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There is a growing clamour among Grimsby Town fans for Ian Holloway to become the next permanent manager at Blundell Park.

The former QPR, Millwall, Crystal Palace, Blackpool and Bristol Rovers boss is currently out of work.

He has been backed down to third favourite with the bookies over the past week, and unconfirmed reports have suggested he has held talks with Town.

Mariners fans on social media have also called for him to be installed in the Blundell Park hotseat.

Holloway had been keen on the Bristol Rovers job - but they instead went with a fresh approach and appointed 39-year-old Ben Garner instead.

Garner got his time at Rovers underway with a 2-1 defeat against AFC Wimbledon today.

Holloway, 56, would be a hugely ambitious appointment for the Mariners - and the club would surely have to dig deep to lure the experienced, charismatic boss.

The latest signs from the Grimsby Town hierarchy were that they would give interim manager Anthony Limbrick every chance to stake his claim for the job on a permanent basis.

But Town have struggled badly for points under his leadership - indeed the first goal under Limbrick only arrived in today's 1-1 draw away at Macclesfield Town.

Speaking before Rovers appointed Garner as new boss last week, Holloway said: "You want to be wanted don’t you? I wouldn’t say I’m not interested, I don’t feel that’s right. With my experience it’s very difficult for me to comment on jobs because if I say ‘I want them’ and then the fans get behind that, it could cause the owners problems.

"At the end of the day, it’s down to the owners to choose which way they want to take the club, hopefully that it’s on a positive footing and going in the right direction."

According to Bristol Live, Holloway has been in talks with another EFL club over a managerial position for a project he says, "interests and excites him." But it is not known if that is at Grimsby Town or another club.

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