1p for Ollie

I know it's a few years old now but has anyone ordered "Ollie" for a penny. (Plus postage)  

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/of.....577993728&sr=8-2

Think I'll hang on for the revised edition due out in a few years time, he might just have some new chapters to add...

I read this on holiday 10 years ago. If I remember correctly, I was sat by the pool reading it whilst simultaneously listening to us getting beaten 2-1 at home by Hayes & Yeading, with the help of a Jamie Hand thunderbolt along the way (funny what you remember, innit).

I remember at the time thinking it would be great to have this guy in charge of us one day. The book is obviously well out of date now, being over a decade old, but it’s definitely worth a read. Funny, entertaining and enlightening, as you’d expect.

Interesting that he hasn’t listed Lennie Lawrence among the number of managerial greats to have taken the helm at Blundell Park. There was one anecdote he shared when he had just taken over at QPR, when he came up against Town.

It was Paddy’s Day 2001, and if I remember correctly (and clearly I’ve got a memory for insignificant details), the day Marcus Bignot made his QPR debut having been signed by Holloway from Brizzle Rovers.

Anyway, anyone there that day will remember it for two things. First, it being possibly the most one-sided game of all time and secondly for the most incredible goalkeeping performance from Danny Coyne. Peter Crouch alone should’ve had about nine.

Remarkably, Town won 1-0. After the game, a seething Holloway gets a knock on his office door. It’s Lennie. “I can see you’re struggling a bit at the moment”, or words to that effect, says Lennie. “If you ever need any advice, here’s my number”.

Ollie was apparently so angry, having schooled us in every footballing department with the important exception of actually scoring a goal, that he literally chased him out of Loftus Road.

Anyway, Ollie’s new found Town affinity aside, it’s a good read and well worth £3 of anyone’s money.

The Jamie Hand thunderbolt was one of the best goals I have seen at BP and really brought us down to earth in our second home game of that first Conference season.

Quoted from Poojah

I read this on holiday 10 years ago. If I remember correctly, I was sat by the pool reading it whilst simultaneously listening to us getting beaten 2-1 at home by Hayes & Yeading, with the help of a Jamie Hand thunderbolt along the way (funny what you remember, innit).

I remember at the time thinking it would be great to have this guy in charge of us one day. The book is obviously well out of date now, being over a decade old, but it’s definitely worth a read. Funny, entertaining and enlightening, as you’d expect.

Interesting that he hasn’t listed Lennie Lawrence among the number of managerial greats to have taken the helm at Blundell Park. There was one anecdote he shared when he had just taken over at QPR, when he came up against Town.

It was Paddy’s Day 2001, and if I remember correctly (and clearly I’ve got a memory for insignificant details), the day Marcus Bignot made his QPR debut having been signed by Holloway from Brizzle Rovers.

Anyway, anyone there that day will remember it for two things. First, it being possibly the most one-sided game of all time and secondly for the most incredible goalkeeping performance from Danny Coyne. Peter Crouch alone should’ve had about nine.

Remarkably, Town won 1-0. After the game, a seething Holloway gets a knock on his office door. It’s Lennie. “I can see you’re struggling a bit at the moment”, or words to that effect, says Lennie. “If you ever need any advice, here’s my number”.

Ollie was apparently so angry, having schooled us in every footballing department with the important exception of actually scoring a goal, that he literally chased him out of Loftus Road.

Anyway, Ollie’s new found Town affinity aside, it’s a good read and well worth £3 of anyone’s money.

My mate who lives in London went to that QPR game, as did a few on here I’m sure, and he said it was the most preposterous act of football thievery he had ever witnessed! By all accounts, maybe even more one-sided than the famous Goodison Park game in the 80’s.

Quoted from Poojah

Anyway, anyone there that day will remember it for two things. First, it being possibly the most one-sided game of all time  
  

More one-sided than Everton away in 1984??

Quoted from Les Brechin

I know it's a few years old now but has anyone ordered "Ollie" for a penny. (Plus postage)  

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/of.....577993728&sr=8-2

I thought from the thread title this was going to be a low budget "war chest" whip round for the new manager Les.  

Remember it well danny Coyne was literally flying around the goalmouth like superman and yes crouch should of scored at least 9 😆 great result and plenty of town fans there that day think it was groves who struck the winner for us

Quoted from Les Brechin

More one-sided than Everton away in 1984??

I couldn’t make it that night as I wasn’t born for another 6 months and my dear old mum seemingly didn’t want to go, so I can’t really make the comparison. It was, however, like nothing I’ve seen before or since.

Incidentally, I did technically take my lad to his first Town match at about 8 weeks gestation - Wrexham at Wembley in the Trophy final. Cold, cold game to take a hormonally charged, pregnant lady to, I’ll tell you that.

How would you rate it compared the Easter smash n grab at wba when Luke Cornwall I think scores with our only chance?