Match Of The Day Top10 Hardmen : BBC

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[@Oldgregg02]

But it’s worth

[@neilburns8869]

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

[@patrickodonohue]

Glovy to get God

[@mikemackay994]

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

[@glennvage]

@@neilburns8869 hiding behind Leah..?

[@stewarthill9429]

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]

BRIAN CLOUGH

[@a.tanner8524]

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

[@martinmcguire9974]

3 days ain't long enough for the scumbag

[@bigrandomun9267]

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]

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]

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

[@caeserromero3013]

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]

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]

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.

[@petersmith8037]

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]

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

[@Bloxdio_God]

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

[@joshuawilliams8523]

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]

💯

[@michaeldunn3423]

I would never consider Terry Hurlock a footballer

[@kingeatking]

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

[@gridone769]

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

[@kingeatking]

@@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.

[@grassrootsfootball225]

Alan shearer was a hard man make no mistake about that

[@jackwilliams9226]

Everyone avoided big dunc except Jimmy bullard 😂😂😂

[@lindltaylor5596]

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]

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]

For real

[@thcjdonprime4108]

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]

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

[@MegaHooper25]

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

[@sim8018]

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

[@chrismorris3726]

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]

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]

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

[@bornin1948]

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

[@clintonsteer3034]

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]

I think it's from the premiership years bud

[@jakebeck4132]

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

[@scottishchris6985]

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

[@Adam-om2je]

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.

[@pendafen7405]

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]

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

[@pendafen7405]

@@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]

@@pendafen7405 same as harry then

[@paulkitchen1846]

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

[@blooter6360]

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

[@BigAidsIII]

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

[@blooter6360]

@@BigAidsIII wtf ?

[@BigAidsIII]

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

[@blooter6360]

@@BigAidsIII haha if you say so

[@a.tanner8524]

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

[@robharwood-stamper9857]

Sol Campbell was a unit as well

[@saneman7177]

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]

@@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]

I agree, but this one is even more fun!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6PGiZeQpcl9bKs

[@saneman7177]

@@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…

[@robpayne2918]

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]

because life was then...

[@leonleon2276]

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

[@iangascoigne8231]

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]

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

[@mrmister769]

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

[@dazo69]

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

[@benflint4207]

Whitehurst, Hartford and Fashanu. Fucking carnage!

[@benflint4207]

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

[@richardreed3394]

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

[@reidreid2280]

How the fuck was Costa on that 😂

[@1972dsrai]

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

[@Jako-fh8zg]

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]

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]

@@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

[@MichaelSmith-ev3gs]

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

[@162tsb7]

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]

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]

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]

Not a chance on dunc

[@162tsb7]

Big dunc isn't in the same league as Billy

[@FootballLad]

@@162tsb7 I know, dunc is leagues ahead

[@Shiljamannn]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@sambell1182]

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

[@hagridsdisappointingson769]

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

[@pn5163]

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

[@Andy_Ryan]

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]

Yes!

[@mcharrisment4765]

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

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

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

[@SPARKLEPANDA4LIFE]

Big Dunc hands down genuine hard man

[@mmaphilosophy]

He backed down from Razor Ruddick and Eric Cantona

[@gordonroy7860]

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

[@mmaphilosophy]

@@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]

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

[@fullenglishbreakfast3289]

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

[@davidrichards613]

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.

[@keithfowler2013]

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

[@redtill1]

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

[@mossga]

Correct. By a distance.

[@blooter6360]

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

[@myalfie]

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!

[@matthewirwin6134]

I loved Mark Hughes! Great call.

[@artminusme]

Micah ‘Before My Time’ Richards 😂

[@Aerojet01]

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]

Razor Ruddick Eric Cantona

[@clarestubbs9303]

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]

@@mmaphilosophy agreed

[@erniescullion8452]

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]

@@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.

[@davieislay]

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. 💪👊

[@paulsmith5720]

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

[@treatyrebel5729]

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]

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]

@@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]

Dion Dublin went to United though

[@user-qg9bk7wb9q]

He was great for us blues but injured to much

[@davidjames1377]

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

[@user-ex9zt4kg9q]

Legendary

[@leverholme9894]

Nice one

[@connagh11]

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! 🤯

[@DscotBhoy]

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]

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

[@1972dsrai]

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]

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

[@graemestobbart6713]

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

[@mossga]

Kilkline was nails.

[@r7coo]

Kevin Ball should definitely be on the list

[@jmckeev765]

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.

[@mmaphilosophy]

Roy Keane Vinnie Jones

[@praisethelordpig1212]

@@mmaphilosophy roy keane was not harder than Duncan Ferguson😂😂😂

[@glennvage]

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.

[@eyeballpaul294]

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.

[@neilt1889]

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

[@grahamjones6106]

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

[@jamesmorrison2045]

big dunc absolute legend 💪

[@sirhatch9855]

Enjoyed that great video

[@tonybarton7389]

micah burst on the scene lol

[@sharman8489]

Not many out battled Mark Hughes in his day.

[@14nst3w4rt]

Played half a season with a broken leg!

[@hughtube5154]

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

[@OfficialFingazMC]

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

[@andrewmartin2103]

Anyone know whoes Micah is talking about.

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

Billy Whitehurst by a country mile.

[@davidthwaites8557]

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

[@nickcorleone8709]

Rusty Lee Ahahaha

[@buffalosowljah373]

Chris akabusi,rusty lee and micah all together would be something else😂🤣

[@nickcorleone8709]

@@buffalosowljah373 Ahahaha! Good one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tobyaughnotobi3919]

I'd go with Ferguson myself. Tough as old boots, never shirked a challenge and accepted them back no problem. Most of these were really decent players as well as hard men, and I include Jones in this, he could play when needed. And in the studio look no further than Shearer who also never gave an inch on the field.

[@wreckingballmedia]

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

[@gavinross2471]

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

[@bez7481]

And won absolutely zero.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

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]

@@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]

Ferguson was rubbish

[@mitchellandrews1015]

@@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.

[@Conorguill]

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

[@davidrichards613]

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

[@metalman4289]

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

[@azprego]

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

[@Edddddddddie]

How was he afraid lad 😂😂😂

[@azprego]

@@Edddddddddie typo lad

[@terryjames9535]

Did Dunc headbut a person in a wheelchair once?

[@terryjames9535]

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

[@theprodigyowl4660]

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

[@localidiot5136]

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

[@hellalive8973]

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

[@runningsuperska]

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

[@bryanmiller6110]

And a hardman and a thug

[@serenityinside1]

You mean vinnie Jones … and often Roy Keane?

[@windupmerchant1679]

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

[@tankc6474]

Love big Dunc blue 💙

[@iangascoigne8231]

He wasn’t known as Duncan Disorderly for nothing.

[@brentmeistergeneral6074]

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]

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

[@WorldCupWillie]

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

[@yearo77]

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

[@kurt5079]

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

[@kurt5079]

@@yearo77 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJbQmXaHp5JsbMU&ab_channel=ClassicManUtdVideosandClips The video evidence shows quite clearly it was Shearer who didn't want any of it

[@maureenthomas9758]

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

[@krishnam2297]

Shearer should have been on the list!

[@gary1642]

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]

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

[@gary1642]

@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]

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

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

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

[@mrgt3201]

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]

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

[@connormitchell6446]

Souness and Big Dunc

[@martinlewis967]

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

[@lesart3446]

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]

Don’t forget Graham Roberts

[@ElectricSoulShow]

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

[@dirtydawg448]

@@ElectricSoulShow Norman Hunter billy bremner Johnny Giles

[@paulsmith5720]

Well said and great comment.

[@ElectricSoulShow]

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

[@alanhansen3230]

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]

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]

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

[@pollutionhead]

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

[@joshuawilliams8523]

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

[@alialsmith07]

Norman Hunter and billy bremner is a good shout, if you see the video’s u will know why. 😂

[@DrPhil-pw2to]

Kevin Moran was hard as nails.

[@apm9475]

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]

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]

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

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

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

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

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]

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

[@patrickodonohue]

The way they talk about footballers you'd imagine that Ferguson or Keane were GSP or Jones the way there talked about here.

[@rickycole4061]

Love it telling it the way it was no bs. Would have had razor ruddock & Dennis wise💪💪💪

[@dazzaMusic]

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

[@ericklopes60]

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

[@BGeezy4sheezy]

Really the only striker hardman too; most are defensive midfielders

[@mitchellandrews1015]

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]

@@BGeezy4sheezyIbrah

[@QueerChica]

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

[@davidneary5772]

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

[@QueerChica]

Surprised Wisey and Gerry Taggart didn't get a mention at least, if we're talking outside of 70s/80s players. As for Chopper Harris... that's going a bit too far back, perhaps. Met him though, and he was absolutely lovely x

[@sixer6er]

What a find Micah is. A joy to watch

[@juanaltredo2974]

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

[@terenceburchett6122]

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

[@juanaltredo2974]

@@terenceburchett6122 zabaleta was ten hundred times better

[@terenceburchett6122]

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

[@juanaltredo2974]

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

[@johndean1634]

With exception of Roy Keane. The rest was also rans compared to the days when you could actually tackle a player. Hunter, Harris, Burns, Bremner, Smith, Giles and Souness. Would have reduced the ones on the list to Tears and crying for there mommy

[@pollutionhead]

This show is about the Premiership. Keane harder that Ferguson. You are stupid

[@joshuawilliams8523]

Roy kean had nothing on Dicks or Big dunc ,they have both destroyed keane in the past. fact

[@MrThedonhead]

​@@joshuawilliams8523 no they haven't lol people make out that beating a junkie robbing your house is a hard thing, it's what everyone would do surely

[@joshuawilliams8523]

@@MrThedonhead yes they have both of them have completely smasjed keane on the pitch you can see the evidence on this very site. Yes your right about the burgalar anyone would do that but keane has defo been taken out on the pitch by both Fergerson and Dicks this isnt an opinion of mine its already happened

[@joshuawilliams8523]

@@MrThedonhead roy keane was never a hard man his not even big enough to be a fucking hard man he just gave as good as he got

[@PJR29787]

Ahh my guy big Dunc! Met him when I played for everton as a kid! Gave me some polo's and said now remember to feed me when your in the first team 😅 didn't work out obviously 😂 hopefully one day he's back to manage the blues give us some pride back!

[@larrystreak1044]

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

[@darthmarticusLFC]

'If looks could kill, he'd kill you with a look'

[@dullsearake]

Bruno Fernandes, such a hard man

[@richarda3514]

Love it

[@karoonmoodley8819]

😂