Editing Harry Redknapp (section)

===AFC Bournemouth===
At the beginning of the [[1982–83 in English football|1982–83 season]], Redknapp took up his first major coaching role as assistant manager to [[David Webb (footballer)|David Webb]] at Bournemouth, six years after leaving the club as a player. Redknapp applied for the manager's job when Webb moved to [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] partway through that season, but was overlooked in favour of [[Don Megson]]. Megson was sacked in late 1983 as Bournemouth were in the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] relegation places, and Redknapp was hired as his replacement in October 1983.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/portsmouth/3215379/Harry-Redknapp-feared-management-days-would-be-short-lived-Football.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/portsmouth/3215379/Harry-Redknapp-feared-management-days-would-be-short-lived-Football.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Harry Redknapp feared management days would be short-lived |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=29 May 2015 |first=Alex |last=Crook}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In his first season at the helm, Redknapp helped Bournemouth avoid relegation to the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]. Bournemouth also caused a shock in the [[FA Cup]] when they defeated holders [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 2–0 in the third round.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,626795,00.html |work=Observer Sport Monthly |title=8 January 1984: Bournemouth 2 Man Utd 0 |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=6 January 2002}}</ref> He led Bournemouth to victory in the inaugural [[Associate Members' Cup]] by beating [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] in the [[1984 Associate Members' Cup Final|final]].<ref>{{cite news 
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7674863.stm
|title=Redknapp marks 25-year milestone 
|publisher=BBC
|date=17 October 2008 |access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="afcb.co.uk">{{cite news 
|url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/cup-win-was-simply-red-markable-for-club-legend-mozzy
|title=Cup win was simply red-markable for club legend Mozzy
|publisher=afcb.co.uk
|date=24 May 2019 |access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> Bournemouth won the Third Division title in [[1986–87 in English football|1987]] with 97 points, breaking the club's record for the most points accumulated in a season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/afc-bournemouth/1986-1987 |title=AFC Bournemouth 1986–1987 : Home |work=Statto.com |access-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072527/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/afc-bournemouth/1986-1987 |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}</ref>

After two years at this level, Bournemouth were relegated at the end of their third season. Bournemouth were in 13th position on 3 March, but injuries which depleted the squad, combined with a catastrophic loss of form, meant they won only one more match that season, and were relegated on 5 May after a 1–0 defeat at [[Dean Court]] against Leeds United.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1989-90.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010502040033/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1989-90.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2001 |title=Season 1989–90 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref>

====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>