Ian Holloway is new Swindon Town FC manager

Swindon Town Football Club has announced the appointment of Ian Holloway as First Team Manager on a deal running until the end of the 2024/25 season.

Revealing the new appointment, the club said: "With over 600 appearances as a player and taking charge of almost 1,000 professional games over a 20+ year managerial career, Holloway will bring invaluable experience with him to SN1. 

"During his time as a manager, he has secured promotions on three occasions, including promotion to the Premier League with Crystal Palace and Blackpool, as well as promotion with QPR in the Football League Second Division in 2003-04.
"The former midfielder has also achieved promotion twice as a player, achieving promotion from the Football League Second Division with Wimbledon in 1985-86, before winning the Football League Third Division with Bristol Rovers in 2003-04, making his record a total of five promotions achieved as both a player and manager during his time working in professional football."
Mr Holloway said: "I'm delighted to be back working in football after a period out of the game as I wanted to get back into it if the right opportunity arose which, with this opportunity, I feel is the perfect fit for me.
"Conversations happened very quickly and both sides were very keen to get the deal done and of course, I was delighted to engage with a club like Swindon Town, a club of whom I know a lot about due to my location and knowledge of the local area.
"I want to be able to bring everyone together to deliver success and positivity on and off the pitch and I'm delighted to be at The Nigel Eady County Ground tomorrow to meet you all for the first time as Swindon Town Manager and I look forward to a successful time working together."
Following the appointment, Head of Football Jamie Russell said, “We're delighted that Ian Holloway has agreed to join us at Swindon Town Football Club.
“We are confident that Ian's experience and leadership qualities which he has shown for many years across not just at Premier League level, but the top five divisions of professional football, will be a significant asset for Swindon Town Football Club.
“His passionate approach coupled with his location being more local to the South-West area along with most importantly, a desire to build a hardworking and entertaining side is a large part of what made us believe he would be the ideal fit for us.
“Additionally, Ian’s ability to help grow, develop and nurture not only our first-team players but also the dedicated coaching staff we have at Swindon Town was important to us.
“Alongside our current coaching set-up with Marcus Bignot, Steve Mildenhall and Gavin Gunning, there is a great opportunity for us to mix proven Premier League quality in Ian, with our dedicated and committed first-team staff who have achieved successes in their own right and are particularly keen to improve to deliver positive performances and results for Swindon Town going forward.
“We hope that this exciting blend of coaching experience will get the very best out of our talented squad as we look to our next game against Gillingham tomorrow afternoon.”
Mr Holloway's Holloway's work will officially begin in his new role on Monday, but the 61-year-old will also be in attendance for tomorrow's home game against Gillingham as Town returns to The Nigel Eady County Ground in its latest league fixture.