Ian Holloway: Grimsby Town manager quits

[Son Of Sherwood]

Source: BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55422585

Ian Holloway has quit as Grimsby Town manager amid talks of a potential takeover of the League Two club.

The 57-year-old posted a series of messages on Twitter announcing his departure.

He said he leaves "with a heavy heart" but said he was prompted to do so after majority shareholder John Fenty told him of his intention to sell.

"It's time for a fresh start across the board for this great club," Holloway wrote.

[Sedgwick]

Yet a few weeks ago said he wouldn't leave unless someone told him to...

Think we can all see he's got a hard job to do anything with them and this is the perfect excuse to step away from something he doesn't really need.

[MTFCMusings]

He set the groundwork for this a few days ago when he started tweeting about the situation at the club.

[oldweststander]

He set the groundwork for this a few days ago when he started tweeting about the situation at the club.

Didn't he say, when appointed, he had invested money into the club?

[Martin Shaw]

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there is a series of tweets from Holloway giving his reasons. If you click on this link, you can read them: https://twitter.com/IanOllie7/status/13 ... 8666387458

[arsene wengers coat]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too...

Holloway wasn't the man for the Mariners

[Tippy Tappy Football]

I called this last night although he sounded a little happier in his post match interview and he had just recruited a goalkeeping coach from Blackpool who was living in a caravan. He sounded on the edge of walking out last week. It's a good job he did not sell his house and buy £100,000 shares in Grimsby.

His record at Grimsby was :

2019-2020: P14 W6 D3 L5
2020-2021: P19 W5 D4 L10
Total: P33 W11 D7 L15

Win Rate: 33.3%

[yellowstagsfan]

Think they’re in a mess

[marker_mtfc95]

They will struggle to find a more experienced manager at this level.

[chip63]

Coughlan might do ok with them, think he might just keep them up.

[marker_mtfc95]

More like send them down

[chip63]

More like send them down

I have a cunning plan.
What's Carlton Palmer doing nowadays.

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Paul Hurst is the early favourite for a return to Blundell Park

Next Grimsby Town manager odds
Paul Hurst 4/1
Sol Campbell 7/1
Danny Cowley 8/1
Ian Evatt 8/1
Simon Grayson 8/1
Graham Alexander 10/1
Phil Parkinson 10/1
Sam Ricketts 11/1
Paul Ince 12/1
Steven Pressley 12/1
Nigel Adkins 16/1
David Flitcroft 16/1
Gary Bowyer 16/1
Paul Cook 16/1
Kevin Nolan 16/1
Paul Heckingbottom 20/1
Derek Adams 25/1
Colin Calderwood 25/1
Keith Curle 25/1
Craig Elliott 25/1
Paul Jewell 25/1
Nigel Pearson 25/1
Dino Maamria 25/1
Ryan Lowe 25/1

[Tippy Tappy Football]

If John Fenty finally sells up then the new owners will want to bring their own man in so probably a wise move for Ian Holloway to walk away. It gave him an exit route as well after the fiasco of the fraudster, Alex May, setting up a business with Fenty and then wanting to buy shares in the club.

[Spiritater]

Paul Hurst is the early favourite for a return to Blundell Park

Next Grimsby Town manager odds
Paul Hurst 4/1
Sol Campbell 7/1
Danny Cowley 8/1
Ian Evatt 8/1
Simon Grayson 8/1
Graham Alexander 10/1
Phil Parkinson 10/1
Sam Ricketts 11/1
Paul Ince 12/1
Steven Pressley 12/1
Nigel Adkins 16/1
David Flitcroft 16/1
Gary Bowyer 16/1
Paul Cook 16/
Kevin Nolan 16/1
Paul Heckingbottom 20/1
Derek Adams 25/1
Colin Calderwood 25/1
Keith Curle 25/1
Craig Elliott 25/1
Paul Jewell 25/1
Nigel Pearson 25/1
Dino Maamria 25/1
Ryan Lowe 25/1

T'is a pity Sir Jack's not on t'list, ex player, well liked by Mariners fans. Has a great record in management at his last club, finished 2nd strongest team in the league. Would be a great appointment imo

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Bad news for Grimsby fans. John Fenty has rejected the offer to buy his shares in the club and repay his loans over a period of time.

It looks like Ian Holloway was approached indirectly by Tom Shutes and his consortium.

Dean Holdsworth is also involved so that is further bad news.

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/spor ... by-4829515

[I am Spartacus]

The more you read about John Fenty, a Conservative councilor who has just resigned as the lead officer from the Regeneration Committee of the Council, the more you wonder what his motives are.

Made all staff, allegedly, take a 25% pay cut after furlough and by all accounts is not one as a player to be messed with during contract negotiations.

A sort of Haslam / Meale hybrid. Grimsby is a great day out and I would hate for it to disappear due to the avaricious nature of one man.

One day, when the truth is told without spin or slant the only ones coming out with any dignity will yet again be the fans. As the Propellor Heads with Shirley Bassey once sang, ‘All just another case of history repeating’.

[cassellswasmagic]

More like send them down

I have a cunning plan.
What's Carlton Palmer doing nowadays.

Carlton is out jogging just outside Sheffield right now if you want his number

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Paul Hurst has been appointed as the new Grimsby manager with Chris Doig appointed as his assistant.

"Never go back" is an old saying in football.

[The One]

Holloway was never "a fit" there.