England crying out for Harry

Five-and-a-half hours.

Three games, plus two lots of extra-time. Enough to get you from the quarter-finals of a major tournament to the trophy presentation. Enough to decide the next manager of England.

When the jury headed back into Southwark Crown Court after more than five hours of deliberation to declare Harry Redknapp not guilty of tax evasion, they might as well have confirmed him as Fabio Capello’s successor.