Harry Redknapp to join Australian side Central Coast Mariners as a football consultant

Arry down under: Former Spurs, West Ham and QPR boss takes on consultancy role
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James Benge29 April 2016

Evening Standard columnistHarry Redknapp is to join the Central Coast Mariners as a football consultant, the A-League club have announced.

Writing on their Twitter account during the club's end-of-season dinner, the Mariners said: "Owner Mike Charlesworth announces that Harry Redknapp will join the Mariners as a consultant."

Former Portsmouth, QPR and Tottenham boss Redknapp was recently in Australia as part of a two-game spell in charge of Jordan.

He won his first game 8-0 against Bangladesh but went down 5-1 to the Socceroos in Sydney.

The 69-year-old has accrued nearly 1,500 games of experience as a manager and is also acting as an advisor to Premier League hopefuls Derby.

The Central Coast Mariners are based in Gosford, New South Wales, and were A-League winners in 2008 and 2012.

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