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    • @Oldgregg02
      @Oldgregg02 Před rokem +1

      But it’s worth

    • @neilburns8869
      @neilburns8869 Před rokem

      Where the hell is Razor Ruddock?
      Or do you think he's just a big girl's blouse?

    • @patrickodonohue
      @patrickodonohue Před rokem

      Glovy to get God

    • @mikemackay994
      @mikemackay994 Před 11 měsíci

      Give Gary his flowers now. If not…..your a little hater. Facts.

    • @glennvage
      @glennvage Před 11 měsíci

      @@neilburns8869 hiding behind Leah..?

  • @stewarthill9429
    @stewarthill9429 Před 2 lety +565

    They talk about Big Dunc 'restraining' a burglar. What they fail to mention is that the said burglar was hospitalised for three days as a result! Brilliant.

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před rokem +4

      BRIAN CLOUGH

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 Před rokem +17

      I absolutely lost it when I heard that. 😂😂😂

    • @martinmcguire9974
      @martinmcguire9974 Před rokem +1

      3 days ain't long enough for the scumbag

    • @bigrandomun9267
      @bigrandomun9267 Před rokem +16

      Duncan Ferguson has to be one of the only players in PL history where you’d prefer him to score because that could take some of his anger and viciousness away. Like you wouldn’t like to be 1-0 down vs Everton but an angry Duncan Ferguson could end your career on or off the pitch. You could play brilliantly against him and be dominant in the game but as soon as you went off the pitch, he’d try to knock your head off your shoulders.

    • @bigbernie7260
      @bigbernie7260 Před rokem +34

      The burglar was a 9 stone smackhead he hardly sorted out a fit fella his own age and size.
      Once again don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

  • @apm9475
    @apm9475 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Sol Campbell is a unit of a man and Ferguson picks him up and throws him like a rag doll !!!!

  • @petersmith8037
    @petersmith8037 Před rokem +40

    Terry Hurlock never gets mentioned by the media but proper football fans from the 80s & 90s know he was up there with Jones, Harford & Dicks

    • @grahamwilliams2940
      @grahamwilliams2940 Před rokem

      100% and he just terrified you with one look of that face.

    • @Bloxdio_God
      @Bloxdio_God Před rokem +8

      Jones ain't no hard man. People who know him know he can't fight.

    • @joshuawilliams8523
      @joshuawilliams8523 Před 11 měsíci +3

      That because its usually only millwall fans who mention him and they dont realise he meant nothing to the rest of the country and he wasnt that hard just the hardest player in a shit team

    • @davidpeters3857
      @davidpeters3857 Před 11 měsíci

      💯

    • @michaeldunn3423
      @michaeldunn3423 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I would never consider Terry Hurlock a footballer

  • @jackwilliams9226
    @jackwilliams9226 Před rokem +22

    Everyone avoided big dunc except Jimmy bullard 😂😂😂

  • @kingeatking
    @kingeatking Před rokem +18

    Vinnie Jones literally kicked Roy Keane all around the pitch in a game and Keane didn't do a thing.

    • @gridone769
      @gridone769 Před 20 dny

      Yeah Roy Keane was a kid when that happened, and Jones was in his prime. Not a good example.

    • @kingeatking
      @kingeatking Před 20 dny +1

      @@gridone769 not a good example 😂 Mate he would have done the same thing to a prime Keane. Just look at what Keane did to a prime Duncan Ferguson...... Absolutely nothing that's what!!! Roy Keane was a typical bully who was all bark and no bite.

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 Před rokem +26

    There's a distinction between 'Hard' and 'Dirty'. Costa ain't hard, just dirty. Hard men can take it as well as dish it out. You never see a real hard man play act. They even try to hide it when they really are hurt. Like when Pearce broke his leg and walked off the pitch. No rolling on the ground, no crying, no stretcher....WALKED off the pitch....With a broken leg.

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před 3 měsíci

      That's just a cultural difference. Costa had many scraps with Ramos and Pepe in Madrid derbies. Diving and playacting doesn't make you not hard, it just makes you smart. Defenders were scared of Costa. He was a big strong guy who was constantly throwing arms and elbows and squaring up to people.
      It's all relative to the times and what was allowed at that time. But there's also a reason there isn't many strikers on this list.

    • @3rdworldgwaming467
      @3rdworldgwaming467 Před měsícem

      Interesting. I get the point ur trying to make but it's still ur personal perspective on the topic of ''hard man'' persona specifically pertaining to ur distinction between hard & dirty in ur comment. Im not saying ur wrong.....im saying it's arguable, for example lets take a player like the Portuguese centre-back Pepe...I consider Pepe a hard & dirty player. Ur distinction between "hard" & "dirty" implies that a hard man type player has to have virtue and not resort to dirty antics on the field, which I respectfully disagree with.

  • @chrismorris3726
    @chrismorris3726 Před 11 měsíci +29

    Alan is right. Back in the day, first tackle was the most important. That was the one that set the tone and got you inside the head of your opponent. Different game now.

    • @grahamball9375
      @grahamball9375 Před 8 měsíci +5

      First game I ever played for my school - about 7 years old; my dad who managed a local amateur team told me to ignore the ball the first time it came towards me and just kick the defender! That was the basics back in the 60's

    • @braindonor8753
      @braindonor8753 Před 7 měsíci

      It was absolutely shit really.
      Put your mark on the winger etc, get away with first tackle

    • @bornin1948
      @bornin1948 Před 4 měsíci

      Roy Keane stamping on his opponent is a gutless act not a tough one. Many of the other tackles were more gutless than tough.

  • @lindltaylor5596
    @lindltaylor5596 Před 2 lety +193

    Vidic was a hard man not because of the tackles. He walked into fergies office and told him hed be enlisting if Serbia went to war, he broke his nose and reset it pitchside, his last game for United he ended covered in blood. 4th on this list of say is about right.

    • @panzer2146
      @panzer2146 Před rokem +4

      You do know resetting a broken nose takes no help or time lol. I've reset my own most probably like millions of other people

    • @cheekoescobar1849
      @cheekoescobar1849 Před rokem +2

      For real

    • @thcjdonprime4108
      @thcjdonprime4108 Před rokem +4

      How is he even on this list after what Torres did to him? Hard men don't get dry bummed on live TV over and over again

    • @chillwinstonuk
      @chillwinstonuk Před rokem +3

      Costa and Vidic should not be in this list. Its comedy.

    • @MegaHooper25
      @MegaHooper25 Před rokem +26

      @@panzer2146 - Corr maybe you should be on this hard man list you absolute unit.

  • @grassrootsfootball225
    @grassrootsfootball225 Před rokem +10

    Alan shearer was a hard man make no mistake about that

  • @paulkitchen1846
    @paulkitchen1846 Před rokem +21

    Bill Shankly once quoted "Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried." Even Norman Hunter respected him.

    • @blooter6360
      @blooter6360 Před rokem +3

      Tommy “ the hammer” smith
      10 leveks above all those on that list

    • @BigAidsIII
      @BigAidsIII Před 11 měsíci

      The issue is that Tommy Smith wasn't a footballer.

    • @blooter6360
      @blooter6360 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@BigAidsIII wtf ?

    • @BigAidsIII
      @BigAidsIII Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@blooter6360 Ron Yeates was a footballer. Roger Hunt and Ian StJohn were footballers. Tommy Smith ran around booting people up in the air.

    • @blooter6360
      @blooter6360 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@BigAidsIII haha if you say so

  • @pendafen7405
    @pendafen7405 Před rokem +36

    Jamie Redknapp is arguably the apple of Graeme Souness' eye, and still to this day Redders is absolutely terrified of Graeme. Says it all.

    • @smutleybutcher
      @smutleybutcher Před rokem +3

      Are you saying that as Keys would say “Souness was hanging out the back of him?”

    • @pendafen7405
      @pendafen7405 Před rokem +1

      @@smutleybutcher can confirm that fanfic on that subject does exist, if that's what you're getting at. However, I wasn't saying as much with my first comment😅Only wanted to point out that Graeme loves Jamie like a son he's mildly disappointed in.

    • @glennvage
      @glennvage Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@pendafen7405 same as harry then

  • @a.tanner8524
    @a.tanner8524 Před rokem +58

    I laughed so hard at 25:35 when Big Dunc threw Sol Campbell down as if he was a straw doll.

    • @robharwood-stamper9857
      @robharwood-stamper9857 Před rokem +14

      Sol Campbell was a unit as well

    • @saneman7177
      @saneman7177 Před rokem +6

      He had that ability of doing a 50/50 & hurting someone whilst making it look like a natural coming together… I’ve only seen Ramos do it as effectively tbh

    • @WorldCupWillie
      @WorldCupWillie Před rokem +3

      @@saneman7177 dicks was a master of that. He'd push the ball slightly out of reach tempting the winger into a 50/50. If they made the mistake of going for it, smash!

    • @spanners42
      @spanners42 Před rokem

      I agree, but this one is even more fun!: czcams.com/video/-rcXdZpdJ6I/video.html

    • @saneman7177
      @saneman7177 Před rokem +5

      @@WorldCupWillie I feel Ramos has more finesse doing it… it’ll be a “whoops we got tangled up & I landed on your ACL when we both fell over” sort of thing with plausible deniability… anyone who’s played knows what he’s doing…

  • @Adam-om2je
    @Adam-om2je Před rokem +12

    Thomas repka was pretty tapped, remember him squaring up to the whole kop, thought he was going to jump in and start fighting everyone at one point.

  • @clintonsteer3034
    @clintonsteer3034 Před 2 lety +30

    Think only Fergurson would make a list of 10 hardest from this silly list , Yates , Tommy Smith , Souness, Joe Jordan , Billy Whitehurst, Hunter , would all eat most players today alive

    • @pollutionhead
      @pollutionhead Před rokem +8

      I think it's from the premiership years bud

  • @jakebeck4132
    @jakebeck4132 Před měsícem +2

    Big dunc was found trying to rescussitate someone who burgled his home 😂😂😂😂

  • @reidreid2280
    @reidreid2280 Před 2 lety +17

    How the fuck was Costa on that 😂

  • @iangascoigne8231
    @iangascoigne8231 Před rokem +61

    I’m surprised Mick Harford didn’t make the list, the only man not to have an initiation ceremony at Wimbledon because nobody dared.

    • @thesatisfiedcustomer4869
      @thesatisfiedcustomer4869 Před rokem +11

      Yep heard a good few stories about Mick Harford.
      Billy Whitehurst was another proper hard man.

    • @mrmister769
      @mrmister769 Před rokem +2

      ​@@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 big bad bill. Probably tops the list. Didn"t he delve into bare knuckle fighting

    • @dazo69
      @dazo69 Před 11 měsíci

      Vinnie Jones said Harford was the only man he was ever scared of.

    • @benflint4207
      @benflint4207 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Whitehurst, Hartford and Fashanu. Fucking carnage!

    • @benflint4207
      @benflint4207 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Oh, Kevin Ball. Now that's a nutter.

  • @robpayne2918
    @robpayne2918 Před rokem +9

    This is the hard men of the late 80s onwards. I think the players of the 70s were a different breed. Football was brutal

    • @glennvage
      @glennvage Před 11 měsíci

      because life was then...

    • @leonleon2276
      @leonleon2276 Před měsícem

      90’s. If it was 80’s souness be number 1. He not even in this list.

  • @MichaelSmith-ev3gs
    @MichaelSmith-ev3gs Před 2 lety +12

    Remember those 2 guys who tried to burgle Big Dunc ? One of them had to spend a few days in hospital

  • @sim8018
    @sim8018 Před rokem +4

    Billy Whitehurst :-) what a guy, great bloke and I've worked with him, some great stories, and what a man!

  • @1972dsrai
    @1972dsrai Před 8 měsíci +3

    One man, Duncan Ferguson. What a beast, even ended up going to prison.

  • @Shiljamannn
    @Shiljamannn Před rokem +38

    Richards should remember crashing into Vidic's ribs with his boot, and then rolling on the pitch in pain, while Vidic stood up and was showing the referee the boot marks he got from the collision.... He should also remember how his teammate Baloteli tried to act up on Vidic, and then backed off with his head down 😅

    • @bigrandomun9267
      @bigrandomun9267 Před rokem +4

      Makes it even more impressive what Torres did to him. Don’t get me wrong, United dominated most times they played, but when Torres had his way, he made it clear Vidic wasn’t getting close to him. And then you have Messi but that’s mainly what Messi did to the entire United team. Every time Messi picked up the ball, Rio and Vidic both looked as if they’d made the biggest mistake of their lives, not closing him down on the edge of the box and when they tried to, Messi just put the ball in the net. Best team in England for years and Barcelona absolutely dominates them. If they didn’t play Tiki-Taka, Barcelona would’ve scored 7.

    • @badgeholderdave
      @badgeholderdave Před rokem +15

      @@bigrandomun9267 Torres only scored 3 goals in 15 matches against Vidic and what has the skills of Messi got to do with whether his opponent is a Hard man or not ?

    • @kurt5079
      @kurt5079 Před rokem +1

      ​@@badgeholderdave You beat me to it. I'll just at that Vidic also scored 1 in those 15 games 👍

    • @sambell1182
      @sambell1182 Před rokem +2

      @@badgeholderdave I think he's talking about pre-injury liverpool Torres of which he is right.

  • @weekendwarriorprospecting817

    Whoever put Costa in misheard the question. They thought it was the ugliest players 😂

  • @hagridsdisappointingson769

    Micah still trying to get Costa removed 23 minutes into the video 😂

  • @davidjames1377
    @davidjames1377 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Gary Speed. Hard as nails, never backed down, loved a tackle.

  • @Andy_Ryan
    @Andy_Ryan Před 8 měsíci +11

    Mackay was the toughest of them all, not because he was a hatchet man just because he was a great player who happened also to be tough as teak. Picking Bremner up 1 handed after "Wee Billy" tried to break his leg is just legendary.

    • @robinstevenson1098
      @robinstevenson1098 Před 7 měsíci

      Yes!

    • @mcharrisment4765
      @mcharrisment4765 Před 4 měsíci

      Agreed.
      Dave Mackay was the man and was playing top draw ftbl after Tottenham (Derby FC) well into his late thirties

  • @artminusme
    @artminusme Před 11 měsíci +2

    Micah ‘Before My Time’ Richards 😂

  • @Jako-fh8zg
    @Jako-fh8zg Před rokem +9

    Shearer was the the best player I ever saw live, Keane was the most dominating live. Never watched big Dunc live, but on TV he was top man

    • @marcknightly9677
      @marcknightly9677 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Aye, saw Shearer play against Liverpool at Anfield and thought he was amazing. So aware of everything going on and his control was top class.

    • @Jako-fh8zg
      @Jako-fh8zg Před 4 měsíci

      @@marcknightly9677 so true, had power, skill, awareness, drew 2-3 defenders leaving gaps for the other forwards- I’m just gutted he never played for Coventry City 🤣🤣🤣what a player

  • @162tsb7
    @162tsb7 Před rokem +29

    Billy Whitehurst would have knocked the smoke out of any player mentioned in this thread.
    Ask Vinny Jones. He was Billy's teammate at Sheffield United. Some reporter asked Vinny Jones " Whats it like to be considered the hardest man in football?"
    Vinny replied," I don't know ask Billy Whitehurst. " 😂😂

    • @obijon7441
      @obijon7441 Před 7 měsíci +2

      As a Hull City fan, I concur. There's only one player who is known to have fought bare-knuckled with gypsies for money. His name is Billy Whitehurst.

    • @matt81169
      @matt81169 Před 3 měsíci

      Ive been in the company with billy whitehurst about 10 years ago, I got warned to be careful around him and has got a big reputation in area for fighting, he was great fun though, had us all scratching at table at same time with him😂

    • @FootballLad
      @FootballLad Před 21 dnem

      Not a chance on dunc

    • @162tsb7
      @162tsb7 Před 21 dnem

      Big dunc isn't in the same league as Billy

    • @FootballLad
      @FootballLad Před 21 dnem

      @@162tsb7 I know, dunc is leagues ahead

  • @richardreed3394
    @richardreed3394 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm glad I mentioned Jimmy case we talked about him and I've found it for years I've never met him and I don't support Liverpool but is my second cousin

  • @SPARKLEPANDA4LIFE
    @SPARKLEPANDA4LIFE Před 2 lety +62

    Big Dunc hands down genuine hard man

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před 2 lety +2

      He backed down from Razor Ruddick and Eric Cantona

    • @gordonroy7860
      @gordonroy7860 Před 2 lety +16

      @@mmaphilosophy that never happened my friend. Feel free to provide evidence that I'm wrong.

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před 2 lety +2

      @@gordonroy7860 Yes it 10000% did.
      Everyone backed off from cantana because he was an absalute pyscho.
      Look what he did to those Palace fans who taunted him. He ran over and jumped over the rail and flying kicked them.
      And i think Razor only ever backed down to Roy Keane.

    • @gordonroy7860
      @gordonroy7860 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mmaphilosophy you have just made that up? He would batter both of them together. Show me footage? Idiot.

    • @fullenglishbreakfast3289
      @fullenglishbreakfast3289 Před 2 lety +19

      @@mmaphilosophy 😂 😂 😂 Big dunc backed down from no man ever. The man is a natural hard man. No one fucked with big dunc no one

  • @scottishchris6985
    @scottishchris6985 Před 2 lety +8

    big dunc, some guy and also great player 💯🤣👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @redtill1
    @redtill1 Před rokem +22

    Souness….. iron fist in a velvet glove & leader who you would go battle for.Greatest capt in the history of LFC.YNWA

    • @mossga
      @mossga Před rokem +2

      Correct. By a distance.

    • @blooter6360
      @blooter6360 Před rokem +3

      Seen him play in his Hay day for the reds
      An absoloute collosus on the pitch

    • @myalfie
      @myalfie Před 11 měsíci +3

      I’m surprised souness was not on the list hard as nails feared no one and COULD play aswell, definitely not one to shirk a tackle and sought out players with reputations!

  • @davieislay
    @davieislay Před 11 měsíci +4

    These are the famous ones but there’s plenty other belters. I’ll throw Terry Hurlock (Southampton & Rangers), his Rangers teammate Graham Roberts, & Ray Montgomerie (ex-Kilmarnock) into the mix. 💪👊

  • @wreckingballmedia
    @wreckingballmedia Před 4 měsíci +1

    That Keane clip with Southgate, never gets mentioned that nowadays Gareth would've seen red for that tackle - got what was coming

  • @connagh11
    @connagh11 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I know this is 2 years ago lads but I play against Jimmy “hard” Case every Monday and Friday he still has it! One tough fella to play against with LFC foundation & Red Neighbours! 🤯

  • @graemestobbart6713
    @graemestobbart6713 Před rokem +6

    Difference between hard and dirty. Shearer was hard as nails. Others to consider Neil Ruddick, Neil Lennon, Barry Venison, Brian Kilkline, Kevin Ball

    • @mossga
      @mossga Před rokem

      Kilkline was nails.

    • @r7coo
      @r7coo Před rokem

      Kevin Ball should definitely be on the list

  • @treatyrebel5729
    @treatyrebel5729 Před 11 měsíci +20

    Duncan Ferguson was always the player I wanted to see at United. For all the talk of him being a hardman he was a genuinely good player.

    • @TheIkaraCult
      @TheIkaraCult Před 6 měsíci +2

      indeed, he was probably born into the wrong era but he had a fine career. I wouldnt say Man U level at his time though, that's a bit much

    • @treatyrebel5729
      @treatyrebel5729 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@TheIkaraCult I see what you’re saying, but I reckon he’d have done very well getting service from the like of Giggs, Beckham, Scholes and Neville.

    • @MrDMc1981
      @MrDMc1981 Před 5 měsíci

      Dion Dublin went to United though

    • @user-qg9bk7wb9q
      @user-qg9bk7wb9q Před 4 měsíci

      He was great for us blues but injured to much

  • @DscotBhoy
    @DscotBhoy Před rokem +3

    Can you imagine that burglars face as he's going round the house and starts to find family photos.......it was at this moment he knew he'd fucked up!! 😂😂😂

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Před rokem +2

      3 days in Hospital later......true.

  • @davidthwaites8557
    @davidthwaites8557 Před rokem +11

    Micah richards is the rusty lee of footballs hardmen. Hes quality

  • @grahamjones6106
    @grahamjones6106 Před rokem +17

    As a Blue I love the way these legends talk about our BIG DUNC , aside from being a proper tough man,he was also a brilliant player and a genuinely good person

  • @sharman8489
    @sharman8489 Před rokem +14

    Not many out battled Mark Hughes in his day.

    • @14nst3w4rt
      @14nst3w4rt Před rokem +1

      Played half a season with a broken leg!

    • @hughtube5154
      @hughtube5154 Před rokem +1

      Ruud Gullit was in awe of him from their time together at Chelsea. "Strong as a caveman, never gets injured"

  • @pn5163
    @pn5163 Před rokem +1

    5:44 Linker literally backs away into his chair after Shearer mentions Billy Whitehurst 😂

  • @leverholme9894
    @leverholme9894 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice one

  • @keithfowler2013
    @keithfowler2013 Před rokem +7

    Once saw Mr Shearer go one on one with a massive goalkeeper called Schmeichel. He absolutely poleaxed the big man. A quiet assassin !!

  • @Aerojet01
    @Aerojet01 Před 2 lety +44

    The label hardman is misused these days. Players they've mentioned (apart from Duncan Ferguson ), I would class as bullies. Anyone can pick on weak people. When I think of a genuine hardman, I think of a person who is hard as nails and isn't scared or afraid of anyone. Someone like Ron Yeats or Franny Lee spring to mind.

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před 2 lety +3

      Razor Ruddick Eric Cantona

    • @clarestubbs9303
      @clarestubbs9303 Před 2 lety

      I don't remember Franny Lee (just a bit too young) but my hubby does, as he has been a Derby fan for 54 years!

    • @kdog6234
      @kdog6234 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mmaphilosophy agreed

    • @erniescullion8452
      @erniescullion8452 Před rokem +2

      Duncan Ferguson didnt play for my team but he wasnt a bully.You might not know some of them people may have said something. Roy keane picked on people who didn't want trouble. Fact Even Wee Fowler stood up to the gypsy from cork.

    • @erniescullion8452
      @erniescullion8452 Před rokem +1

      @@mmaphilosophy Cantona near filled the togs In a WIMBLEDON match when Vinnie took care if him and Keane they didnt want a piece of Duncan Baby.

  • @windupmerchant1679
    @windupmerchant1679 Před rokem +2

    As a straight man, the idea of meeting Dicks in an alley terrifies me.

  • @andrewmoonbeam321
    @andrewmoonbeam321 Před rokem +8

    Billy Whitehurst by a country mile.

  • @iangascoigne8231
    @iangascoigne8231 Před rokem +7

    He wasn’t known as Duncan Disorderly for nothing.

  • @martinmcguire9974
    @martinmcguire9974 Před rokem +7

    Kevin Davies from Bolton was a tough old cookie

  • @lesart3446
    @lesart3446 Před 7 měsíci +21

    It is a shame that some older players were omitted from the list e.g. Whitehurst, Dave Mc Kay, Billy Bonds, Norman Whiteside, Ron Harris etc.

    • @dirtydawg448
      @dirtydawg448 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Don’t forget Graham Roberts

    • @ElectricSoulShow
      @ElectricSoulShow Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@dirtydawg448 - Tommy Smith ( Liverpool), Ron Yeates (Liverpool), Peter Storey (Arsenal), Nobby Stiles (Manchester United), Mick Hartford ( Luton town) and Mark Dennis (Birmingham City).

    • @dirtydawg448
      @dirtydawg448 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@ElectricSoulShow Norman Hunter billy bremner Johnny Giles

    • @paulsmith5720
      @paulsmith5720 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Well said and great comment.

    • @ElectricSoulShow
      @ElectricSoulShow Před 7 měsíci +2

      Jimmy Case (Liverpool(, Trevor Horlicks (Millwall) Allan Hunter (Ipswich Town)

  • @davidrichards613
    @davidrichards613 Před 9 měsíci +1

    In the age of a million cameras and retroactive punishment, some of these guys would've played half as many matches. So many stamps, elbows, off the ball digs etc. Gary is spot on, hard men like these just can't exist now.

  • @benitotommassi5820
    @benitotommassi5820 Před 6 měsíci

    Jaap s Stam only played three seasons in England. EPL winner x3, FA Cup x1, Champions League x1

  • @theprodigyowl4660
    @theprodigyowl4660 Před rokem +18

    Im a Wednesday fan, but Billy Whitehurst was the hardest footballer I've seen. Absolutely terrifying.

  • @martinlewis967
    @martinlewis967 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Souness the ultimate hacker (with talent) that bit hurts( Utd fan)

  • @Conorguill
    @Conorguill Před rokem +4

    The Keane/Southgate clip is a good one, great skill from Keane and then filthy retaliation for the dirty tackle

  • @gavinross2471
    @gavinross2471 Před rokem +19

    Loved when Big Dunc and Shearer played for the toon. They absolutely terrorised defences.

    • @bez7481
      @bez7481 Před rokem +6

      And won absolutely zero.

    • @mitchellandrews1015
      @mitchellandrews1015 Před 6 měsíci +1

      They really didn’t. Both slow and chubby they scored 15 goals between them across two seasons. Both were frequently injured. Not really very hard when they are ‘off sick’ more than on the pitch.
      Try think what you’re saying kid before you say it

    • @JimmyTheSinz
      @JimmyTheSinz Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@mitchellandrews1015shearer got 21 goals in 98/99 and 30 in 99/00 in all comps so that’s bollocks. Ferguson got nowhere near but he was more of a forward who put it about a bit.

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před 3 měsíci

      Ferguson was rubbish

    • @mitchellandrews1015
      @mitchellandrews1015 Před 3 měsíci

      @@JimmyTheSinz there is no documented evidence of what you say. As a pairing they were ineffective and injury prone. They retained their hard men images though in spite of them being too sick or they had a boo boo that hurt too much to play. They were a failed experiment I’m afraid.

  • @hellalive8973
    @hellalive8973 Před 2 lety +23

    Lauren from Arsenal should have been there imo. That man looked capable of mass slaughter let alone a bad challenge

  • @matthewirwin6134
    @matthewirwin6134 Před 7 měsíci

    I loved Mark Hughes! Great call.

  • @glennvage
    @glennvage Před 11 měsíci +1

    happy to listen to them talk about football where they know what they're talking about,but this... of all time.mckay,whitehurst,harford,bonds,droy.

  • @brentmeistergeneral6074
    @brentmeistergeneral6074 Před rokem +36

    Alan should be on this list. Many of these aren’t hard hard, they are dirty. There are players that aren’t firstly but never lose a physical battle and still carry on when they get hit! Rooney and Gerrard were hard as fxxk but it’s overlooked because of how class they were!

    • @Goggin68
      @Goggin68 Před rokem +2

      garbage neither were need to look at games from the 70s and early 80s

    • @WorldCupWillie
      @WorldCupWillie Před rokem +5

      I remember both of them running to the ref whining and trying to get people sent off

    • @yearo77
      @yearo77 Před rokem +1

      Alan definitely should be on the list. As Roy Keane didn’t want it with him. That’s for sure.

    • @kurt5079
      @kurt5079 Před rokem +5

      ​@@yearo77 Are you high. Keane swung for him and Shearer shit himself and was backing away the whole time.

    • @kurt5079
      @kurt5079 Před rokem +1

      @@yearo77 czcams.com/video/remhCQr-96c/video.html&ab_channel=ClassicManUtdVideosandClips The video evidence shows quite clearly it was Shearer who didn't want any of it

  • @markanderson3332
    @markanderson3332 Před 2 lety +19

    Can’t believe no one mentioned Billy Bonds smashed Vinnie Jones from pillar to post at 40

    • @mediacenterman8583
      @mediacenterman8583 Před rokem +3

      Look at the generation of the panel, mate

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg Před rokem +1

      @@mediacenterman8583 But as was mentioned twice in the video, the panel didn't pick the list.

    • @FrazerJones71
      @FrazerJones71 Před rokem

      Bonzo was not dirty he was just HARD!

    • @jerryoshea3116
      @jerryoshea3116 Před rokem

      Yes he was the real deal! Old school Midfield player and Centrehalf and a fantastic servant for West Ham! But this discussion is just like the stuff u hear on ur average school 'Playground'...Bonds was as tough as unwant,but mostly concentrated on doing his Job!and look at Chelsea with Ron Harris&Micky Droy( a very Physical Centre half)Leeds had Norman Hunter,Forest,Kenny Burns and so on!

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg Před rokem

      @@jerryoshea3116 You must like Norman Hunter as you mentioned him twice.

  • @eyeballpaul294
    @eyeballpaul294 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Shearer will always say his best partnership was Les Ferdinand but having served my time as a ST holder at St James's Dunk was the best.

  • @apm9475
    @apm9475 Před 11 měsíci +11

    It's Duncan Ferguson number 1. He was playing against Manchester United year's back and was getting in several players face's. Roy Keane was oddly quiet that day 😀

    • @hunsler1006
      @hunsler1006 Před 8 měsíci +4

      I've heard schmeichel refused to come claim the ball against him (only him) .. funny Ferguson did score against Man Utd more than any other team I believe

    • @johnmccaughey2722
      @johnmccaughey2722 Před 8 měsíci +3

      ​@@hunsler1006ferguson had a habit of scoring against man utd for some reason.

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Roy Keane was oddly quiet when Vinnie Jones was headbutting him in the balls as well.

  • @neilt1889
    @neilt1889 Před rokem +3

    Everyone mist the hardest man in football that is Billy Whitehurst on and off the pitch !! ⚔️⚔️

  • @donaldvanvliet9039
    @donaldvanvliet9039 Před rokem +15

    Question is who is a hardman, the guy who gives the ugly tackle or the guy who takes it and continues…

    • @mrgt3201
      @mrgt3201 Před 3 měsíci

      When I played rugby league, the guy who took the big hit and got up and played on was respected. The guy who got up and wanted to or did start a fight over it, obviously didn't like taking big hits.

    • @teekay851
      @teekay851 Před měsícem

      ...the players on this list did both...

  • @sirhatch9855
    @sirhatch9855 Před 4 měsíci

    Enjoyed that great video

  • @davidrichards613
    @davidrichards613 Před 9 měsíci +1

    When Dicks arrived at Birmingham Mick Harford was there amongst other quite solid gents, must've been a fun side to face.

  • @cliffdixon6422
    @cliffdixon6422 Před rokem +50

    One you missed off the list is former Sunderland Captain Kevin Ball, quoted by Vinnie Jones in his autobiography as the hardest player he ever came up against. The master of getting the first tackle in, never saw him lose a 50/50 to cries from the fans of 'Ooh Bally Bally, well hard!'. Saw him take Paul Ince out like a cheap light bulb within minutes during a 2-1 Sunderland win over United, Ince went in to his shell for the rest of the game. What a lovely bloke off the pitch too, met him a couple of times

    • @MackemdownsouthF.T.M
      @MackemdownsouthF.T.M Před rokem +3

      Thanks for mentioning Bally

    • @glenbleasdale5858
      @glenbleasdale5858 Před rokem +1

      Hit his own cross bar tackling furgeson on the half way line against Newcastle in the 2-1 win

    • @northernvoice7288
      @northernvoice7288 Před rokem +2

      Totally agree should be top of the tree.

    • @chrisbennett4467
      @chrisbennett4467 Před rokem +1

      Wasn't dirty, just a tough tough uncompromising leader!

    • @glenbleasdale5858
      @glenbleasdale5858 Před rokem

      @chrisbennett4467 it's about hard men in premier leagues history noone said he was a dirty player Kevin ball was a brilliant player but his whole game was being the hard man in the middle met him at Wembley 2014 nicest bloke ever

  • @runningsuperska
    @runningsuperska Před rokem +9

    There's a fine line between hard man and knobhead.

  • @metalman4289
    @metalman4289 Před rokem +1

    Heres my top 10
    1 Norman Hunter.
    2 Terry Butcher
    3 Stuart Pearce.
    4Peter Storey.
    5 Terry Hurlock.
    6 Roy Keane.
    7Martin Keown.
    8 Duncan Ferguson.
    9 Graeme Souness.
    10 Dennis Hollywood.
    Remember Shearer had a bit of nasty streak in him

  • @paulsmith5720
    @paulsmith5720 Před 7 měsíci

    Great stuff.lol😊. Having watched this I have to change my No1 from Roy Keane to big Dunc. Respectfully of course.

  • @jmckeev765
    @jmckeev765 Před 2 lety +6

    big dunc and vidic are the 2 hardest for me. everyone is different ofcourse but i went to serbia in the early 2000's and them serbs are cut from a different cloth. they're quiet., reserved but they've also got a 'dont f**k with me' look about them.

  • @sixer6er
    @sixer6er Před 2 lety +36

    What a find Micah is. A joy to watch

    • @juanaltredo2974
      @juanaltredo2974 Před rokem +7

      yeah, he laughs and...... then he laughs again and admits he doesn't know. What a find!

    • @terenceburchett6122
      @terenceburchett6122 Před rokem +2

      Pablo's understudy and a BBC typical choice. I no longer watch BBC football because it's been ruined!

    • @juanaltredo2974
      @juanaltredo2974 Před rokem +3

      @@terenceburchett6122 zabaleta was ten hundred times better

    • @terenceburchett6122
      @terenceburchett6122 Před rokem +1

      @@juanaltredo2974 I am Pablo's biggest City fan. Loved the guy, a proper right back!

    • @juanaltredo2974
      @juanaltredo2974 Před rokem +2

      @@terenceburchett6122 and knowledgeable, articulate and insightful, everything micah isn't

  • @1972dsrai
    @1972dsrai Před 8 měsíci +2

    I wonder if Lineker ever faced the ‘Beast of Bilbao’, Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga and how he handled playing against him. I remember that infamous game between Barcelona when Maradona started a fight which by the end involved pretty much every player from both teams and there were some vicious kicks and knees to the head. I think it was his last game for Barca, but not totally sure.

    • @howwwwwyyyyy
      @howwwwwyyyyy Před 6 měsíci

      Horrible bastard, what kind of player or person keeps the boots that broke Maradonas leg?his sad claim to fame.

  • @adamwynyard4065
    @adamwynyard4065 Před 26 dny

    No one messed with cantona! Vinnie said he was the only player he was scared of

  • @DavidJones-jy5qn
    @DavidJones-jy5qn Před rokem +3

    Don't forget Big John Hartson .

    • @TonyWilliams-tx3ln
      @TonyWilliams-tx3ln Před 4 měsíci

      That's the first name that came to my mind that isn't on this list.

  • @azprego
    @azprego Před rokem +5

    Big Dunc wasn't afraid to throw hands on or off the pitch.. Legend!

    • @Edddddddddie
      @Edddddddddie Před rokem

      How was he afraid lad 😂😂😂

    • @azprego
      @azprego Před rokem

      @@Edddddddddie typo lad

    • @terryjames9535
      @terryjames9535 Před 8 měsíci

      Did Dunc headbut a person in a wheelchair once?

    • @terryjames9535
      @terryjames9535 Před 8 měsíci +1

      My bad it was a guy on crutches, and Duncan said in court that he'd do it again 😅😅

  • @localidiot5136
    @localidiot5136 Před rokem +1

    Billy Whitehurst. Hull City legend and Thurnscoe native. Talk about a rough combination

  • @maureenthomas9758
    @maureenthomas9758 Před rokem +1

    I remember an old Coventry defender liam daish. Hard as nails

  • @alanhansen3230
    @alanhansen3230 Před 2 lety +22

    How can you not have Graham souness and Terry Herlock in this list!!??!! they were tougher than all these guys.... Apart from Duncan Ferguson. And don't get me started on Costa.... most of us remember how he chickened out when he thought he could give it to Jordan Henderson.

    • @dazzaMusic
      @dazzaMusic Před 2 lety +7

      I think it’s because Graeme and Terry stopped playing when the Premier League was introduced they would both definitely be in here if that wasn’t the case.

    • @pendafen7405
      @pendafen7405 Před rokem +2

      Love that Hendo moment....Jordan didn't blink and his chest doubled in size.

    • @pollutionhead
      @pollutionhead Před rokem +2

      @@dazzaMusic True, as you could also have the the original Psycho pat van den hauwe! Mick Harford was nasty too!

    • @joshuawilliams8523
      @joshuawilliams8523 Před rokem

      Its a list from the prem years. Dicks was one hardest players ever....Graham Souness said that himself

  • @dannyboywhaa3146
    @dannyboywhaa3146 Před rokem +5

    Psycho was a hard man but he was clean, squeaky clean but hard as nails... never dirty! Passionate yes, hard yes, die for the shirt yes, but never dirty! First man I’d have alongside in the trenches... no-one more reliable!

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg Před rokem

      Why not blow smoke up his arse? Oh wait...

  • @kdlofty
    @kdlofty Před rokem +2

    The only issue i ever had with Alan Shearer, was when clearly and deliberately kicked Neil Lennon in the face, then threatened to retire from England duty if he was charged, Shithouse.

  • @thorntonovski
    @thorntonovski Před rokem +2

    Shout out for Big mick harford

  • @ayal9287
    @ayal9287 Před 2 lety +57

    Duncan Ferguson is on an entirely different level to the other 9. Hardest player I. Football history along with Souness.

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před 2 lety +4

      Eric Cantona squared up to him and Duncan backed off
      Razor Ruddick also went face to face with big duncs

    • @gordonroy7860
      @gordonroy7860 Před 2 lety +8

      @@mmaphilosophy utter rubbish. Go watch cartoons fool

    • @scotw1820
      @scotw1820 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mmaphilosophy stop spreading your rubbish 🤡

    • @1878Originals
      @1878Originals Před 2 lety +6

      @@mmaphilosophy have you heard the story about razor and Duncan? Razor tried to have Duncan off in a derby once, let’s just say Ruddock never went near him again!

    • @winfield347
      @winfield347 Před 2 lety

      Cantona ran a mile from him.dunc would kill him

  • @tonybarton7389
    @tonybarton7389 Před rokem +3

    micah burst on the scene lol

  • @OfficialFingazMC
    @OfficialFingazMC Před rokem +1

    This is class. You've got yourself a subscriber!

  • @MrBodies07
    @MrBodies07 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Surely Fash should have been on there

  • @gary1642
    @gary1642 Před rokem +3

    As an Evertonian I would rather have played against Duncan than Graeme Sharp. Duncan only ever finished an argument never started one. Sharp was hard as nails and had a real nasty streak. Tim Cahill was hard too. Only small constantly flattened ; never complained and gave as good as he got. Hard in a different way.

    • @revelation3679
      @revelation3679 Před rokem +2

      Well, to be fair, the ability to finish arguments is a much better barometer of hardness than the ability to start them..

    • @gary1642
      @gary1642 Před rokem +1

      @Revelation once seen Sharp going for a header with Molby. Sharp elbowed him twice in one challenge. Molly was like Jelly and had to go off. Ferguson would have waited for Molby to foul him then get himself sent off for retaliation. As I said I'd have rather played against Ferguson than Sharp.

    • @hunsler1006
      @hunsler1006 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@gary1642yeah I'd rather play against Big Dunc than Suarez, doesn't mean I think he's harder

  • @ericklopes60
    @ericklopes60 Před rokem +30

    Big Duncan is considered by most of player from 2000's as the hardman. He let defenders scared on the pinch.

    • @BGeezy4sheezy
      @BGeezy4sheezy Před 7 měsíci +1

      Really the only striker hardman too; most are defensive midfielders

    • @mitchellandrews1015
      @mitchellandrews1015 Před 5 měsíci

      I don’t remember that mind? You sure? I think we remember things all a little different from one another but I can’t ever remember big Duncan let defenders scared on the pinch? Anybody else ?

    • @DonFelixGallardo
      @DonFelixGallardo Před 3 měsíci

      @@BGeezy4sheezyIbrah

  • @QueerChica
    @QueerChica Před 11 měsíci +2

    My final comment on this is: Mick Harford. 🥊 x

  • @davidneary5772
    @davidneary5772 Před rokem +2

    If Scott Brown, (Celtic) had played in EPL he'd be No,-1. Mad Broody.

  • @killianlpc
    @killianlpc Před 8 měsíci

    What about Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter, Kenny Burns, Graeme Souness, Terry Hurlock, Dave Mackay, Billy Whitehurst, George Curtis, Joe Jordan, Tommy Smith, and of course Harald Schumacher in goal.

  • @peterlivesey8599
    @peterlivesey8599 Před rokem +3

    Byran Robson none harder or commented.Born leader and warrior.

    • @hughtube5154
      @hughtube5154 Před rokem

      Body couldn't take it, though. How hard can you be if you're always injured?

    • @shaka7594
      @shaka7594 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@hughtube5154Had 3 broken legs earlier in his career, defo cud handle himself

  • @mdluk199
    @mdluk199 Před rokem +1

    No Souness, Kenny Burns, Willie Young, Tommy Smith, John Fashunu or Tony Adams?! Some of the hardest players ever.

  • @MrGranfield
    @MrGranfield Před 7 měsíci +1

    There should be a distinction between dirty players and hard players. EG. Julian Dicks and Roy Keane were dirty players whereas Dave Mackay and Mick Harford were hard players.

  • @dazzaMusic
    @dazzaMusic Před rokem +4

    Having Diego Costa on there is like having Joey Barton at 11 just aggressive players not hard men

  • @162tsb7
    @162tsb7 Před 2 lety +5

    Billy Whitehurst would have cleared the room of all these 10 . Vinny jones was asked once what it was like to be considered the hardest man in football he said, " I dont know you better ask Billy. "

    • @sanmiguel4019
      @sanmiguel4019 Před rokem +1

      Billy was an absolute nutter, met him several times when he was playing for Oxford Utd.

  • @larrystreak1044
    @larrystreak1044 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Terry Hurlock was the hardest player of his day end off!