"We love you, 'Arry!" cried a delusional woman with a split personality.
"Judas!" shrieked another of the bewildered flock.
What a day!
Portsmouth, with its proud maritime history - Pride in what exactly? Its role in the transatlantic slave trade? Its deportation of large numbers of Irish to the thrills of Botany Bay? - was yesterday honouring one of its greatest operators with a Freedom of the City.
Harry Redknapp, the man who claimed he would never leave Portsmouth, should really have been more honest, and gone with not leaving Pompey until the Betfair price looked tempting enough for a little dabble.
Over-the-top obviously being a regional competency, Portsmouth Council are considering renaming one of the Guildhall bells in Harry's honour - it will be known as the ############# Bell, apparently...
BUNG!!! BUNG!!! BUNG!!!
And the honours and endorsements just keep rolling in - check out the entire Redknapp family jovially playing Wii with not a lawyer in site.
Its the Redknappoly.
Warms the cockles...
* The remainder of this post (and all posts labelled #) are for subscribers only, and details the machinations in favour of Portsmouth winning the FA Cup last season.
Shame and Pity, not a Freedom of the City...
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