IAN HOLLOWAY
WHAT’S OCCURRING
He left Grimsby under a cloud in December, and isn’t afraid to admit some regrets. But despite four decades in a savage game, FourFourTwo’s new columnist is finding divine footballing inspiration… from Tom Hanks?!
This month, it will be 40 years since Bristol Rovers gave me my first professional contract. I’ve barely been out of football since – my wife Kim and I have moved house 45 times in that time. Ludicrous, isn’t it?
It’s almost 25 years since Rovers gave me my first job in a dugout, too – although truth be told, I only got it because I cost them half the money as a player-manager. One salary for two jobs, and that proved a baptism of fire.