IAIN Dowie definitely won't be making a return to Selhurst Park as Crystal Palace's new manager, the Advertiser can reveal.
Steve Parish had sounded out the former Eagles striker about a return to SE25, almost a decade after he led Palace to promotion in his first spell as boss.
But a source close to Dowie has told us he will not be succeeding Ian Holloway as boss, with Parish having spoken to the 48-year-old earlier this week to say the club would be looking elsewhere.
However, the Advertiser understands the pair parted on good terms and that Parish remains an admirer of the Sky Sports pundit, who has also managed Hull, Coventry, QPR, and Oldham.
As of Thursday night, Tony Pulis remains the bookies odds-on favourite for the Palace job and appears to be in pole position to take over the reins before Saturday's game with Hull.
However, another former Palace boss - Neil Warnock - has been backed heavily and is now second favourite for the post, rated as short as 7/2 with some bookmakers.
