Soccer's Hard Men - Jack Charlton (1992)

Soccer's Hard Men is a 1992 football video by Video Vision, presented by then-footballer and current actor Vinnie Jones.
This video, which was pretty controversial when it was released, is a tribute to the hard men of English soccer over the last 30 years. In other words the players who did not become famous because of their technical skills, but because of their hard tackles and sometimes downright dirty style of play. You know, the players who give everything in a tackle, without fear of injuring their opponents or themselves. Some of the players featured are Ron "Chopper" Harris, Tommy Smith, Norman Hunter and Steve McMahon.
The video is hosted by Vinnie Jones, who at the time was one of soccer's hard men himself. The English Football Association was not amused by this video which exposes the ugly side of the game, and Jones was fined £20.000 for his part in the video. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) attempted to bring an injunction to ban the video, but abandoned their efforts after being advised that is was not legally viable.

[@neilhutchinson4545]

R.I.P. to Jack, a great man and a football legend.

[@andrewbutcher3391]

I get tears in my eyes thinking of big Jack no longer being with us. Great man...

[@_Snapper]

That irish team of the early 90s was as hard as Nails

[@cousinleigh1470]

Graham Gallagher easy 2 hammer 😛

[@dannyjay3754]

All led by An Englishman who was hard as nails

[@XY-ly1yd]

Rest in Legend❤️

[@elsewho]

I wish there was more Jack Charltons in the world taday.

[@callum0592]

Good old Ashington Lad and the best part of this My Grandad was very good friends with Jack Charlton. The story’s he used tell me. Wow

[@rorystone3182]

What?

[@bobbyhanly3466]

Great to hear Brian Clough's positive remarks about Jack. Two larger than life characters that we will, sadly, never encounter again.

[@breakevenbernie8543]

Great praise from Cloughie

[@robcoates]

Never heard Clough praise Revie before. Must have mellowed!

[@Aerojet01]

He always respected Revie as a great manager, but he didn't like his dirty rough house tactics on the pitch.

[@jeffallinson8089]

Or pissed, lol

[@markpollock5086]

Charlton & Clough the best managers England never had...

[@Marlondurran]

@@mellowrecords7269 How's Jack a traitor?

[@Isleofskye]

For what he said On The Waterfront that time.

[@TheEnglishman-ed1tc]

All natives of the North East some of the best footballers and managers in the UK have come from the North East arguably had the best haul of talent throughout the years from the North East

[@alangray6501]

Met Jack and he is such a gentleman. On the pitch maybe not. He is a legend.

[@harold5337]

Same applied to Norman Hunter, my friend met him in 1995 and he was nothing short of a gentleman, very humble and a true legend.

[@terrytt5067]

Should be Sir Jack Charlton!

[@gorf31x]

As Bobby too right. I'm a Leeds supporter and know Ashington well, great people there.., seen him play many times.

[@Isleofskye]

Big Jack R.I.P.

[@martinh1309]

@@gorf31x Sir Bobby survived the Munich air disaster by a miracle and went on to win everything to be the greatest english player ever. Sir Bobby absolutely earned his knighthood. Saying that, every 66 player should have been knighted

[@jerryoshea3116]

Jack had a hellva lot of ability on the deck, than given credit for!..And he was a fantastic international Coach,who did wonders for the Irish team and the spirit of the country in general,he gave Them a type of injection of self confidence that was so badly needed!

[@dannyjay3754]

The old school English players/mangers were real hard men

[@chrisevans5259]

Jackie Charlton never quite gets the recognition he fully deserves, mainly because of living in the formidable shadow of his brother Bobby,....but he was a great player in his own right

[@Isleofskye]

Sadly, he didn't in his lifetime. Big Jack R.I.P.

[@rorystone3182]

I think you will find Jack Charlton is one of the most respected figures in football. He did get recognition from anyone who knows anything about the game

[@davepetraska2932]

RIP Jack. Legend

[@daveatkinson1803]

RIP Big Jack wiil never be forgotten by Boro fans for what he did for us in the 1970's. UTB

[@themannappy]

RIP Jack, Irelands most loved English man......gone but not forgotten!🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@charlcharlie7447]

"I hit him on the bloody heel" 😂😂 Good Ol Jack.

[@embee39]

RIP Big Jack

[@limeyjoe1931957]

The greatest centre half of Leeds United RIP

[@mnd1955]

Matt Busby said that he tried to sign Jack from Leeds but Revie wouldn't consider selling.

[@liamwhitcombe1237]

If the final game of their 71/72 season against the Wolves is an to go by, you can understand why. Charlton was a key figure in trying to persuade opposing players to throw matches, as they walked up the the tunnel . Just ask ex Wolves player Bernard Shaw

[@rorystone3182]

I heard that Leeds were asking £33,000 for him but Busby said he wouldn't be held to ransom.

[@mnd1955]

@@rorystone3182 I don't know what the price was but Busby's book 'Soccer at the Top' mentions that he wanted him. United desperately needed a good stopper and Busby saw Jackie as the perfect replacement for Bill Foulkes.

[@jeffallinson8089]

Great player, much more skilled than given credit for.

[@dylanrobb8303]

He gave me great memories

[@MrTerryb1956]

how many of today's footballers would love to have a replica of the world cup on their bookshelf too may to mention

[@DaveSlaz]

RIP Wor Jackie !

[@comond]

R.I.P Jack

[@charliebruce7621]

💙💙💛💛💙💛 rip jack 🥺

[@philmaguire3014]

He was also the first defender to win player of the year.

[@davidpearn2484]

My god imagine today's Nancy boy's playing against Big Jack Norman hunter dave mackay chopper Harris they would run off sobbing like babies 😢

[@sbirrito]

jack charton-Irish to the core.

[@steveforster9764]

A true Northumbrian lad never forgot his roots used to see him pushing his mom in a wheelchair on Newbiggin Prom

[@sbirrito]

@gerard henry aye.I 'm here in Dunlin watching a 2 long hour documentary on him now about his time as Irish manager as I write this. The whole country is saddened here. His love of the Irish was paralleled by our love of him. The world has lost a great football man. Rest easy big Jack

[@martynhanson]

yes, most don't know he was footballer of the year in 1967

[@bobbyross1394]

nothing hard about vinnie Jones I remember him saying that he went through steve mcmahon of Liverpool and said he was left squirming on the ground if you look at the footage mcmahon is up before you can blink haha. I think it was the cup final. all spout.

[@wonjubhoy]

Jack was a hard player but not a dirty one. He never kicked an opponent off the ball.

[@andygermaine6882]

Well good for him. Because if players kick each other off the ball there's not much point in having a ball is there?

[@josephkane2312]

At 1:19 into the video he two foot tackled an opponent 😂 but that was in the day when football players weren't bitches diving

[@stephenhodgson3506]

When Revie left for the England job big Jack should have been the first man the Leeds board should have approached to take over. He had already proved he could manage at Middleborough and was respected by all the players. But because of an incident in the early 1960's on the team bus involving some of the directors they still held a grudge against him. The incident? when the team turned up to board the bus the directors and their wife's had taken all the front seats on the bus because they didn't fancy the drive to the game. Big Jack said to Revie if they don't get off this bus then I'm not playing. Harry Reynolds (the then chairman) made the other directors get off and one of those directors was Manny Cussins who was the chairman when Revie left and the man that wanted Clough.

[@paulbrennan3996]

RIP big Jack All Leeds aren't we 🦚🇮🇨

[@rolandbosley1174]

Yes, Jack may have given the England side what he gave to Leeds and ultimately Rep. Ireland. Legend and Gent, as all those era Leeds players were.....not dirty, just HARD!

[@Michael-hk6dj]

Vinnie Jones is not a hard man.

[@mikehumble1120]

Michael Mitchell fancy three rounds with him?

[@ruairiose7335]

A spoofer

[@alexfelton7870]

In my best squad of all time...you Jack and Dennis Wise...for aggression...then the obvious Georgie, Messi etc

[@Isleofskye]

No Ron Harris, Nobby Stiles, Peter Storey or Tommy Smith and you missed out the hardest of them all..... Dave Mackay when he played for Spurs.On one occasion some poor sod caught his legs tangled with Mackay who carried on playing dragging him around the pitch! Big Jack R.I.P.

[@alexfelton7870]

@@Isleofskye yes big Jack R.I.P gutted bless him

[@mikehumble1120]

Woor Jackie --- top man!

[@DJ-tt7tq]

It's football, not soccer.

[@gordonroy7860]

70

[@petervarone8462]

This is when the English couldn’t play football, then they bought all the foreigners and realised how shit they really were.

[@ysgol3]

Ian Hutchinson summed Jack up perfectly, ' Just a twat with a long neck'.

[@rampageclover9788]

Vinnie Jones is a fake hard man...Jackie in his prime would have left him in a heap

[@KVinod-kv6ow]

Hard men? Has to be Neymar or penaldo

[@Isleofskye]

oR dARREN aNDERTON..

[@williambunter3311]

It doesn't take a hard man to shoot dead a defenceless grazing animal. Just a thug.

[@matthewfindlay2242]

Shut it you rubbish..