers and QPR.
As well as the comical football stories that you would expect from Mr Holloway there are also very personal feelings and accounts expressed in regard to his deaf children.
A very entertaining autobiography – not bland like some football autobiographies - and I suspect the discounted bookshop soon regretted selling these copies cheaply!
A word of warning though, as you might expect from a footballer, this book does contain some strong language.
As well as the comical football stories that you would expect from Mr Holloway there are also very personal feelings and accounts expressed in regard to his deaf children.
A very entertaining autobiography – not bland like some football autobiographies - and I suspect the discounted bookshop soon regretted selling these copies cheaply!
A word of warning though, as you might expect from a footballer, this book does contain some strong language.
August 13, 2010
I enjoyed this autobiography. It's the normal football-autobiography style BUT Ian Holloway's life is somewhat different from ordinary footballer or managers and I felt he had a story to tell.
His wife's cancer, his children's deafness, and the trails and tribulations of playing and management in the lower league makes for a good read. In more up-to-date editions I'm sure there will be coverage of his latest exploits with Blackpool (and I would've liked to have seen those) but this is an easy, entertaining, and at times very funny and poignant story.
Good luck to "Ollie" in the Premiership this year with Blackpool.
His wife's cancer, his children's deafness, and the trails and tribulations of playing and management in the lower league makes for a good read. In more up-to-date editions I'm sure there will be coverage of his latest exploits with Blackpool (and I would've liked to have seen those) but this is an easy, entertaining, and at times very funny and poignant story.
Good luck to "Ollie" in the Premiership this year with Blackpool.
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