George Curtis - a veritable hulk of a Coventry City centre half in the days when Jimmy Hill was in charge of them - he put a Charlton player - trying to remember who- about three rows back in the main Valley stand after taking him out two footed on the cinder track in front of the old dugouts, even from high up on the East terrace you could hear the crunch. It was one of those games that really boiled over.
Matt Tees I think it was.
Him or his team mates did Rodney Green in the same game. They were brutal.
For those mentioning Roy Keane, yes his tackle on Alfie Haaland was unforgivable, but Keane was an awesome player, great engine, incredible athlete and could play.
Hurlock, Muscat, Dennis, Jones, Fashanu and the rest were pure thugs.
Has anyone mentioned Graeme Souness? Great player but he was a nasty, spiteful piece of work who was always looking to hurt the other player and what about Dennis Wise? what a little prick he was. I have to say the rest that came to mind have been mentioned Hurlock, Muscat et al but you could take practically any team from the 60's or 70's and come up with one or two in each team.
Glad someone mentioned Eddie Youds rather fetching 'tackle' on BergKamp; & another fond memory is when he made Van Hooijdonk quite literally squeal - legend!! Surprised there's nothing on Andy Todd yet (unless I've missed it), although his best(?) was either off the pitch or elsewhere. If memory serves, when he was at Blackburn, Dugarry introduced himself to English football by spitting at Andy Todd. Oh dear...
There's a difference between being a 'hard man' and just being a violent player. It's usually that the violent, dirty players can't play football very well and therefore resort to other tactics.
Glad someone mentioned Eddie Youds rather fetching 'tackle' on BergKamp; & another fond memory is when he made Van Hooijdonk quite literally squeal - legend!! Surprised there's nothing on Andy Todd yet (unless I've missed it), although his best(?) was either off the pitch or elsewhere. If memory serves, when he was at Blackburn, Dugarry introduced himself to English football by spitting at Andy Todd. Oh dear...
Think he was mentioned... I still remember his handbags with Graeme Stuart. Vague story I remember...Someone at Bolton was rude about manager Colin Todd... next thing we know, Andy is elsewhere and someone was a black eye.
Pat van den Hauwe. The Newton assault was bad, but I'm pretty sure he also elbowed another Charlton player off the ball at WHL when he played for Spurs (Humphrey?). Didn't he also get in trouble for beating up his mrs?
Mick Tait. Played in same Pompey side as Kennedy. Massing for Cameroon in Italia 90, 3 goes at Cannigia. But ultimately between Muscat, van den Hauwe and Djiouf.
Rumour is that you don't mess with Joe Jordan, even now. Apparenetly when he and Gattesu squared up over in Milan v (Spurs), Gattesu was lucky it was broken up before Jordan got hold of him.
For those mentioning Roy Keane, yes his tackle on Alfie Haaland was unforgivable, but Keane was an awesome player, great engine, incredible athlete and could play.
Hurlock, Muscat, Dennis, Jones, Fashanu and the rest were pure thugs.
Being a good player doesn't make you exempt from being a dirty player, and however you dress it up Keane was a dirty thug...... The red cards he got surely go some way to backing that point up.
Harold Schumacher - that tackle in 82' World Cup Semi-Final against France was basically attempted murder
I have no idea of the player you're talking about so I had a look on youtube. If Schumacher was the goalkeeper and the French player was Battison (or like that) then I got to agree, that's the most disgraceful thing I've seen in sport. I've seen deaths in football on youtube and there was one, totally accidental, that was similar to that where the player got hit by the goalkeeper. He died. Battison could very well have as well. Totally shocking!
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Hurlock, Muscat, Dennis, Jones, Fashanu and the rest were pure thugs.
Good player though.
There's a difference between being a 'hard man' and just being a violent player. It's usually that the violent, dirty players can't play football very well and therefore resort to other tactics.
But they're all pansies compared to Elizabeth Lambert. Not heard of her? Then take a look at this........
B*ll*cks to all this "He can't tackle" nonsense.
Muscat and Fashanu for me. Fash broke a guy's back or neck I think, and another guy's leg. And nearly destroyed Gary Mabbutt's face.
http://www.colorsport.co.uk/comment/sports-views/mudman
was Battison (or like that) then I got to agree, that's the most disgraceful thing I've seen in sport. I've seen deaths in football on youtube
and there was one, totally accidental, that was similar to that where the player got hit by the goalkeeper. He died. Battison could very
well have as well. Totally shocking!