British bookmakers 'Paddy Power' have been forced to apologise after odds of 66/1 were offered on the late Ugo Ehiogo being Birmingham City's replacement for Harry Redknapp.
Ehiogu passed away in April this year, falling tragically to a heart attack at Tottenham's training ground, where he served as coach of the Under 23s.
A spokesman insisted it was a "genuine error", with the odds removed from sales in "less than five minutes".
He added: "We would like to apologise to Mr Ehiogu's family if they did see the tweet. It was obviously a mistake and no offence was meant."
The company also issued a statement apologising for and clarifying the incident.
"This was a genuine error, a trader re-used an old market as a template for this one, and didn't notice that Mr Ehiogu was included.
"Obviously, that was a mistake, one which was rectified as soon as it was spotted, within minutes."