Chris coaxed a heartwarming response from Harry when asking him about his wife. The football manager revealed Sandra is “his life” after Chris asked him for tips on marriage. Harry met Sandra in a pub and Stratford and they have since been together for 55 years.
Speaking on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show, Chris said: “She’s just become just as much of a legend as you if not more.
“The neck that turns the Redknapp head.
“Tell everyone about how you met Sandra.”
Harry said: “As a young footballer at West Ham about 17, me and a mate of mine decided to go to a dance at the two puddings pub in Stratford.
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“It was all Motown music at the time in the 60s.
“And there was Sandra and her mate.
“Me and my pal, who was a goalkeeper at West Ham, decided to go have a dance with these two good-looking girls across the dance floor.
“Obviously my mate was better looking than me so when we walked over the pair of them probably thought ‘well, I hope I haven’t got him’.
“But Sandra ended up with me unfortunately for her.
“As it turned out, my mate the goalkeeper ended up being an undertaker so she had a result in the end.”
Chris laughed and asked Harry how long the pair have been together.
Harry said: “We have been married 51 years this year.
“We were going out for four years before that.”
Chris added: “Any tips for the rest of us to do with marriage?”
Harry said: “I don’t know with my missus she’s my life.
“I got to be honest, she’s a different class.”
Chris Evans Virgin Radio Breakfast Show airs weekdays at 6.30am.