Editing Harry Redknapp (section)

====Road accident====
In June 1990, while in Italy to watch the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], Redknapp was involved in a road accident along with Michael Sinclair, the chairman of [[York City F.C.|York City]], Fred Whitehouse, the chairman of [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], and Bournemouth's managing director, [[Brian Tiler]]. Travelling through [[Province of Latina|Latina]], south of [[Rome]], at night, their chauffeur-driven minibus was in a head-on collision with a car containing three Italian soldiers. The minibus was flipped onto its roof and skidded 50 yards along the road. Sitting in the seat where Redknapp had usually sat during the trip,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/17/emotional-jamie-redknapp-fainted-upon-seeing-dad-harrys-injuries-following-fatal-car-crash-9979148/ |title=Jamie Redknapp 'fainted' upon seeing Harry's injuries following fatal car crash |date=17 June 2019 |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref> Tiler was killed, as were the three occupants of the other vehicle. Redknapp was doused in petrol and pulled clear of the accident by Sinclair. Redknapp suffered a fractured skull, a broken nose, cracked ribs and a gash in his left leg. Ambulance services arriving at the scene believed him dead and placed a blanket over his head. Unconscious for two days, Redknapp was flown home two weeks later in a special air ambulance paid for by Bournemouth.<ref name=Italyaccident>{{cite book |last=Roopanarine |first=Les |title=Harry Redknapp The Biography |year=2010 |publisher=John Blake Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-1-84454-806-4 |pages=94–95}}</ref> Though he made a full recovery, apart from [[anosmia|losing his sense of smell]] and gaining a facial tic, he eventually quit Bournemouth at the end of the 1991–92 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=16&cc=5901 |title=Harry Redknapp |work=Soccernet |publisher=ESPN |author=Jon Carter and Phil Holland |access-date=16 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104105940/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=16&cc=5901|archive-date=4 November 2010|url-status=dead }}</ref>