Ian Holloway tears into 'disgraceful' Man City in six-minute rant - 'Get the hell out'

Former Blackpool manager Ian Holloway launched into a passionate six-minute rant after being asked about Manchester City being found guilty of breaching the Premier League 's financial rules. Holloway, who's now in charge of League Two side Swindon Town , has urged decision makers to kick City not just out of the Premier League, but out of the EFL , too.

The 63-year-old managed Blackpool in the top flight for one season during the nine-year period in which City, who deny the charges and have appealed , were found to have breached 114 rules. Holloway was asked ahead of Swindon's game at home to Crewe Alexandra on Saturday whether he felt 'robbed' during the 2010-11 season, in which Blackpool lost to City twice by a one-goal margin.

His lengthy response saw him accuse City of 'seriously denting football' and 'still lying now' amid their appeal. Holloway doesn't believe that ex-manager Pep Guardiola was involved, but he wants the club's owners to 'get lost' and City be sent to non-league.

After a pause, Holloway replied: "To be honest with you, in that whole season, I felt robbed. My team played so well against Man City. We scored three perfectly good goals. We had one disallowed for being offside, and they scored two. One was not a foul, and the other one was offside.

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"So they were given a penalty, and the other goal was offside, and the referee sent me a letter saying we cost you nine points this year because we expected, oh, that must have been a foul because that was Man City, let alone them now cheating. The game worldwide is being ruined by people who are rich, who think they can do God knows what they want to it.

"And it belongs to every one of us, whether we're rich or poor. And it's a sport that is turned into a business that makes it ugly. But there is no game on this planet like it because it's like a game of chess on grass and it gives you a chance to become part of something that matters.

"One of my granddaughters has been playing for a while, Luna, her younger sister, Remy, has just started playing, she's 6 and Luna's 8. I watched her score her first two goals, Luna, last Sunday. It was a joy to see. I'm going to watch their training session tonight, really looking forward to it. And it's helping me remember why I love this game so much. And I always will love it.

"You can't ever control it. These new pundits are saying, 'oh, you've got to gain control'. That's all about what Pep has done inside the game with the new rules about playing out and going into your box. So you gain control and the more control you get and then you go, we can't all do that.

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"That's not the way the game should be. You've got to try and find a way to be part of something and be with somebody. They have seriously dented football and I think it's harmed it and I would absolutely hammer ten bells out of the whole lot of them because they knew what they were doing.

"They're still lying about it now, which is absolutely disgraceful.