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Manager

Ian Holloway

Full name: Ian Scott Holloway
Birthdate: 12.03.1963
Birthplace: Kingswood, Bristol
Joined from: Plymouth Argyle
Nationality: England
Honours: None
Other clubs as manager: Bristol Rovers, Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle, Blackpool
Serving Period: 22.11.2007 - 23.05.2008
Games: 32
Wins: 9
Draws: 8
Losses: 15
Manager Profile

Holloway will unfortunately be remembered by City fans as the man who took the club down to the third tier of English football for the first time in its history when he was manager between 2007-08.

He moved to the Walkers Stadium in controversial circumstances from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007, offering his resignation to the Pilgrims board under mounting speculation that he was about to be offered the vacant manager's position at Leicester. The Argyle board issued a press statement saying he was still contracted to Plymouth, but soon agreed compensation with City for his services. Still, many Plymouth fans weren't happy with the way he went about leaving the club.

He made as good start to his City career, making history when he became the first manager at the club to win his first league game in charge for over 50 years when Leicester beat Bristol City 2-0. But from there it went downhill as Holloway could do little to stop City being relegation to League One for the first time in their history.

They lost to his former club Plymouth on the way, and a run of just nine wins from 32 league games in charge saw City suffer the drop. Holloway and Leicester then parted company, with Nigel Pearson coming in to take charge.

Holloway is certainly a 'character' of the game, with his off-the-wall comments and interviews often grabbing column inches. In his playing days he played for Bristol Rovers, Wimbledon, Brentford and Queens Park Rangers, while going on to have two further stints at Bristol Rovers, his hometown team. He ended up going on to manage the Pirates for five years before getting his chance with Queens Park Rangers, where he helped them to promotion from League One, and Argyle before arriving at City.

After his stint with Leicester, Holloway ironically went on to manage Blackpool and helped them win an unlikely promotion to the Premier League in the 2009-10 season after almost a year out of the game. He could only keep them there for one season, however, with the Tangerines suffering relegation.

Competition Total Won Draw Lost F A Win %
League 31 9 8 14 28 33 29.03%
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 0%
League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Europe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
All matches 32 9 8 15 28 35 28.13%

All matches(32)

# Date Pos Result Opposition Competition
1 24.11.2007 15 2 - 0 Bristol City (A) Championship
2 26.11.2007 14 0 - 0 Cardiff City (H) Championship
3 01.12.2007 16 1 - 2 Southampton (H) Championship
4 04.12.2007 17 1 - 1 Burnley (A) Championship
5 08.12.2007 20 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion (H) Championship
6 11.12.2007 20 1 - 3 Ipswich Town (A) Championship
7 15.12.2007 20 0 - 2 Hull City (A) Championship
8 22.12.2007 22 1 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) Championship
9 26.12.2007 18 2 - 0 Ipswich Town (H) Championship
10 29.12.2007 18 1 - 1 Charlton Athletic (H) Championship
11 01.01.2008 21 1 - 3 Queens Park Rangers (A) Championship
12 05.01.2008 - 0 - 2 Southampton (A) FA Cup 3
13 12.01.2008 19 2 - 0 Coventry City (H) Championship
14 19.01.2008 20 0 - 0 Norwich City (A) Championship
15 28.01.2008 15 1 - 0 Crystal Palace (H) Championship
16 02.02.2008 20 1 - 2 Blackpool (A) Championship
17 09.02.2008 20 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle (H) Championship
18 12.02.2008 20 0 - 1 Watford (A) Championship
19 16.02.2008 19 4 - 0 Norwich City (H) Championship
20 23.02.2008 20 0 - 2 Coventry City (A) Championship
21 01.03.2008 17 1 - 0 Cardiff City (A) Championship
22 04.03.2008 19 0 - 1 Preston North End (H) Championship
23 08.03.2008 21 0 - 0 Bristol City (H) Championship
24 11.03.2008 22 0 - 1 Southampton (A) Championship
25 15.03.2008 20 4 - 1 West Bromwich Albion (A) Championship
26 22.03.2008 21 0 - 2 Hull City (H) Championship
27 29.03.2008 19 1 - 0 Scunthorpe United (H) Championship
28 05.04.2008 20 0 - 3 Sheffield United (A) Championship
29 12.04.2008 21 1 - 1 Colchester United (H) Championship
30 19.04.2008 20 1 - 0 Barnsley (A) Championship
31 26.04.2008 21 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday (H) Championship
32 04.05.2008 22 0 - 0 Stoke City (A) Championship
Player Club Fee Date
Steve Howard Derby County £1,500,000 01.01.2008
Barry Hayles Plymouth Argyle £150,000 02.01.2008
Zsolt Laczkó Olympiacos On loan 04.01.2008
Ben Alnwick Tottenham Hotspur On loan 07.01.2008
Gábor Bori MTK On loan 08.01.2008
Matt Oakley Derby County £500,000 11.01.2008
Jamie Clapham Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 31.01.2008
Lee Hendrie Sheffield United On loan 28.02.2008
Kelvin Etuhu Manchester City On loan 04.03.2008
Harry Worley Chelsea On loan 07.03.2008
David Bell Luton Town On loan 28.03.2008
Harry Worley Chelsea Free 05.05.2008
12 players bought for £2,150,000
Player Club Fee Date
Eric Odhiambo Dundee United On loan 01.01.2008
Alex Cisak Tamworth On loan 10.01.2008
Carl Cort Released Free 11.01.2008
Jonathan Hayes Northampton Town On loan 11.01.2008
Max Gradel Bournemouth On loan 11.01.2008
Shaun Newton Released Free 14.01.2008
Jimmy Nielsen Vejle Boldklub Free 23.01.2008
Mark de Vries Released Free 25.01.2008
Carl Pentney Ilkeston Town On loan 29.01.2008
Alan Sheehan Leeds United On loan 31.01.2008
Darren Kenton Leeds United Free 31.01.2008
Alan Maybury Aberdeen On loan 31.01.2008
Hossein Kaebi Released Free 04.02.2008
Robert Douglas Plymouth Argyle On loan 14.03.2008
Carl Pentney Fisher Athletic On loan April 2008
Jamie Clapham Released Free May 2008
Elvis Hammond Released Free May 2008
Alan Maybury Released Free 15.05.2008
Robert Douglas Released Free 15.05.2008
19 players sold for £0
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