“Arsenal are the club I supported as a lad and I have many happy memories,” said Harry Redknapp as he visited Highbury on October27, 1987, for a Littlewoods Cup tie as manager of Bournemouth. “You always have a feeling you can beat the Tottenhams and the West Hams but Arsenal have a little bit more steel about them,” he went on. Before being stuffed 3-0.

This article from the Arsenal programme 25 years ago details ‘Arry and his father’s love for Arsenal – a love that he seems to play down a bit these days!

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