Everton FC boss David Moyes relishing sea-side clash with old adversary Ian Holloway

David Moyes 300TODAY may be the first time David Moyes and Ian Holloway have squared up with three Premier League points at stake - but the pair are old, not to mention fond, adversaries.Moyes and the ubiquitous joker known as Ollie, were derby day rivals when the Everton boss was a no-nonsense centre half for Bristol City, and Holloway was a prickly midfielder for Bristol Rovers.Moyes grins at the memory.'He was a gas head!' says the Blues boss. 'There was a big rivalry and they were good times. They were well anticipated derbies at that time. 'He was always a character. He was feisty and he always had qualities about him.'You could see him going into management and that was the chosen route he wanted to take.'Moyes had a typically forthright way of dealing with his spiky counterpart.'I just nutted him!' he says. 'He had big centre forwards to look after him like Devon White. He always had minders to look after him at Bristol Rovers.'Never one to duck an out-spoken soundbite, Holloway once said the only good Bristol City fan is a dead one.'He could get away with that!' he says. 'He was always lively, always had something to say.'He was from down that way as well with that West Country accent. He was a real competitor and I think he's shown that as a manger."Moyes has the utmost respect for what Holloway has achieved with Blackpool on a budget which makes even his own seem like mega bucks.

Source: Liverpool_Echo