Harry Redknapp's Biography
Harry Redknapp was born in Poplar in London on 2 March 1947.
He played midfield in the 1960s and 1970s for West Ham and Bournemouth, and briefly for Brentford and Seattle Sounders in the NASL.
Harry Redknapp told The Mirror:
"When I finished playing I didn't have a penny to my name.
"We could barely afford to pay the mortgage on a house that cost us £6,000 and my wife Sandra had to work as a mobile hairdresser, even though she was heavily pregnant with Jamie."
In the late 1970s, Harry Redknapp assisted Bobby Moore at Oxford City.
As well as playing for West Ham and Bournemouth, Harry Redknapp went on to manage both clubs (he also made an emergency appearance as a player for AFC Bournemouth in 1982/3).
At Bournemouth, Harry Redknapp got the team promoted from the old Third Division as champions in 1987. He also gave his son Jamie Redknapp, who went on to play for England, his league debut.
Harry Redknapp initially joined West Ham as assistant to Billy Bonds, but took over as manager in August 1994. He spent 7 years in charge of West Ham, before moving to Portsmouth.
Redknapp had two stints as Portsmouth manager, separated by a brief spell at their bitter rivals Southampton, which saw the Saints relegated.
In Redknapp's first stint at Portsmouth he got them promoted into the Premier League as First Division champions.
In his second spell at Pompey, he helped them avoid relegation and then took them to ninth in the Premiership in 2006/07.
The following year, Portsmouth, under Redknapp, finished eighth and won the FA Cup.
In October 2008, Harry Redknapp took over as Spurs manager, after they sacked Juande Ramos.
Spurs agreed a compensation package of £5m with Portsmouth, where Tony Adams took over the helm.
Harry Redknapp told The Independent that the "most relaxing thing for me is walking my dogs, two British bulldogs."
On 14 January 2009, the BBC reported that Harry Redknapp had been charged with two counts of tax evasion.
In the 2009/10 season Spurs under Harry Redknapp clinched fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League.
In November 2011, it was revealed that Harry Redknapp would face trial for alleged tax evasion when he was manager of Portsmouth Football Club.
On 8 February 2012, Harry Redhnapp was cleared of tax evasion.
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