BHAs toughest - cross to the other side of the road if you saw he coming- Centre Fwd

[APACHE]

Alex Dawson was as hard as they came, I also remember Sammy Morgan was a real handful when the ball was anywhere near the box.

 

[the wanderbus]

Micky Droy

A) When did Droy play for Brighton?

Paul Clark....

B) When were either Droy or Clark centre forwards?


Mick Ferguson, Mike Small, both centre forwards, both played for BHA & both as hard as f***.

 

[xenophon]

Leon Knight

nails

 

[glasfryn]

norman


OOPS sorry

Sir Norman Gall was no slouch either


does anyone know how he is?

 

[1234andcounting]

Six foot two, eyes of blue
Sammy Morgan's after you

as the song went, I seem to recall.

I think Chippy is our hardest ever player. If you watched him go in for a tackle, he totally ignored the player in possession; 100% focus on getting the ball.

 

[whitelion]

B) When were either Droy or Clark centre forwards?

They weren't of course but I was opening up the 'BHA's toughest' thread with Clark.

 

[bhaexpress]

Alex Dawson, a real menace to goalkeepers, considered them fair game for being battered into the back of the net. In his prime charging the goalkeeper was not considered the heinous crime it is now. Built like a brick outhouse and with a face that few boxers had, tough man indeed.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Phil Stant........Well ard........S.A.S to the football pitch

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Alex dawson soon became my Albion hero.

Historicall we've always been a bit 'soft' and yet here was a relic from yesteryear who was as hard as nails and totally fearless. If they can be found, there's two excellent action pics, one where he's standing, arm aloft, with Phil Parkes kneeling at his feet and the other has him torpeado like in one of his trademark diving headers.

Hope somebody can find these.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Ian Baird simply because went toe to toe with Darren Moore. respect

 

[inland seagull]

Alex Dawson, I remember a game against Walsall when late on we were drawing 1-1 and their centre half was shepherding a hopeless long ball back to his keeper, when Alex came behind him and gave him a short jab to the kidneys, he went down like a sack of s**t and Alex ran on to score the winning goal. Ref/Linesman both totally oblivious, they dont make em like that anymore

 

[GT49er]

Dave Turner and Paul Clark....thoughts?

They were midfielders.........

 

[GT49er]

Alex dawson soon became my Albion hero.

Historicall we've always been a bit 'soft' and yet here was a relic from yesteryear who was as hard as nails and totally fearless. If they can be found, there's two excellent action pics, one where he's standing, arm aloft, with Phil Parkes kneeling at his feet and the other has him torpeado like in one of his trademark diving headers.

Hope somebody can find these.

There's an excellent photo of Alex Dawson in his traditional pose (back of the net, with ball and goalie) in John Vinicombe's book, but unfortunately my scanner's buggered. Bobby Smith was hard to, and going back further, Peter Harburn could but himself about a bit too, so I've heard.

 

[sten]

There's an excellent photo of Alex Dawson in his traditional pose (back of the net, with ball and goalie) in John Vinicombe's book, but unfortunately my scanner's buggered. Bobby Smith was hard to, and going back further, Peter Harburn could but himself about a bit too, so I've heard.

Michael robinson was handful

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Eyes are blue,six foot two,Mickey Small is after you,with a nick knack ....

 

[whitelion]

They were midfielders.........

See my post #26

They weren't of course but I was opening up the 'BHA's toughest' thread with Clark.