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.

[@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.

[@DionPilkington]

He also showed up at newcastle for a game after his car got rolled over by a dump truck and played, he had to duck down onto the passenger seat as the roof caved in

[@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

[@Mynansuetejsjf]

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.

[@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

[@apm9475]

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

[@boum62]

I thought he did that to Ince ?

[@craigedwards3899]

He did it to both of them​@@boum62

[@jakebeck4132]

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

[@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.

[@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…

[@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.

[@davidjames1377]

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

[@DanielleBosanko]

Legendary

[@grassrootsfootball225]

Alan shearer was a hard man make no mistake about that

[@sim8018]

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

[@jackwilliams9226]

Everyone avoided big dunc except Jimmy bullard 😂😂😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@angusmackay6196]

@@benflint4207 harford would kick the shit out of fashanu

[@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

[@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

[@TreVader1378]

Big Billy would've sparked them all, and big Dunc.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@philipmcauley9416]

Willie Bremner and Johnny Giles both threw hands on the pitch playing for Leeds back in the day. German goal keeper played on with a broken neck It was a very different breed of player Pre Internet and big money from TV

[@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.

[@artminusme]

Micah ‘Before My Time’ Richards 😂

[@scottishchris6985]

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

[@reidreid2280]

How the fuck was Costa on that 😂

[@bordercollie1140]

Costa shit himself when Ryan Shawcross confronted him.

[@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. " 😂😂

[@Obi-J]

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

[@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!

[@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?

[@fortheloveofmusic860]

​@@serenityinside1Keane could be both, but mostly hard man. Vinny Jones 100% knobhead.

[@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"

[@matthewirwin6134]

I loved Mark Hughes! Great call.

[@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.

[@filipstefanovski155]

Tbf I never saw Roy as a hard man. He definitely had a nasty side to him, but so did Scholes at times.

[@MichaelSmith-ev3gs]

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

[@hagridsdisappointingson769]

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

[@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

[@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

[@sirhatch9855]

Enjoyed that great video

[@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

[@TotalLoveformusic]

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

[@kurt5079]

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

[@kurt5079]

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

[@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! 🤯

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

Billy Whitehurst by a country mile.

[@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

[@StephenCoulthard-w3p]

He was great for us blues but injured to much

[@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

[@wreckingballmedia]

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

[@pn5163]

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

[@1972dsrai]

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

[@boysymc]

for headbutting Paul McStay during old firm match i think

[@garyurquhart9991]

It was Jock McStay of Raith Rovers, Dunc never even got booked but was jailed for about a fortnight.

[@DavidJones-jy5qn]

Don't forget Big John Hartson .

[@TonyWilliams-tx3ln]

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

[@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

[@windupmerchant1679]

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

[@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

[@terenceburchett6122]

Johnny Giles. Hardest man ever, harder than Hunter! What does Pablo Zabeletta's reserve/standby know about anything? Micah Richards is a BBC commentator for one reason and it's not for his knowledge or skills.

[@Skinthebank]

Giles was a great player but took no nonsense ever, very astute observer of football and a great manager and pundit after his playing career, if you want o hear check out some of his Offthe Ball talks about various best 11s from top clubs, give great insight on players of his generation and since.

[@katyb6979]

📦 ☑️

[@glennvage]

careful about mentioning the shearer/lineker/richards daisy chain.people are getting sued

[@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.

[@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...

[@iangascoigne8231]

He wasn’t known as Duncan Disorderly for nothing.

[@davidthwaites8557]

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

[@nickcorleone8709]

Rusty Lee Ahahaha

[@buffalosowljah]

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

[@nickcorleone8709]

@@buffalosowljah Ahahaha! Good one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ccm1970]

True fact...Dunc ended up having to give the burglar CPR as he panicked and thought he had killed him, such was the beating.

[@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 😂

[@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

[@neilt1889]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. 💪👊

[@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...

[@fourfour7168]

The body slam fr Dunc on the spurs man

[@peterlivesey8599]

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

[@hughtube5154]

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

[@shaka7594]

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

[@paulsmith5720]

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

[@theprodigyowl4660]

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

[@devongreen7724]

I don't care what anyone says big Dunc was the hardest man in premier history

[@hellalive8973]

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

[@keithsherwood-bu3bd]

Number one Big, Duncan Ferguson

[@cliffdixon6422]

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]

Thanks for mentioning Bally

[@glenbleasdale5858]

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

[@northernvoice7288]

Totally agree should be top of the tree.

[@chrisbennett4467]

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

[@glenbleasdale5858]

@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

[@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.

[@wilkoten7829]

Noel Blake was the hardest footballer of all time, end of

[@davidrichards613]

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

[@keithfowler2013]

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

[@madhatter217]

I knew Duncan Ferguson was going to be No1 just by reading the title.

[@dullsearake]

Bruno Fernandes, such a hard man

[@richarda3514]

Love it

[@karoonmoodley8819]

😂

[@markanderson3332]

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

[@mediacenterman8583]

Look at the generation of the panel, mate

[@CB-xr1eg]

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

[@FrazerJones71]

Bonzo was not dirty he was just HARD!

[@jerryoshea3116]

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]

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

[@andrewclark2237]

Aye he’s a tough boy met him when we had butler service another 6ft 5inch monster like myself Regards big man Big Andy

[@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😂😂😂

[@kdlofty]

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.

[@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

[@geraldhills41]

Nothing wrong with being a hard man . Being a vicious cheat is not a nice thing !

[@ianwilliam3811]

Chopper Harris would have floored the lot of them

[@shaka7594]

Apart from George Best, he couldn't get near him

[@Conorguill]

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

[@MrBodies07]

Surely Fash should have been on there

[@mkrbrtsn1]

If football had existed before the premier league Keane and Souness would have been joint 1st.

[@pollutionhead]

Really? So tell us why you can make such an assertion. Where is your data for that?

[@mossga]

​@@pollutionhead - Souness was a monster.

[@alanmacdonald1022]

Keane always stayed well clear of Big Dunc

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

I remember Tony Currie running rings around Souness,at Anfield,one of very few

[@danw1086]

Diego Costa being on this list and Mick Harford not is an absolute joke. You have Vinnie Jones on the list and he admits he was terrified of Harford. One test of a player is a hard man or not is how they react when opponent fight back with them and shove them or grab them etc. Everytime I saw a player raise their hand to Costa he hit the deck rolling aroound screaming like he'd been shot. That's not a hard man.

[@thorntonovski]

Shout out for Big mick harford

[@dazzaMusic]

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

[@akramebrahim1446]

Tommy Smith. Now that's a hardman

[@lyndoncmp5751]

"Tommy Smith doesn't look as if he was born. He looks as if he was quarried" = David Coleman. 😂

[@FrazerJones71]

Tommy Smith was interviewed by a newspaper and was asked who he thought was the hardest man in football, he answered Billy Bonds, Smith said he tried to take Bonds out with a shoulder charge and ended up on the floor in a crumpled heap .

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@maureenthomas9758]

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

[@rich_rich90]

Shearer himself is more of a hard man than 2-3 of these players. Stood up to & stared down Roy Keane.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

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

[@DanielÓNiadh]

Shearer booted Lennon in the head when he was on the floor. Much worse than Keane's foul oh Haaland.

[@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)

[@boum62]

Good call