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Harry Redknapp 1994 - 2001

Player Debuts

Crafty Cockney character who is East London born and bred and grew up in the ‘West Ham Way’. Began his Football League managerial career at Bournemouth but returned to Upton Park in July 1992 (two months after the club were relegated from the top flight) to become assistant to former Hammers team-mate Billy Bonds. They won promotion to the Premiership at the end of Harry’s first season in tandem with Bonzo. ‘H’ took sole charge of the team in August 1994. Media-friendly Harry enjoyed a reputation as a shrewd wheeler-dealer in the transfer market, picking up bargains and selling them on for good profit. In an era of grossly inflated transfer fees. Smashed the British transfer record when selling home-grown Rio Ferdinand for an astonishing £18m in November 2000. After surviving near relegation in 1996-97, Harry recovered well to lead Hammers to eighth place in 1997-98 and fifth place a year later - our highest position for 13 years - and a return to serious European competition for the first time since 1981. Regardless of success of failure on the field, under Harry Redknapp, West Ham United maintained its tradition for playing attacking, entertaining football. However, the team’s failure to progress and subsequent brush with relegation towards the end of the campaign led to Harry coming under fire from many fans, and just days after the club’s Premiership survival had been secured with a 3-0 victory over Southampton, the shock announcement was made that Harry would be leaving Upton Park, after almost seven years in charge.

Appointed Manager 10th August 1994

Overall League Record:

P:265 W:94 D:71 L:104 F:324 A:353

Honours:

UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners 1999

619

620

621

622

623

624

Adrian Whitbread

John Moncur

Don Hutchison

Tony Cottee

Julian Dicks

Michael Hughes

Marc Rieper

Simon Webster

Leeds United - Sub 69mins

Norwich City

Newcastle United

Liverpool

Southampton

Queens Park Rangers

Leeds United

Blackburn Rovers

20th August 1994

27th August 1994

31st August 1994

10th September 1994

22nd October 1994

4th December 1994

10th December 1994

30th April 1995

Upton Park

Carrow Road

Upton Park

Anfield

Upton Park

Loftus Road

Elland Road

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

1994-95 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP replaces Billy Bonds 10th August 1994

Second

Debut

Second

Debut

625

626

627

628

629

630

631

632

633

634

635

636

Marco Boogers

Robbie Slater

Stan Lazaridis

Iain Dowie

Les Sealey

John Harkes

Neil Finn

Frank Lampard Jnr.

Dani Da Cruz Carvalho

Slaven Bilic

Ilie Dumitrescu

Mark Watson

Rio Ferdinand

Leeds United

Nottingham Forest

Chelsea

Arsenal - Sub

Sheffield Wednesday

Manchester City

Coventry City

Nottingham Forest - Sub

Tottenham Hotspur

Middlesbrough

Queens Park Rangers - Sub

Sheffield Wednesday

19th August 1995

26th August 1995

11th September 1995

16th September 1995

28th October 1995

1st January 1996

31st January 1996

3rd February 1996

12th February 1996

9th March 1996

27th April 1996

5th May 1996

Upton Park

City Ground

Upton Park

Highbury

Hillsborough

Maine Road

Upton Park

White Hart Lane

Upton Park

Loftus Road

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

1995-96 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP

Second

Debut

637

638

639

640

641

642

=643

645

=646

648

Steve Jones

Paulo Futre (Loan)

Mark Bowen

Florin Raducioiu

Steve Mautone

Hugo Porfirio (Loan)

Mike Newell (Loan)

Paul Kitson

John Hartson

Emmanuel Omoyinmi

Richard Hall

Steve Lomas

Lee Boylan

Arsenal

Coventry City

Southampton

Southampton - Sub

Barnet

Liverpool

Chelsea

Derby County

Leeds United

Middlesbrough

Sheffield Wednesday

17th August 1996

21st August 1996

24th August 1996

18th September 1996

29th September 1996

21st December 1996

15th February 1997

1st March 1997

9th April 1997

3rd May 1997

Highbury

Upton Park

Under Hill

Upton Park

Stamford Bridge

Baseball Ground

Elland Road

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

Coca-Cola Cup

Carling Premiership

1996-97 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP

Second

Debut

649

650

651

652

653

654

655

656

657

658

659

660

661

Eyal Berkovic

David Terrier (Loan)

David Unsworth

Ian Pearce

Andy Impey

Ian Moore (Loan)

Craig Forrest

Samassi Abou

Paulo Alves (Loan)

Lee Hodges

Trevor Sinclair

Bernard Lama (Loan)

Scott Mean

Barnsley

Barnsley - Sub

Everton

Newcastle United

Liverpool

Southampton

Aston Villa

Chelsea

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

Everton

Arsenal

Leeds United

9th August 1997

23rd August 1997

20th September 1997

27th September 1997

4th October 1997

15th October 1997

9th November 1997

29th November 1997

17th January 1998

31st January 1998

2nd March 1998

30th March 1998

Oakwell Ground

Oakwell

Goodison Park

Upton Park

The Dell

Upton Park

Stamford Bridge

Upton Park

White Hart Lane

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

Coca-Cola Cup

Carling Premiership

1997-98 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP

=662

665

666

667

668

669

670

671

672

Shaka Hislop

Neil Ruddock

Ian Wright

Javier Margas

Marc Keller

Joe Cole

Scott Minto

Marc-Vivien Foe

Paolo Di Canio

Gavin Holligan

Chris Coyne

Sheffield Wednesday

Coventry City

Liverpool

Swansea City

Sheffield Wednesday

Wimbledon

Wimbledon - Sub 72mins

Liverpool

Leeds United

15th August 1998

29th August 1998

12th September 1998

2nd January 1999

16th January 1999

30th January 1999

20th February 1999

1st May 1999

Hillsborough

Highfield Road

Upton Park

Selhurst Park

Anfield

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

F.A. Cup

Carling Premiership

1998-99 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP

673

674

675

676

677

678

679

680

681

682

683

684

Rob Jones (Trialist)

Michael Carrick

Paulo Wanchope

Stuart Pearce

Igor Stimac

Adam Newton

Gary Charles

Shaun Byrne

Stephen Bywater

Sasa Ilic (Loan)

Frederic Kanoute

Ian Feuer (Loan)

F.C. Jokerit

F.C. Jokerit - Sub

SC Heerenveen

Tottenham Hotspur

Watford

Coventry City

Birmingham City

Newcastle United

Bradford City

Everton

Wimbledon

Derby County

24th July 1999

28th July 1999

7th August 1999

11th September 1999

25th September 1999

30th November 1999

3rd January 2000

12th February 2000

26th February 2000

26th March 2000

15th April 2000

Helsinki

Upton Park

Highfield Road

St Andrews

Upton Park

Pride Park

Intertoto Cup

Carling Premiership

Worthington Cup

Carling Premiership

1999-00 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP

=685

687

688

689

690

691

692

=693

695

696

697

Nigel Winterburn

Davor Suker

Christian Bassila (loan)

Jermain Defoe

Kaba Diawara (loan)

Rigobert Song

Titi Camara

Hannu Tihinen (loan)

Christian Dailly

Sebastien Schemmel

Ragnvald Soma

Svetoslav Todorov

Hayden Foxe

Chelsea

Manchester United

Walsall

Coventry City

Sheffield Wednesday

Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic - Sub 86mins

Charlton Athletic

Manchester United

Liverpool

Everton

19th August 2000

26th August 2000

19th September 2000

23rd September 2000

29th November 2000

26th December 2000

22nd January 2001

28th January 2001

3rd March 2001

31st March 2001

Stamford Bridge

Upton Park

Bescot Stadium

Highfield Road

Upton Park

The Valley

Old Trafford

Anfield

Upton Park

Carling Premiership

Worthington Cup

Carling Premiership

Worthington Cup

Carling Premiership

F.A. Cup

Carling Premiership

2000-01 Season : HARRY REDKNAPP