By Harry Redknapp
'From kicking a ball as a child lower than the road lamps of Poplar and status on Highbury's North financial institution with my dad, to my first online game at West Ham, i used to be born madly in love with soccer. It stored me, and 50 years on that hasn't replaced one bit - i might be misplaced with no it.' Harry is the chief who has noticeable all of it - from from a dark 70s Portakabin at Oxford urban and coaching pitches with timber within the center to the unbeatable highs of the Premiership, lifting the FA Cup and taking over actual Madrid within the Champions League. together with his a lot enjoyed, no-nonsense supply, Harry brings us a narrative jam-packed with ardour and humour that takes you correct within each drama of his profession. Harry ultimately tells the complete tale of the entire debatable ups and downs - the ache and heartache of his courtroom case, the britain task, his love for Bobby Moore, his adventures at Portsmouth with Milan Mandaric, the Southampton debacle, Tottenham and Daniel Levy, and never forgetting his years at West Ham or the demanding situations at his present membership QPR. it is the epic trip of 1 of the nice managers and, alongside the way in which, the tale of the British online game itself during the last 5 a long time. In an period now ruled via overseas coaches Harry is the final of an old style breed of English soccer guy - person who has controlled to maneuver with the days and continuously pop out combating.
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Peter Storrie was there as well, so I used his man, from Romford. The police asked all the same questions about Amdy Faye’s transfer, and received all the same answers. Nothing to do with me; I don’t pay the agent’s fee. But as it went on, I gave them the same information about my bank details, including the account in Monaco. And their investigation went from there. That was my first experience of being in a police cell. It’s scary. This might sound strange but I kept remembering my mum and dad: good East End people, honest people.
I didn’t have to choose between my club and England. The FA had made the call for me. It had been one hell of a year, first with the trial and then this. Now, I thought, it was really back to normal. No more questions, no more dilemmas. I could just get on with managing Tottenham and now, with England gone, I couldn’t see myself leaving the club. The FA’s decision came as a surprise, but I wasn’t about to lock myself in my room with a bottle of whisky. I think some people were more upset about it than I was.
Many long hours to consider your days as they might be spent. Without Sandra, the love of my life, without my sons Jamie and Mark, without my grandchildren, without my friends, without football. Shut up in prison with … who? Some maniac? I didn’t know. Each day in court, I’d look at the twelve people that held my future in their hands. There was a chap wearing a bright white jacket in the middle of January. Another had clothes that were covered in stains. These were the people that would decide my fate?