Who was the hardest player youve seen, Albion or otherwise?

[pishhead]

Souness or Steve Mcmahon for Brighton someone like chippy never took shit.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

None of those mentioned are in the same street as Dave Mackay ex Spurs followed by Norman Hunter.

From the Times list...

15 Dave Mackay (Tottenham Hotspur and Scotland)

‘Mackay was unquestionably the hardest man I ever played against. And certainly the bravest.’ The words of George Best, who had been kicked by some of the world’s most lethal boot-boys.


The winner from that article...

The Butcher of Bilbao

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[Northstander]

Souness

Good call, I retract what I said and agree with the above

 

[Gully]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Vinny Jones, mind you...he was more dirty than hard!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

 

[Jamie]

That I have seen at albion :-

jimmy head case (could play as well !)
doug rougvie (er just nuts)
steve foster (could play as well)
danny Cullip (same as rougvie)

almost very hard :-

charlie oatway - saw him bite other playesr ear at chesterfield. complete loon but really needed cullip to back him up

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Roy Keane?

 

[Bones]

Dirk Lehmen with the local not so tidy ladies on a Saturday night

 

[Frutos]

The Butcher of Bilbao

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He'd be my choice, as evil a bastard as ever set foot on a footy pitch.

 

[vulture]

James Mcfadden in the showers

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Jimmy Case the first time round.

Also thought Chris Hutchings was not to be f***ed with.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Dave Mackay

Oh, and just for luck, here's a photo of the hardest referee ever - take a bow Tiny Wharton

 

[fosters headband]

I know we mean the mean machine that was Paul Clark and he will always get my vote... at the time he was my favourite player...

... but believe he wasn't the original tank... there was actually one before..... who was it?

I think that was Ian Goodwin a centre half signed from Coventry.
As a kid in the 50's I remember a full back called Des Tennant was also nicknamed the tank.

 

[Barrow Boy]

It has to be Paul (Tank) Clark

 

[cjd]

It has to be Paul (Tank) Clark

I,d go with Paul Clark too............but is only just ahead of a centre-forward who played for Brighton.............Sammy Morgan.

 

[fosters headband]

Alex Dawson was no softie either.

 

[Mackenzie]

Steve Foster for us.

Billy Whitehurst for the away team. (look him up)

 

[Barrow Boy]

I,d go with Paul Clark too............but is only just ahead of a centre-forward who played for Brighton.............Sammy Morgan.

Our best ever captain, a certain Mr Brian(Nobby)Horton, could put it about as well, physically and verbally!

 

[xenophon]

Terry "Gyppo" Hurlock

Nails

 

[albionalex]

El-Abd. :/