Harry admitted after he finished playing he was struggling for money (Image: GETTY)
READ MORE But we were struggling, me and Sandra.
He noted that he retired from playing the sport near the end of the 70s, when Jamie and his eldest son Mark were younger. When they were little and I d finished playing, we had no money, he explained. I m coming to end of my playing time and I m thinking what I m going to do with my life.
Harry revealed: I was going to buy a Bournemouth taxi but we didn t have the money, it was like £14,000 - £15,000.
Harry and wife Sandra couldn t afford to buy a taxi (Image: GETTY)
Harry Redknapp
The ex footballer began by recalling the moment he got offered a role for a new team in Phoenix with his friend Jimmy Gabriel, by a football club executive.
He added the pair were offered “crazy money” for the job, as well as luxuries such as a luxury car for his wife Sandra.
Sold by the offer, Harry and Jimmy left their jobs in Seattle to make the move.
Harry soon discovered the chief executive of the club had taken all the money.
Harry Redknapp recalled the time he was the victim of a scam during his career as a football manager (Image: GETTY)
Peaky Blinders set is haunted by the ghost of a dead dog shot by its owner
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1 Feb 2021, 20:00
Updated: 1 Feb 2021, 23:43
IT’S a good job Peaky Blinders is full of tough guys, as they’re about to be given a fright.
Cillian Murphy, Helen Mccrory, Paul Anderson and others recently started filming a new season of the hit BBC drama at Arley Hall in Cheshire.
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The new season of Peaky Blinders is being filmed at the haunted Arley Hall on the Arley Estate in Cheshire
But it turns out the 19th century mansion is haunted by a ghostly DOG and crew have reported hearing barking noises in the halls.