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Harry Redknapp can tell a good story.

And perhaps one of his best - no actually, it is definitely his best - is the time he brought on a fan and stuck him up front for West Ham... oh, and he scored.

Now we know you may have heard this one before, as legendary as it is, but hearing Redknapp tell it makes it all the better.

In the above clip, Harry begins by setting the scene perfectly as he reminisces on a pre-season friendly against Oxford United back when he was Hammers boss.

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He starts: "There was a guy standing next to me with his head in the box right after kick-off saying: 'Harry, we ain't got that [Lee] Chapman up front again this year, have we? He's useless.'

"He had West Ham tattoos all up his arms, he had West Ham earrings, anyway, he won't leave me alone and at half-time I made three substitutions, so had no more subs.

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"And suddenly I get an injury after ten minutes so I only have 10 men, so I turned to the fella who had been giving me grief and said: 'Can you play as good as you talk?' He said 'I can play better than that Chapman.'"

What happens next is forever etched in football folklore. The West Ham kit man dug out a pair of size nine boots, the man laced up, and he took to the pitch.

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Redknapp had to think outside the box to ensure he could get him on, telling the stadium announcer the fan was in fact his new Bulgarian forward.

"Anyway, he came on," continued Redknapp. "He played up front and scored a goal, and to be honest, he was better than Chapman!" Brilliant.