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. 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. 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. Some good interesting stories about the less glamorous side of football management and managing players in lower leagues.

He has managed eight clubs across the four divisions of English league football, helping both Blackpool and Crystal Palace achieve promotion to the Premier League in 2010 and 2013 respectively. 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. Holloway has been a part of professional football for four decades, first as a player and then as a manager overseeing nearly 1,000 games.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. 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. Born in Kingswood in Gloucestershire in 1963, Ian Holloway has been involved in professional football for four decades.

I’m always a big fan of the author narrating their own story, but on this occasion it just doesn’t work.

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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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 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.