Harry on course for cup glory

HARRY REDKNAPP will be able to stroll around the golf course without a care in the world when the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals is made this lunchtime.

Perhaps a man that enjoys a bet as much Redknapp would be able to recall the last time that Portsmouth were listed as the bookmakers’ favourites to win the FA Cup, but the odds are that the Pompey manager had not even been born when the south coast club last held that dubious distinction.

But regardless of Redknapp’s knowledge of the betting history of the FA Cup, his Portsmouth team is now the one that most people expect to lift the cup at Wembley in May following their dramatic, and controversial, victory at Old Trafford. And if he chooses to maintain his tradition of escaping the nerves of the cup draw by playing 18 holes, it’s fair to suggest that his caddy will not be in any danger this afternoon.