Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknappis an English football manager and former player. He is a football advisor to Central Coast Mariners and a director at Southern Football League side Wimborne Town...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 March 1947
bed fantastic forward life looking pull season takes
I would give anything to be able to put it to bed. It takes your life over but I'm only looking forward to the end of the season if we can pull it off because it would be a fantastic escape.
against both city hope manchester size team
We'll need some size about us against a team like Manchester City and I'd hope to be able to play both these two.
ready
We are ready to have a real go at them.
delighted needed players quality three
I'm delighted to get three quality players I really needed and wanted.
forward leaving looking massive matters mistake starting staying
It was a massive mistake leaving Portsmouth and I am looking forward to starting again. All that matters is staying in the Premiership.
feeling meant stay
I've just got a feeling that it could be meant to be that we stay up.
build came gone squad
I've got them in to build a squad which we really didn't have before. When I came back here I had to do something or we would have just gone down anyway.
beat birmingham few good great players run situation suffer time turns twists watching
It was a good time to play them, but what a run by us and what a great situation we are in now. The players are up for it and so are our supporters, but we all know there could be a few twists and turns yet. Birmingham could beat Aston Villa and I'll suffer watching that. It ain't over yet.
fans means players stay
I want players who know what it means to Pompey fans to try and stay up.
difficult round
It was a difficult day for me all round really,
ball fantastic felt five headed kicked last lifetime minutes mouth referee saw whistle winning
That last five minutes was like a lifetime to me. I've headed every ball, and kicked every ball out there. When I saw the referee put that whistle to his mouth I can't tell you how fantastic that felt for me. It was like winning the pools.
language time
At no time did I use abusive language.
asked fourth goal school sit stage talk
At no stage did I ever swear. I just said to the fourth official, asked him why the goal was allowed. He said - how you would talk to a six-year-old at school if you were a schoolteacher - to sit down,
fire low sale sure
You get disappointed and feel low but I just wanted some clarification of where we wanted to go, I wanted to make sure there was not going to be a fire sale of the better players.