Position: Midfielder
Age: 32
Born: Irvine (Mar 9, 1973)
Date signed: Mar 19, 2001
Signed from: Kilmarnock, £100,000
Contract: June 2006
City debut: v Grimsby H (Mar 31, 2001)
Season 2004/05 Appearances (max 41): 29 Goals: 0
Career appearances: 182 (69th in all-time list) Goals: 3
International honours: Scotland
Former clubs: Celtic, Stoke, Kilmarnock

Can always be relied upon to give 100pc for the cause, but struggled to make an impact at the very highest level. An enforced mid-season break after a worrying health scare certainly didn't help his cause – Holt looked a shadow of his former self when he came back. Let's hope he comes back firing on all cylinders after his summer holidays.

Verdict: Holt is a proven performer at Championship level and will be a good man to have around next season. Whether he gets a regular start is another matter altogether. It all depends on whether he can recapture the form of previous seasons.

OFF DUTY (2004):

Marital status: Married, to Lisa.
Children: Luke six, Tom and Ben, six months.
Home: Halvergate.

Current car: BMW
First car: Nissan Micra.

How do you relax away from football: I love spending time at home with the kids and since the twins arrived that’s certainly kept me busy. They need a lot of attention! Like a lot of the lads I enjoy a game of golf while I also like my cricket. It all goes back to my time in the Army when I played it a lot. I’m a wicket-keeper (I’d like to say wicket-keeper/batsman but that would be a little flattering) and I played for my local village team during the summer.

Favourite other sport to watch: My wife will tell you I watch any sport I can find – and there’s plenty of it on the box these days.
Favourite television programme: Question of Sport.
Favourite holiday destination: Bali. We spent our honeymoon there and it really was an idyllic setting. What happened there last year was terrible.
Favourite restaurant/eating place: We don’t eat out that much but we like Zizzi in Norwich.
Favourite read: I love reading books, especially crime thrillers. Colin Forbes, Dick Francis and James Patterson are three of my favourite authors.
Favourite films: Anything by Clint Eastwood (preferable the cowboy ones).
Recommended listening: I’ll have the music on in the car, but I’m not really into any one artiste.

Best thing about living in Norfolk: The weather. It’s a lot warmer than I’m used to. It’s also a lovely part of the world.
Worst thing about living in Norfolk: Going anywhere seems to be long journey. I can’t say I look forward to the drive back to Scotland. It takes an age.

Who’s is the first result you look out for: Kilmarnock.
What was the first team you ever played for: As a youngster, Kilmarnock Portland. My first professional club was Celtic.

What would you have done for a living if you hadn’t made the grade: That’s easy. Before I became a professional I was a chef in the Army and I would have carried on doing that.
What will you do when your playing career is over: I honestly don’t know.