Pat Holland

Pat Holland

Personal information
Full name	Patrick George Holland
Date of birth	(1950-09-13) 13 September 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth	Poplar, London, England
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1981	West Ham United	245	(23)
1971	→ Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (loan)	10	(0)
1977	→ Team Hawaii (loan) [1]	16	(4)
Managerial career
1988–1995	Tottenham Hotspur (Reserves)
1995–1997	Leyton Orient
1997–2006	Tottenham Hotspur (Academy)
2012	Arsenal U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick "Patsy" Holland (born 13 September 1950) is an English former footballer who played for clubs West Ham United, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Team Hawaii. Holland has also coached and scouted for teams such as Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Holland was born in Poplar, London. A midfielder, he made his professional debut for West Ham United in 1969. He became an integral player for the club playing in the team that won the 1975 FA Cup Final. ^[4] He also played in the European Cup Winners Cup final of 1976, where he scored one of West Ham's goals in a 4–2 loss to Anderlecht. ^[4]

Holland sustained a knee injury in a game against Notts County on 17 January 1981. Despite this, he earned a winner's medal as West Ham won the Second Division in 1981. ^{[4] [2]} As a result of his injury he played reserve team football but never again did so for the Hammers' first team. In all Holland made a total of 296 appearances for the East London club. ^{[4] [2]}

He then joined Leyton Orient as player-coach and later had spells at Queens Park Rangers as reserve team coach, and Orient as youth team coach. In 1988, he became reserve team coach at Tottenham Hotspur. ^[5] In 1995, he left Spurs to be manager of Leyton Orient, who had just been relegated to Division Three. Despite being heavily backed by the new chairman, Holland presided over the club's low league standing in 1995–96, before being sacked in the wake of a poor start to the 1996–97 season. ^[2] Subsequently, Holland went back to Spurs to take up the role of a coach within the club's academy. ^[5]

Holland once again moved on from Tottenham in May 2006 to Millwall, joining as chief scout. ^[6] He soon afterward^{[ when? ]} took up the post of the assistant manager to Willie Donachie. Donachie was sacked by Millwall on 8 October 2007 after a start to the 2007–08 season that saw Millwall at the bottom of the League One table.^{[ citation needed ]} Following the appointment of new Millwall manager, Kenny Jackett Holland left the club. ^[7]

In July 2009, Holland left his role as scout ^[8] for MK Dons following the departure of manager Roberto Di Matteo to West Bromwich Albion, and subsequent appointment of Paul Ince.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 22 August 2012, Holland was appointed as the coach of Arsenal's under-18 team. ^[9] However, he left his post at the club seven weeks later, citing personal reasons. With this being so, Holland went on working with Arsenal as a scout. ^[10]

Honours

West Ham United ^[4]

• Second Division: 1981
• FA Cup: 1975

References

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 100. ISBN   1-903135-50-8.

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6. "Millwall Holdings Report". Millwall Holdings PLC.co.uk.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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10. "Arsenal step up interest in £10 million-rated Ipswich left-back Tyrone Mings". Daily Mirror. 10 November 2014.