Harry Redknapp has a new sporting role, but it is nothing to do with football.

The legendary English manager has joined the management team of Speedway Futures Limited.

This company hold all of the rights for speedway in the UK.

Speedway is a sport involving motorcycles, with four to six riders competing in four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.

There are four divisions of speedway in the UK, with a total of 27 clubs, so it is a sport that Redknapp thinks is primed to take off .

Redknapp's verdict on his new role

Speaking about it, he said: “I watch it on TNT Sports and its fantastic entertainment. These guys are going from 0-60 quicker than a Formula One car, with no brakes and they risk life and limb every time they race.

“I only live a few miles from Poole Stadium and bac

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