If anyone remembers when Lee Bowyer and Keiran dyer were fighting on the pitch, well souness was the manager, well when he got back to the changing room, he offered to fight them both together, Alan shearer tells that story, absolute class,👊😎.

@bfc3057

13 күн бұрын

I remember Bowyer outside the Majestic - oh no, let's drop that

@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh

12 күн бұрын

@@bfc3057 ha ha 😆😎🥊💩😊😲😘🤞💯👌👀🎵👍😆✌️😎🎶🎼

The thing with Souness was that he was as hard as nails, could give it and take it but he was also a world class player.

@davidmcmahon5234

Күн бұрын

He was in his hole middle of the road player ffs 😮

@mrfrisky6501

Күн бұрын

@davidmcmahon5234 Trophys won for top teams and acknowledged as the best midfield in both England and Italy in his prime says different son. Along with Dalglish Scotlands only world class player since Law & Johnstone

@davidmcmahon5234

Күн бұрын

@@mrfrisky6501 in your eyes 👀 not mine Brian Robson destroyed him many a time with a bad man utd team that l could have played in Italy as slow as a funeral over there the football ⚽ was in Souness and Brady's time

@mrfrisky6501

Күн бұрын

@davidmcmahon5234 yes against Platini, Maradona, Rossie, Baresie, Laudrup, Zico...yes poor standard 🤣🤣🤣 To be honest you undid your own argument when you mentioned Brady as a poor player - one of the best ever from the British Isles .... You can't even string a coherent argument together kid..so I'm pretty sure you couldn't play Sunday league

@davidmcmahon5234

Күн бұрын

@@mrfrisky6501 Brady was miles behind Roy Keane man had one leg 🦵 the whole world knew that Maradona was on drugs Baresi would kick all around him no pace Laudrup was good 👍 platini was ok gave some sublime passses now and again and then went missing

I met Stuart Pearce about 20 years ago. Absolute gentleman.

@panchopuskas1

27 күн бұрын

- he had a reputation for being a nice quiet guy....OFF the pitch......

@mattylamb9194

14 күн бұрын

@@panchopuskas1 - I believe he's now a big Warrington fan (rugby league)

Paul McGrath watching this and quietly smiling...

No Chopper or Tommy Smith ?

I remember Billy Whitehurst running the Cricketers on Bramall Lane and getting up on the pool table after hours to do Elvis impressions with a cue as a mic stand. Total Blades legend from when football was a competition. I miss those days.

Souness and Dave Mackay, from Edinburgh. Ferguson is from Stirling. They're Scottish not English.

@danieldarks3721

27 күн бұрын

But they played in English Football hence the title of the video???

@BigAndyK

27 күн бұрын

@@danieldarks3721 but they mentioned them for Rangers and the mighty Heart of Midlothian. I shouldn't have said they're Scottish, I should have just left it as not English

@MrSpleenboy

14 күн бұрын

@@BigAndyK Souness played for Liverpool for much of the 80s. Dave Mackay played for Spurs in the 60s. So they both played in English football leagues, as the title says

@jcderby129

14 күн бұрын

@@MrSpleenboy and Derby in the 70’s…

@mrfrisky6501

Күн бұрын

FFS - In English football...Read the title son

Big dunc was that hard when he chopped onions they cried😢

@user-rc2xt1gt7b

27 күн бұрын

if he stood on your toe you would apologise

@JG-us9lu

18 күн бұрын

Ask Jimmy Bullard

@Allan-th4uv

11 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 brilliant

“Razor Ruddock, who was another scary footballer back in his day…” *cuts to shot of Razor in an elf hat* 2:17

Can't have Fashanu. In my eyes a coward the way he did Mabbutt.

@grahamwood9428

14 күн бұрын

True, pure cowardly thuggerism.

Don't mean to be picky, but you called a player that played in the '50s' and '60s as a Premier League legend when the Premier League didn't start until 1992.

Big Dunc great lad hard as nails formidable in the air Everton legend💙👍

@TrevJericho

8 күн бұрын

He was a legend at the Toon also, I loved it when he played up here, still loved him when he went back to Everton

Good to see Robbo on the list. His toughness was often overlooked

Good list that mate. My shins ache after just watching that.

Billy whitehurst by a mile.

@deanos72

25 күн бұрын

Terry Hurlock made Whitehurst look like a Boy Scout

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352

22 күн бұрын

@@deanos72 They're both hard but Whitehurst edges it.

@leeedwards2020

18 күн бұрын

Whitehurst once asked an entire pub "outside" he was by far THE hardest player I've ever seen ,Hurlock is NOTHING compared with Whitehurst

@deanos72

18 күн бұрын

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Hurlock has got Tattoos on his teeth he’s that hard 😂

Dont see Vinnie Jones here!

@coniferclose

15 күн бұрын

You won’t.😂

I'm a Palace fan, and l absolutely loved Terry Hurlock. That was a great Millwall team, albeit for two seasons

I,m probably a bit older than most commentators here but the toughest duel I ever saw was at Tottenham v Burnley in the 1960,s when Mike England and Andy Lockhead used to spend 90 minutes kicking lumps out of each other but at the end of the game still shake hands and walk off in conversation together. A real mens game then,

No mention of Norman “bight your legs” Hunter.

@sandersson2813

7 күн бұрын

Bight?

Even more nostalgic now,than when it was originally made !

You put a picture of a villa player (maybe Ugo Ehiogu I think) during your summary of John fashanu.... it's not even a Wimbledon shirt

Quite frankly Messi wouldn't have survived for a season if he played in the 80s and before. That's why I think Maradona is/was still far better than Messi.

@JG-us9lu

18 күн бұрын

100%

@SMSJSC

6 күн бұрын

Agreed. Maradona best ever. Ronaldo and Messi couldn’t lace his boots

Big Dunc was a beast, 👊👌💯.

Big Dunk 💪

@thesaintst1851

23 күн бұрын

DUNC… you don’t spell Duncan like this DUNKAN… do you?

Steve McMahon was hard as nails

No Norman Hunter? Nice to see Terry Hurlock though

Tommy Smith was a tough player. No one mess whit that player.

@user-rc2xt1gt7b

27 күн бұрын

his shadow would frighten you

@WhiteAngloSaxonMan

25 күн бұрын

Read what he thought of Chopper Harris.....he wouldn't go near him.

@user-rc2xt1gt7b

25 күн бұрын

@@WhiteAngloSaxonMan go near chopper and become a cropper.

harry redknapp rang piercey's wife and said...don't worry,but stu's coming home with a broken leg...to which she apparenly replied...really..whose..?

@HaroldGreb

6 күн бұрын

Nicked from norman hunter ffs

@glennvage

6 күн бұрын

@@HaroldGreb knowiing redknapp,ill go with you

They should wear Tu Tu's today

So basically half of the rangers team

Nobody talks about Denis Smith of Stoke City anymore. As hard as they come, sometimes borderline psychopath. Any transgression of his code was dealt with - with awesome and ruthless efficiency, and sometimes, brutality.

Souness, Hurrlock, Ferguson all good Rangers Players too 💪🏼🔴⚪️🔵

@AnnesleyPlaceDub70

12 күн бұрын

Sevco could do with them now, as well as a few donations 😂 👊🏼🇮🇪🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👊🏼 CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

Shows Graeme Souness Caption- Scary English Players Graeme will find you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Whatever_dude

22 күн бұрын

Doesn't say English players

Souness, Tommy Smith, George Curtis. Even Terry Yorath. These were hard b*stards.

Duncan Disorderly

Mentioned but not explored Vinnie Jones

Tommy Smith, Jimmy case, Norman hunter, Billy bremmer,

lol why is it showing footage of Gazza when talking about billy whitehurst? 🤣🤣🤣

@mattylamb9194

14 күн бұрын

They were teammates for a while, I suppose

Billy Whitehurst is the hardest man to ever play football by a mile Been to so many after dinner speeches they all say he was the hardest bar non

The Premier league was only created in the early 90s. A number of these footballers never played in it.

Johnny Giles. Before the Premier League. Probably the best passer of a ball in the UK for most of his career. About 20 years ago, When Saturday Comes named him as the dirtiest footballer of all-time😳.

@AnnesleyPlaceDub70

12 күн бұрын

Irish are as tough as they cone.

Not sure all these players played in English premier league

6.30 Not Jimmy Case but super sub Fairclough !

I once was at a Qand A evening with Bryan Robson. He said the hardest he ever played against was Liverpools Jimmy Case.

Kevin Muscat.

Big Dunc wins this

@panchopuskas1

27 күн бұрын

- no mention of Joey Barton....although TBH he reserved most of his violence for his own team mates...

@jeremymerrifield7244

25 күн бұрын

@@panchopuskas1 Or people lying on the floor so he jumped on their head

@jeremymerrifield7244

25 күн бұрын

Mackay would scare him to death

@TheManorBeast

17 күн бұрын

No chance Latter day bully Would've blended into the background in the 80's

One of the most satisfying things Ive ever seen was in an episode SAS are you tough enough when Tony Bellew punched John Fashanu

Bobby Collins of Leeds Utd Everton & Celtic 5 ft 3 ins and he would have fought a lion

@countbasiethebicyclemessen4321

17 күн бұрын

Jack Charlton said he was more scared of Bobby Collins taking offence in training and "taking the 5-a-sides seriously" than anyone he faced as an opponent!

Neymar and the like would still be rolling around the planet if he played in the 80s

@andyhello23

14 күн бұрын

He would of been seen as too soft and small to play back then probably, a fancy dan people called those players

Mckay stands alone, what a player too

If you're going back in time you've missed out on Trevor Hockey Norman Hunter and more

@garypatterson643

21 күн бұрын

Norman Hunter nah Francis Lee bashed him up

@user-py5ct1go2s

17 күн бұрын

Blimey thst takes me back! Trevor hockey a little battler with a very thick beard. I rememer when he got promoted with Sheff Utd. They also had a very good winger in Alan Woodward. He looked older than his age due to his grey hair. From a Evertonian.

Billy whitehurst should be no 1 by a country mile

Going around breaking people's legs takes so much toughness

John Fashanu, despite being a gifted player, disowned his brother Justin after he came out as one of the first openly gay players in the UK. Justin Fashanu hanged himself at the age of 37. John dismissed him as an 'attention seeker'.

@rohezalvomambo1208

16 күн бұрын

Ok, my memory now disowns John and remembers Justin. Thanks for the information.

Ugo is not john fashanu

@cppcpp1158

27 күн бұрын

Haha yeah and neither is his brother Justin (who was shown in his Norwich shirt). I find the more I know about a subject the more I see these kind of videos are littered with errors!

Even as a unted fan i would say Jimmy Case was a legend

Souness at no 9.😂😂😂

As a Man utd fan I could never understand why Liverpool sold Jimmy Case not just a tough lad but a brilliant player, he seemed a modest understated guy

I cant believe Kevin Moran isn't mentioned in this, a 5' 10" destroyer, putting his head where lads wouldn't kick a ball.

Would be interesting to hear the stories of what graeme souness did in liverpool dressing room as he came when liverpool stopped competing at top of the league. Messed up stuff would of happened back then in dressing rooms Would be interesting to hear what?

All of these 10 have nightmares about Robert Huth!

Hard to take this video seriously with Brian Robson above Sounness. Not that the latter played in the Premier League.

@Mike20216

20 күн бұрын

Robson was tough as nails

@countbasiethebicyclemessen4321

17 күн бұрын

In fairness, Robbo was hard for 90 minutes every game and must have been very difficult to play against. Robbo was generally "hard but fair" - I don't remember him "doing" anyone deliberately. Souness could be a Rolls Royce for 89 minutes but if someone needed "doing"...

@robkinder

15 күн бұрын

@Mike20216 yeah. I just don't think he inspired fear in the way people knew what souness was like. Likely because he didn't want to.

I'm surprised the Norman Hunter was not on the list 8-||...

@jeremymerrifield7244

25 күн бұрын

He kicked people but not hard. Did not like 50/50 challenges

Chopper Harris, Batty, Tommy Smith

Fashnu was a disgrace ....cheap shot player .

@grahamwood9428

14 күн бұрын

True, a coward pure and simple.

@philipcurnow7990

14 күн бұрын

The Bash

There's footage of Souness stamping on a players privates and the player burst out crying 😂

Dave McKay, Peter Storey, Tommy Smith, every team had one

No Bobby Campbell? And especially no Jimmy Smith who terrified everyone.

Peter storey of arsenal. Nuff said.

ray harford

Talking about these times , Rodney Marsh said you know who to avoid.

Where is Norman Whiteside???

Sorry pal. No Chopper Harris, no list.

Terry Yorath

Oh & Graham Roberts....

Souness almost killed that one guy

Mark Dennis, Tommy Smith. Kenny Burns all missing

@mattylamb9194

14 күн бұрын

Steve McMahon was another one

So vinnie jones is an angel I guess.

Jackie Charlton

Norman Hunter, Tommy Smith??

Players crumble like a deck of cards under minimal contact these days, he said, spoken over the challenge on van Dijk by Pickford which put van Dijk out for months after wrecking his knee. Stopped watching right there.

@hackle511

16 күн бұрын

He's speaking the truth.

he grabbed him by the shirt not the throat

Mark Dennis?

Arsenal's peter storey..

Bryan Robson was called Sick Note because he was always injured. Tough guy. Not really.

What about graham roberts ,tottenham legend

stuart pearce -- wacko mike bassetts england

That was a poor choice of minimal contact clip That challenge tore that players ACL

case was a coward.

So why show a pic of David Fairclough.

@andysullivan2509

25 күн бұрын

Haha I shouted the same thing!

Billy deffo

Football players? Hilarious! Meanwhile in rugby! Would love to see them on a rugby pitch or game. Crumble! 😅😅😅

no vinnie jones !?

Scary English players? Souness and Ferguson are Scottish!

@Whatever_dude

22 күн бұрын

Doesn't say English players

@Rossmcewan71

22 күн бұрын

It says it right under the player's names!

@aaropajari7058

21 күн бұрын

English football refers to the English league. These were Scots playing in the English League.

@Rossmcewan71

21 күн бұрын

@aaropajari7058 If you look under the player's names, it literally says, 'Scary English Player's'

Most of the top ten were rangers players 😅

Duncan Ferguson would have run from Brian Robson and Souness

Souness was the dirtiest player in the history of the game. I guess when you're talentless you resort to violence.

@philipcurnow7990

14 күн бұрын

He was talented. But had lost it by the time he returned to Scotland

and at number 1? the entire Leeds United team under Don Revie.

Football fan but no Footballers are 'proper' hardmen

Dave MacKay was SCOTTISH not English

@section5760

28 күн бұрын

Did he grab billy bremner by the neck?? I think it was Tottenham v Leeds can’t Remember the year though.

@chiefgilray

27 күн бұрын

@@section5760 no he didn't, the tee shirt though yes

@section5760

27 күн бұрын

@@chiefgilray yeah that’s right. My mistake sorry. It was in the 70s after all.

@davidcowan4942

26 күн бұрын

As a Hearts fan I have idolised Dave Mackay however he may have been hard as nails but was fair with it! He was embarrassed with the photo of him grabbing Bremners shirt but was just back from a leg break and felt that Billy Bremner tried to do it again. Mackay was also a very funny man and a great captain

@PHDiaz-vv7yo

24 күн бұрын

We need him at Spurs now. Cuti Romero is our closest contemporary to him. Nutcase