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Ian Holloway
The neighbourhood dispute 60 miles down the road in Manchester may be grabbing all the headlines on FA Cup third-round weekend but there is one tie that will be even more fiercely contested taking place on the north-west coast.
Ian Holloway is on a hiding to nothing as he takes his side to face seaside neighbours Fleetwood for only the second time in their history. The 48-year-old put out a virtual reserve XI in losing against Southampton at the same stage last year in the midst of his side's ultimately unsuccessful fight for Premier League survival
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