Harry Redknapp

AFCBade said:
I think harry has done a lot for this club so surprised at the stick he gets. He did get a big pay off but wasn’t that a contractural sum owed?
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True. It was a contractual sum owed. However, one may also think that Harry is not exactly short of a few 'bob'. Perhaps he could have wavered half of that to stop our club struggling for cash. But it was his choice I suppose.
 
Reality and Realism said:
True. It was a contractual sum owed. However, one may also think that Harry is not exactly short of a few 'bob'. Perhaps he could have wavered half of that to stop our club struggling for cash. But it was his choice I suppose.
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Harry was definitely struggling for a living a few years before when at Oxford city and then Webb gave him a coaching role. Didnt begrudge him tbh given what he did with our skint club
 
Neil Dawson said:
I’m with you. Backdrop to being a kid for some of us and we loved it.
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I'll always have affection for Harry. The upset felt by this 18 year old was very real when he left. Sometimes I watched them train on Kings Park. "Alright Son" Harry once said with a wink. To bloody right I was "alright"! I felt 10 ft tall. The following Saturday, no one sang 'we've got 'Arry Redknapp on the bench' louder than me. Gerry Peyton wasn't quite so convivial. He told me to 'Eff off from behind his goal'. Different times. Great times.
 
He was at an event where my boy was playing last season. We were leaving and in a bit of a rush, he was staying to chat to everyone, but saw my boy wanted a photo and ‘arry came over and we chatted. A while later because he kept talking about afcb we were able to leave. :hehe:
 
Just found this amusing anecdote in a Barry Fry interview on the BBC website.

'Harry Redknapp stole my player!'

I had this player at Maidstone, Mark Newson. He could play at the back like Bobby Moore - majestic, never gave it away. Or play in midfield like Bryan Robson - wins it, passes it, scores goals. Harry Redknapp phoned me up and I said '£300,000 for him Harry'. Harry said we didn't have him signed on and I explained it was because we didn't believe in tax, so we had players on non-contract forms but also a blank contract that they sign. So £300,000 to sign him. Harry replied that Mark had gone in my office and taken the contract out my drawer! I said, 'you tea leaf Redknapp - next time I see you, I'll blow your kneecaps off!'. Next time I saw Harry was at Ascot - he give me a 66-1 winner and we've been the best of mates ever since."

www.bbc.co.uk

George Best and Barry Fry - football's unlikely friends

George Best and Barry Fry were football's unlikely pals - this is the story of an enduring friendship forged at Manchester United.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Flake said:
Just found this amusing anecdote in a Barry Fry interview on the BBC website.

'Harry Redknapp stole my player!'

I had this player at Maidstone, Mark Newson. He could play at the back like Bobby Moore - majestic, never gave it away. Or play in midfield like Bryan Robson - wins it, passes it, scores goals. Harry Redknapp phoned me up and I said '£300,000 for him Harry'. Harry said we didn't have him signed on and I explained it was because we didn't believe in tax, so we had players on non-contract forms but also a blank contract that they sign. So £300,000 to sign him. Harry replied that Mark had gone in my office and taken the contract out my drawer! I said, 'you tea leaf Redknapp - next time I see you, I'll blow your kneecaps off!'. Next time I saw Harry was at Ascot - he give me a 66-1 winner and we've been the best of mates ever since."

www.bbc.co.uk

George Best and Barry Fry - football's unlikely friends

George Best and Barry Fry were football's unlikely pals - this is the story of an enduring friendship forged at Manchester United.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Bobby Moore, Bryan Robson comparisons?:ROFLMAO: I know that Fry was prone to exaggeration, but that's pushing it.
 
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