The time Harry Redknapp subbed on a mouthy fan for Lee Chapman at West Ham | Football funny

So you're still enjoying managing? Yeah. But managing, am I right in thinking it's one of those jobs where everyone's sitting at home in their armchair, everyone thinks they can do better? Yeah. But is there one time, I guess people think they can play as well, isn't it? Some sort of, you actually bought someone a fan or someone who was screaming insults behind you and you actually bought them one to play? Yeah, I took a team to Oxford City for a pre-season game, I was manager of West Ham. And, you know, it was a lovely sunny evening and we started the game and there was a guy next to the dugout, big West Ham fan. He had hammers tattooed on his arms and he had the earrings in, hammers on them. And he started after about two minutes, Harry said, we ain't got that Lee Chapman up front again this year, we ain't going to get a decent striker. He kept on about Chapman all first half, he wouldn't leave me alone. What's he doing Harry, he's useless, why are you playing him again? Anyway, half time I made five substitutions and put the subs on, it was a friendly game. So subs go on, got no more subs, after two minutes we get an injury, so now I've only got ten men. So I turned to him, he's still shouting at me. I said, can you play as good as you talk? He said, I'm better than that Chapman. I said, well come on then, get your gear on, we'll have a look at you. He said, what do you mean? I said, you're playing. He said, who for? I said, West Ham. He said, I ain't got any boots. I said, what size are you? He said, nines. I said, well how do you look at me, how do you get me a pair of boots? Takes him up to the changing room, he gets changed, he comes waddling back, he's got feet like this, right? Skinhead, tattoos everywhere, earrings in. Gets to the touch, he's coming on. He said, where do you want me to play? I said, go up front. I said, I want to see if you're better than Lee Chapman. So he goes on. So hold on, this was just, you just had it with him, just giving you the... Yeah, stick all through the game. So he's gone on. The guy comes down, true story, from the tannoy system, the assistant. Comes down, he wants to announce on the tannoy who's coming on. So the people know who's on. He said, Harry, who's the sub? Who's number 16? I said, who's number 16? I said, haven't you been watching the World Cup? Chichi Shiaf, the Bulgarian striker. He went, oh, I thought it was him. And he came on, played up front. He came on, played up front, scored a goal. And I've got to be honest, on the night, he was better than Chapman.