Harry Redknapp told Off The Ball about how two pairs of golf shoes cursed his managerial career.
Well, in a manner of speaking.
In 2012, following Fabio Capello's departure from the England national team, Harry was odds-on favourite to take over from the Italian. It was on this backdrop that a local business entered his life:
"I had a boy who owned the local golf shop who brought me around a present and told me not to open it until he told me. Then he rung up one day and he said 'Harry, don't open that box - I've got another box for you.'
"Then about two months later, he brought the other box round. The day he brought the other box round, I lost my job at Tottenham.
"What it was, I had a pair of England golf shoes that he told me not to open because Roy got the job, so he had me a pair of Tottenham shoes made. The day he brought the Tottenham shoes around, I was in London losing my job at Tottenham!
"I said to him 'Listen, I'll pay you ten grand not to make me another pair of shoes!'"
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