[Albion] Albion's HARDEST ever player 2025. The Final. Paul "Tank" Clark vs Jimmy "Hard" Case

stewart12 · Monday at 10:18 AM

And here we are. The final.

In the red corner. Hailing from Benfleet, Essex and standing at 5 foot, 10 inches. He represented the Albion from 1977 to 1982. He is Paul "The Tank" Clark!

And his opponent in the blue corner. Hailing from Liverpool and standing at 5 foot, 9 inches. He represented the Albion from 1981 to 1985 and 1993 to 1996. He is Jimmy "Hard" Case!

stewart12 · Tuesday at 10:23 AM

Bounce

wellquickwoody · Tuesday at 10:51 AM

Would love to say Clark, but Case was a tough bastard on a higher level.

Papa Lazarou · Tuesday at 10:53 AM

I've voted Clark all the way, but it's Case

Mackenzie · Tuesday at 11:04 AM

It’s Jimmy, always has been. That said they’d both relish a 50/50 with one another.

papajaff · Tuesday at 11:17 AM

I saw Clarky play many times and I think even Jimmy would think twice about mixing it with him

Blue3 · Tuesday at 12:15 PM

papajaff said:
I saw Clarky play many times and I think even Jimmy would think twice about mixing it with him

I agree they were both fearsome and it’s a close call but Case was not just hard as nails his ability was superior to the Tank

Weststander · Tuesday at 12:25 PM

Jimmy. Also a great footballer.

Goldstone1976 · Tuesday at 12:25 PM

It’s gratifying that in this particular ‘hardest’ contest, two genuinely hard men have made the final - unlike in some other competitions where a fluffy badger actually won it one year.

It’s Case, isn’t it? Sorry, Tank.

WASH · Tuesday at 12:35 PM

Easily could vote for both but Tank gets it for the memory that still lives with me to this day over 40 years ago when he 'tackled' Lil Fuccillo of Luton in the centre circle at the Goldstone and smashed his leg to pieces. To be fair I think it was a 50/50 ball but the sound of the crack as Mr. Fuccillo suddenly went from only having two bones in his lower leg to many pieces still resonates with me!

One Teddy Maybank · Tuesday at 12:56 PM

Close, Clark over Case for me, just…..

Giraffe · Tuesday at 1:17 PM

This is a genuinely hard choice. My memory of Paul Clark is a fuzzy one, basically just remember seeing one match where he terrified the opposition, but I was very young. Case on the other hand is much more vivid. I think Clark was dirtier but was he harder? Not sure. I voted for Clark though.

Jimmy is 70 now, Paul is 66. I wonder who would win a fight? That's the sort of thing people pay to watch nowadays.

Robinjakarta · Tuesday at 1:53 PM

Very, very close. Of course Case was the more accomplished footballer, but that's irrelevant to this.
Clark, I think.
Or maybe Case.
Where's the fence option?

stewart12 · Wednesday at 8:53 AM

Just over an hour left

Gwylan · Wednesday at 8:58 AM

Giraffe said:
I think Clark was dirtier but was he harder? Not sure. I voted for Clark though.

I'd say it was the other way round: Clark wasn't a dirty player at all - even the Lil Fucillo leg break wasn't a bad foul. Case definitely had a meaner streak

I voted Clark all the way - I think too many people were swayed by Case being the better (and better known) footballer - and more recent. But Clark was one hell of a hard player, genuinely scary

Giraffe · Wednesday at 9:00 AM

Paul Clark suffering from being a bit further away in peoples minds, losing based on our bad memories I fear.

stewart12 · Wednesday at 4:30 PM

There we have it

47-38 to Jimmy Case. He'll now go down as officially the hardest played in Albion history

dejavuatbtn · Wednesday at 4:35 PM

Jimmy, as long as he could hear Clark coming.

Withdean South Stand · Wednesday at 4:37 PM

What does the trophy look like and how will you get it to Hard Case himself?

stewart12 · Wednesday at 7:18 PM

Withdean South Stand said:
What does the trophy look like and how will you get it to Hard Case himself?

Would be amazing if anyone could contact Jimmy to let him know

I'll happily present him with a congratulatory slab of meat

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