Harry Redknapp | Full Q&A | Oxford Union

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About Harry Redknapp: Having spent over 30 years as manager in the Premier League for teams including Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, it is fair to say that Redknapp is something of a footballing legend.His career began as a player for West Ham United, where he made over 140 appearances, but heis perhaps best known and admired for guiding Tottenham Hotspur to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League following the 2009-2010 season.
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[@mr.anfieldfootball]

Were so lucky Harry is still full of so many great stories ❤️❤️🙏

[@mike365fly]

Harry Redknapp has the most interesting personality I've seen in football!

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

Its crazy how dull Jamie seems in comparison! Or maybe eccentricity comes with age?? Hope youre well.

[@stevendenny7260]

He's a genuinely warm and engaging person. A very rare commodity, seemingly....!!!!

[@mr.anfieldfootball]

Me to 🔥

[@gscjapan6356]

Lovely, lovely bloke. Really enjoyed that.

[@davidkidd3443]

Harry has such a great attitude towards everything . Never seems to have a bad word to say about anyone . Loves football and you can feel that more than anything .

[@sarnobat2000]

44:49 Great advice: "you get a lot more out of people telling them how good they are than how bad they are" . This is something every parent should learn.

[@arkaseth]

sarnobat2000 exactly

[@harrydes23]

sarnobat2000 and coach and team mates

[@hugonongbri8100]

this is for mourinho 😂😂

[@Kinuklon]

Someone should tell Mourinho that too

[@amucci7]

Kinuklon really? The man won champion leagues with porto & inter...if that isn’t getting the best out of your players i don’t know what is🤔 he was also the last man to win the league in Italy before juventus started dominating so do your research before judging him off the last 3 years kid, and even with that pile of shit united he still won the europa leauge, league cup and and community shield

[@stifflerrussell2868]

love harry redknapp,i flew back from barbados with jamie and louise and nippers when i went out to watch the cricket in 2008, engand vs west indies, and jamie is a credit to his mum and dad what a lovely bloke very genuine.

[@SMC01ful]

Yeah, good report mate. On my end I've never met him, but I've heard nothing but good things about the bloke.

[@larvottowolfsheim6890]

His comments about giving players and employee’s positive feedback all the time I think is quite significant.

[@SMC01ful]

Voice of the working class old Harry. Love him and would love to have a sit-down and chat with him.

[@thamesironworkers36]

I'm a West Ham fan so obviously going to have a soft spot for Harry.but you don't even have to be a football fan to like him. It's just great to listen to him talk and here all his stories.

[@omalone1169]

20:00 like what he said about Lampard training late . 1

[@jemimallah2591]

top top q&a, absolutely top top q&a

[@sarnobat2000]

Completely agree. I was looking for a documentary about Harry and was about to close my tab when I realized this wasn't but couldn't stop listening. This isn't just for Spurs fans but anyone who loves English football.

[@YevOnegin]

Got a lotta time for this q&a, lotta time for it. Its a pwopa q&a, not like some q&a's these days. Pwopa q&a.

[@samfitzpatrick1866]

hahaha

[@bombaclut7458]

triffic questions

[@MichaelSmith-xh6io]

DRBGNU

[@sujitprabhakaran9886]

Even though I am not a British National, watching British football has inspired me and made me happy in the toughest times. I owe you! I bow to you Harry ! Your voice is like oxygen to me 👍👍

[@Luke-oz1ll]

Redknapp is quality bought everyone together here at the end of the day we all may have different educations or upbringings or financial situations but we all have football, well done to all the geezers with the questions

[@adityachirimar7689]

Those old farts at the FA! 🤣🤣🤣👌🏼👌🏼

[@omalone1169]

02:50 almost forgot that they only see the players every two months unless it is major tournaments

[@Matshidiso_]

Priceless! 😁

[@K2shadowfax]

An amazing talk by a man who's been at the coal face; watch it all, or, if not, just watch from 44.00 till the end...; there be words of wisdom!

[@PhilKanuOji]

Harry has always been a delightful gentleman. I wish him fun and long life, and perhaps some honours.

[@jameslewis121]

thx for another great Q&A - what a legend of the game!

[@beterbutz]

Harry is such a great guy,love him!

[@sarnobat2000]

It would be great if there was a podcast feed for Oxford union interviews with footballers.

[@kevingrant2301]

Great down to earth guy,great stories not all about" how great am I "

[@dmg8530]

could listen to 'Arry all day, tells great stories

[@itellyouwhy6957]

Harry's a top class salt of the earth kinda fella. He did an amazing job with this Q&A. *****

[@keithmockridge3329]

Top geezer, proud of his working class background, tells it as it is. I wasn't sure that i would enjoy this debate, but i loved every minute of it. I'm not a big football fan, i just like people who can tell good honest stories.⚽️⚾️🏀🏐🥅

[@andytsai5859]

Fantastic Interview! Really insightful!

[@MrTerryb1956]

what a great man 51 years married to Sandra ........... now thats commitment in this day and age

[@patrickohare1681]

One likeable man , enjoyed that cheers

[@walkermorgan1710]

Great ending! Fantastic character!

[@omalone1169]

They should do Sam allardyce who introduced the training changes to the game

[@matthewprice7519]

Harry is a class act

[@mafoomatty7494]

wimborne town,legend i live 25 odd miles away from there,i nevwr knew they had a team but he tried to help en,,good man to help dorset football

[@user-dv4rh2my1x]

Any manager that brings a team into promotion is a darn good manager.

[@richardandconnorfreestylef4906]

great Q and A lads! loved watching it-i nearly missed the bloody bus!

[@VillaBoys123]

'Doesn't matter how long ago it was' Charming.

[@billwakefield7392]

brilliant interview

[@vantheman1244]

Love Harry

[@johnny8447]

Classic geezer ol' Harry, what a character, manager and man. Great storyteller love his work. Proper footy chap Harry is proper footy.

[@thokoziletapambwa509]

Cant wait to meet him in September on his meet and greet tour. Am his biggest fan 💕💕💕

[@omalone1169]

He should have went for the Tottenham job once Poch got sacked

[@carsonking5549]

Enjoyed that.

[@footstompinleroyscott6892]

Could listen to Harry all day. Cool guy.

[@davideckersley9930]

Happy birthday harry2/3/23

[@asupertramp948]

After I'm a celeb I searched this out. What a gem of a man

[@jameskid81]

i couldnt stop crying at 25:50

[@cammy944]

Top Top bloke Harry

[@richardbunning3347]

Well ya know, top top interview, triffic 😂

[@walkermorgan1710]

I LOVE THIS MAN HE DIDNT WANNA DO THAT ENGLAND JOB BS

[@donaldrussell8920]

Oxford woman handing the mic is gorgeous

[@ahmadkatito3045]

Donald Russell settle down mate 😂😂

[@imaghodorotabor963]

Absolutely right

[@kyNguyendk]

Its in time you learn to honor Sir. Harry.

[@nigelnyoni8265]

10:16 Harry Redknapp is *always* making these highly accurate predictions :D Even tried to suggest to Frank that he should be on TV not the dugout :D

[@TokyoJoe703]

18:38 - “we went to arsenal n got a point, we done really well” pmsl 😆

[@peterharwood1430]

I went fast up the ladder fast when I left school. One of the quickest window cleaners.

[@MsBigjmk]

good to see him give terry props after what happened with rio and the characters in football back then are much better than today

[@donalddonaldolove1321]

You see a cor, unfortunately Niko Krancjar couldn’t make it today. The lad has broken his leg but he’s a er cor terrific fantastic player.

[@MasterAppels]

Spurs had a massive dip after the England rumours became really strong!

[@larvottowolfsheim6890]

44.53 is the best moment for me

[@brutallyhonest9140]

I recon Harry didn't get England managers job was because of the legal case over hanging and Levy sacked him as he wasn't committed to Spurs he made it clear he would take the England job given the chance so Levey let him go.

[@marcusclark5330]

he would have fallen foul to an allardyce type sting

[@leenew350]

frank is doing really well and derby and stevie up north in scotland both doing well

[@omalone1169]

10:30 as of January 2020 Frank is at Chelsea and Stevie is in Scotland South and making 60k year is beautiful even if they did earn that in a week

[@Jay7MU]

Y'know.

[@beanboyo]

"I'm not a wheela deela, fack off"

[@user-sq5zs3rj1z]

Harry really struggled with that coming out question... He was part of the era that probs jokingly mocked the gay community and hinted at it in his answer but didn't want to admit it!

[@user-ho5lf9wr4j]

I think that question was unnecessary from the guy who looked straight to me

[@Aman1012]

Almost everything is 'faanntastic' according to 'arry.

[@samuelemcb2480]

I didn't realise how bad the rivalry really was hmm I think you did Harry and thanks for taking the scum down

[@scottdenham9425]

Harry ''A bunch of old farts at the FA'' . Harry : ''I don't hold grudges''. lol

[@hugoleesong]

I'd still rather have Harry over Southgate now. Not that I hate Southgate, just that we need a passionate man not a yes man

[@tu1949]

Spot on mate!

[@MasterAppels]

Gerrard gets 80 000 pounds a week in LA, I'm sure he made more than that at Liverpool and would surely have received more than that if he stayed in Europe.

[@CC-lt2qt]

Master not sure if you were aware, but Brendan Rodgers would only give Gerrard a new contact with diminished wages and lesser role in the squad. Which was partly why he left.

[@narcher91]

@ Is that a real comment? He was earning 80,000 pound a week or around 110,000 dollars at LA Galaxy.

[@KhanivoreQniba]

Great answer regarding grass roots. The money in the PL has ruined the league as too many of us talk now about the £ and ROI, we talk far less about the matches, players and certain incidents within the matches. We used to talk about specifics but now have fallen for the corporate crap that is money and the 'he's not worth ££££ a week'. Sad.

[@bungditdin8019]

7:44 - 7:53 Drink everytime 'Arry says train

[@DANDREWSX]

How many times does harry say you know

[@Creees]

what a manager he was, shame he didnt have a chance to manage England. How could you pick Hodgson over Redknapp

[@asiffmingeater8533]

Creees its a easy choice, forget about Hodgson taking over a Crystal Palace side that was rooted at the foot of the prem , then keeping them up with 3 games to go . Hodgson CV is a 100 x s better then the biggest charlatan & parasite in football that is the media’s darling arry rednapp.. Look at Hodgson management record then compare it with arrays one . Roy is like light years ahead

[@Isleofskye]

Safe pair of hands, Old Chap. Won't create any " waves"...

[@Creees]

49:00 love the fact he talked up spending money on facilities for grassroots, everyone who is successfull could be seen as being paid too much but that is the gsme of life

[@jman360co]

polar opposites do collide in a mess

[@davesmithson5947]

he didnt realise the Rivalry???? How could he say that with a straight face..........mmmm made me rethink this man

[@thegreatgrumdini]

It was criminal this man never get the England job

[@sammypembo]

One of the best 'man managers' ever!! I totally agree he should have had his chance, they even gave Allardyce a shot at it, and Harry's forgotten more than Big Sam knows, and I'm a lifelong Blackburn fan who holds high regards for Big Sam

[@thegreatgrumdini]

@@sammypembo Big Sam isn't a bad manager I do like him but to appoint Roy 😭 Harry Redknapp had the whole country behind him After his work at Portsmouth and Spurs any other English manager would have gotten his time at the very top And I'm Scottish (And an Arsenal fan) 🙈

[@sammypembo]

@@thegreatgrumdini I think big Sam is a great manager, I absolutely loved him when he was at Blackburn, but he always managed teams in relegation scraps/not enough quality and ended up being tarred as a long ball specialist, 2 dimensional type of manager, which I thought was unfair as you can only work with what you have.. He even said when Everton came calling that this is his biggest club to go to.. totally agree about uncle woy though mate.. 100%

[@thegreatgrumdini]

@@sammypembo People say that about him but do you remember watching his old Bolton team with skilled players who got the freedom to express I think he's right in what he said If he was called Alleridici he would have been given a better chance I think it's unfair to call him one dimensional when chairman's bring him for one thing Who knows what England might have done if they kept him

[@thomasjones2415]

Harry Is Quilty,

[@bigaluk1980]

Top man but the interviewer struggled here.

[@Dan-xu4sd]

Alex 'The Coworking Guy' Ahom I don’t think so, bearing in mind he’s a student not a journalist, he kept things flowing and asked interesting questions. Solid job.

[@joshkier]

missed a lot of marks didn't he

[@mafoomatty7494]

arry

[@mackemfury2553]

Harry Redknapp also says rubbish or things that anyone could spot. He said Sunderland, Swansea and Hull are in big trouble. No ****. He walked out on QPR with a "bad leg", but at least Moyes and the other manager haven't given up.

[@lookbetll8353]

Mackem Fury as a Sunderland fan? Do you regret that comment? We’ve been relegated twice. Failed at Wembley twice then failed to get into the god damn championship!. We also can’t keep our best players if. Maja. If we had old Arry things would’ve been different you know, we could’ve been fantastic. Stayed in the prem you know. It’s about players. You know.

[@donspartan2213]

Get Harry in at Oxford utd. Coyy

[@gregerson20]

Sir Geoff Hurst came from Ashton-Under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester.

[@standenberg]

Sir Geoff was born in Ashton-under-Lyne but moved to Chelmsford, Essex when he was six years old.

[@stanlaurel5719]

celtic won the european cup and all 11 players lived within 20 miles of each other.

[@secularscot9804]

stan laurel To be fair, that West Ham squad won the 65' Cup Winners' Cup and had some World Cup winners in it.

[@mafoomatty7494]

he speaks the twufth,,godo old arry

[@seandoran2209]

Union comm, funny that.

[@livingrentfreeinyourhead]

King of the jungle 2018

[@mericanbadass5299]

The odds of him managing England ever ?

[@sujitprabhakaran9886]

Amazing that now also you expect an old horse to do all the work. We need young blood mate. He is good at talking but I am afraid the politics are a bit complicated. Even he won't enjoy comments of that sort🙏 You should outsource someone like Unai Emre, Pep Guardiola, Xavier Zanetti 🙏

[@TokyoJoe703]

Taking bungs is absolutely fantastic, top draw, ehhh arry

[@gavinsanders983]

It's awkward listening to these and knowing what happened in the future..

[@samjameson5204]

what happened?

[@omalone1169]

The previous season Vieira was also sent off during a match with West Ham following alleged provocation from Neil Ruddock who, amongst other things, it was claimed had called him a 'French prat'. After the match, in a television interview, the player joked that 'he could smell the garlic' when Vieira spat at him following his dismissal, which ultimately led to an abortive FA investigation into allegedly racist remarks. In some senses these events illustrate the ways in which the terms of debate around racism in football have shifted in the context of the growing numbers of overseas players performing for Premiership clubs. Overt forms of racism amongst supporters and racial abuse directed at black players by their fellow professionals have declined steeply in recent years in the face of vociferous public campaigning, but it seems that foreign players have been largely exempt from these moral prohibitions. As West Ham's English manager Harry Redknapp commented in defence of Neil Ruddock: "What a load of nonsense ... There is no way he should be punished. What for? For having a joke? If you can't have a bit of a crack and give a funny answer, where is the English sense of humour? The good thing about the English is that we have always been able to laugh at ourselves. "

[@medees46]

Great interview Ps. Can I have microphone girl's number?

[@JayTeddy1]

He really struggled with the coming out question. My goodness.

[@Isleofskye]

Or to paraphrase it "Don't ask me about those Nancy Boys and Gaylords coming out as I know they would ( sadly) me crucified from Lands End to John O'Groats. I remember one guy ( Alan Birch-Walsall) had blonde curls and he got wolf-whistled and abused during the whole game and he wasn't Gay ! IMAGINE if he was "

[@omalone1169]

In England you have to come o7t ad being fond of Nonwhite players

[@Stratahoovius]

Does anyone at Oxford care about football at all? reply if you do!

[@bradlopez5154]

Thank god he did not mention the tax evading Rosie

[@MasterAppels]

He constantly veered off of what was asked.

[@SMC01ful]

Really, I thought he was hilarious.

[@CC-lt2qt]

Master dude is old as shit, he can talk about whatever he wants and nobody corrects him. Legend

[@siwakeman1266]

Habbit I suppose, used to being interviewed and questions from press and not slipping up with info etc.

[@CC-lt2qt]

Si Wakeman nah he is old so he doesn’t care or remember. Once he was asked how he set up spurs and he proceeded to rattle off his shopping list

[@blackfizzle55]

Love that about him. Should of been England manager

[@1551997123]

I'm watching this on March the 2nd😂

[@nathandevonport7064]

'arry to win im a celeb

[@michaelholmes3446]

he did

[@Isleofskye]

Good Call....

[@omalone1169]

Ian Wright to win in the jungle

[@Isleofskye]

Or to paraphrase it "Don't ask me about those Nancy Boys and Gaylords coming out as I know they would ( sadly) me crucified from Lands End to John O'Groats. I remember one guy ( Alan Birch-Walsall) had blonde curls and he got wolf-whistled and abused during the whole game and he wasn't Gay ! IMAGINE if he was "

[@dcvbhtrdf]

19:40 Dandruff?

[@daikayll1897]

I bet he sleeps like a baby. No regrets,no poison in him. Nice bloke.

[@seasalter9]

Wonder if Billy Bonds thinks Redknapp is a genuine bloke?

[@MarknoblesAcidhouseparty]

big fat NO

[@simonhellier7281]

?

[@bripar2034]

marco boogers the worse

[@jimmcguire1958]

someone should ask why have England not won a major tournament since 1966/ answer could be the old farts at the fa more interested than their own little power circle than the team

[@Isleofskye]

Of course.That is why the likes of Ron Greenwood got the job over " The People's 100% Choice: Brian Clough"....

[@tu1949]

@@Isleofskye spot on. He was turned down for being honest enough to tell one of them (on being asked what his intentions would be) "well, I'd get rid of you lot for a start"..... I can imagine his manner as he said it.....it cost him the job! They're the reason Trevor Brooking received a knighthood..... and other ridiculous and brainless decisions. WTF is that about?

[@Isleofskye]

True, my friend...@ @@tu1949

[@Afed390]

first

[@bundess5473]

FA old FARTS haha so true Get rid of Southgate fr