Players like Kevin Muscat don’t belong in football if his only aim is to injure other players. It just shows that you lack quality

Darren bent is a legend seems like such a nice bloke love hearing him on talk sport

@davidpeters3857

3 ай бұрын

💯

@macoooos9204

3 ай бұрын

His team mates wives always thought so.

Just on the Roy Keane story- I met this cork man in Sydney a few years ago. He ended up best friends with my brother who was living over there. This guy played soccer with keanes older brother. What he described was real tough fighting men the keanes. All the brothers were hard as nails. English think the bottom is bad their. Being poor in cork in the 70s and 80s was crazy tough, and people wonder where he gets all that from… the gutter

@charlielad6124

3 ай бұрын

BS

@declancolgan8128

3 ай бұрын

@@charlielad6124 hahaha Charlielad, legend bro

Being a nasty tackler isn't the same as being 'hard'

@delboy013

3 ай бұрын

Yes it is

@jarraandyftm

3 ай бұрын

@@delboy013how?

@cully84

3 ай бұрын

@@delboy013no it’s not.awh someone never play football have they

@Ludydobry

3 ай бұрын

yeah but thats definitely a trait of hard footballers. The guy was unreal good

@ringosimon1

3 ай бұрын

Some people confuse being hard with being a terrible clogger of a footballer.

I know he was injured a lot in the 90s, but Ronnie Whelan was hard as nails. A proper silent assasin.

@davidpeters3857

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@thefeckineejit264

3 ай бұрын

And if Ronnie didn’t get you Steve McMahon would make sure he didn’t miss you!

@MrChris1978moleman

2 ай бұрын

Excellent shout pal

@kevinkenny6975

2 ай бұрын

Whelan was class

@Bansenshukai9

10 күн бұрын

Yes!!! - The Shield. - Ronnie was a great player, but had a nasty streak if he was provoked. - Kind of sad how he was sacrificed so often in the Liverpool midfield and regularly had to make way for Jan Molby and Steve McMahon, who he was easily the equal of.

John Fashanu's a shout Actually anybody who played for Wimbledon between 1989 and 1999 is a shout

@adamskistotty

3 ай бұрын

Apart from Mick Harford knocking out 2 of them after a game when he played for Luton.

@stud105

3 ай бұрын

Gary mabbutt would vouch for that...

@Gonefootballgone

3 ай бұрын

Fash The bash black belt in karate very peculiar guy but you wouldn't want to cross him

@jamesanthony4034

3 ай бұрын

He was a coward. That's not a hard man. Ditto Vinnie Jones.

@delanodegenie6970

3 ай бұрын

Fashanu was a vile Bully... After watching that documentary on 'The Crazy Gang' it became apparent what a horrible person he was.

Duncan Ferguson was one tough dude

@GIBBO4182

3 ай бұрын

Sure was! The guy got sent to jail, not just sent off! The 2 burglars he put in hospital would also agree with you!

@ross2758

3 ай бұрын

There is no tough "dudes," only tough men.

@nick78447

3 ай бұрын

On the pitch, yes, but a total gentleman off it. Heart of gold.

@cully84

3 ай бұрын

You’s all comment here like you know them personally. So cute.🥰 wrong emoji for this thread ye ?? 😮

@sugarsaint

3 ай бұрын

Ferguson the hardest for real and I'm LFC

All these things these "hard men" done were challenges on a football pitch in a safe environment... Meanwhile Kolasinac got out of his car to fight two men with knives, and then ended up chasing them away... Different breed.

@mh9tv

3 ай бұрын

100% true.. so many footballers give it large on pitch but off pitch are wimps

@blinkin78

3 ай бұрын

Someone broke into Duncan Fergusons house around 20 years ago. They spent 3 days in hospital over it

@kygodragon4782

3 ай бұрын

@JackSpurs So headbutting someone is tougher than choosing to fight two guys with knives with your fists and then end up chasing them even though you're already safe and the fight is over? Na fella.

@nathanbreeds2931

28 күн бұрын

Gunner fan here. Hardest men of the 90's, Kolasinac was born in 1993, doubt he was chasing anyone with knives then right

@mbucd

2 күн бұрын

Heard a similar story about Edgar Davids. He fought off car thieves in Italy iirc

Colin hendry was hard as nails

Duncan Ferguson. English fans know he was jailed in Scotland but don't know he had multiple arrests for assault and a total of gour convictions. Also, there were two attempted burglaries, 2001 and 2003. Both times he put burglars in hospital. On the pitch he was often unplayable. The way he launched at the ball and sometimes players terrified defenders. If that man blew a fuse you'd better run. A genuine street fighter, genuine hard man.

Mark Hateley over Ferguson, Van den Hauwe over Pearce, No mention of Jimmy Case, Terry Hurlock, Mark Dennis, and the guy who should be no1 Mick Harford

It always suprises me as to why Mark Hughes isnt mentioned as much as he should be.. people confuse hardman with dirty or tough tackling people like muscat, jones, ruddock and keown.. but hard as nails is 1) Duncan Ferguson 2) Mark Hughes 3) Hartson 4) Dicks 5) Pearce from the top of the head.. Tough players, Hard not Dirty..

@pascalthe8th66

3 ай бұрын

100%

@lucascurrell8846

3 ай бұрын

True, hard is not making reckless tackles. There is nothing hard about that. ANy old tosser can make reckless tackles on the football pitch and be said to be hard. Hard is like taking hits, not shying away from confrontation, aggression, extremly tough and disciplined.

@leejarviscomedian3936

3 ай бұрын

@@Dave-wh3hw Hartson Taking Vinnie Jones Into A Pub Car Park While At Wimbledon Was Hard Though

@leejarviscomedian3936

3 ай бұрын

@@lucascurrell8846 100% and there is not many who got the better of Sparky throughout his career.. he had strength, tree trunk sized thighs, aggression a will to win and left many a defender bruised in battle but fairly just by being a bull like player

@deano1878yt

3 ай бұрын

well said

That Duncan story reminded me of movie Football Factories When Zeberdee breaks into Brights place ...classic

Loads of proper toughies around back in the 80/90s. Terry Hurlock, Mick Harford, Brian Kilcline, Graeme Souness, Graham Roberts, Big Dunc, Stuey Pearce. I wonder how todays fancy pants players would have fared against these guys.

Joe jordan was rock hard!!

@strawdog291

2 ай бұрын

yep, Gattuso will never understand fully how lucky he is to be still breathing

The Leeds team of 1970’s were all hard….especially little Johnny Giles

@deletebilderberg

3 ай бұрын

And they could play. What a team.

Thats a great list. Duncan was my fav ever Evertonian. I loved the man. Still do. Genuine, and proper hard man.

big dunc hard as nails even keano didnt want anything to do with him when they used to play against each other

Keane was only 5' 10. He wasn't even known as a hard man pre United. He was super competitive and strong as an ox for his size. He was also a superb player unlike most hard men.

@CJ0101

3 ай бұрын

5'9 tops

@audie-cashstack-uk4881

Ай бұрын

Maradona was 5 feet 5 and kicked the shite outa the entire bilbo team on his own like a dwarf pumped full of steroids proper hard

@mbucd

2 күн бұрын

He had an unbeaten boxing record before he switched to football

I’m pretty sure that chip shop incident was Duncan Ferguson and he ended up knocking out a police officer at the cab rank

Good list!

Matt Elliott ex Leicester & Scotland played early 2000s Google if unsure people. Also very underrated defender.

Fashanu and jones were just bullies..apparently laurie sanchez give fashanu a good hiding

Fash the bash was one of hardest out there black belt in karate and extremely tapped if you were on the wrong side of him not to mention the way the opposition fans would get onto him back in the 80s and jibe at his brother.. there's that iconic photo where he's going at I believe the Middlesbrough team at ayresome park and even Vinnie Jones is trying to pull him back

@delanodegenie6970

3 ай бұрын

He was a vile Bully who turned on his own brother.. Horrible person.

@johnboylan3832

2 ай бұрын

Haha, karate. Karate is for little girls and old men.

Terry butcher not in the 90s? He was a beast

My EYES are now OPEN

Anyone who played in premier leagues first season...most were hard (by todays standards). Even the small guys like Denis Wise

In Vinnie Jones’ book he says Kevin Ball was the hardest he ever came across.

I love the story about the burglars with Duncan Ferguson. How he phoned the emergency services not for the police, but for an ambulance for one of the burglars, because he thought he killed him. 😂

Kevin Muscat! A mention on Australia Day!

@Sauvage_Foxes

3 ай бұрын

fitting. bet his have a few frothies today

Robson needs a mention

john fashanu awooga and Vinny were the toughest surely

@seasonedbeefs

2 ай бұрын

😂😂

Ruddock 🙄😂, come off it

@hectichazerdus

3 ай бұрын

Vinny Jones eats him for a snack

One of the true hard men was a certain Bobby Campbell ex Bradford City player.

Vinnie Jones has to be in there somewhere and there's a reason Stuart Pearce was called Psycho!!!

@KuyaSamYT

2 ай бұрын

Pearce gave himself that name. Nobody else did. It’s embarrassing. He wasn’t a psycho he was far from it 😂

John Fashanu not mentioned?

Surprised Jon Walter’s isn’t on the list as he thinks he’s the hardest bloke around , but of course he won’t say why just yet 😂

2:10 for keeeeeno

Big Dunc was just scary.

John Hartson for sure. Robbie keane another one. Sean Dyche, Big Sam, Mick Hartford, John Fashanu and Kerry Dixon.

John Fashanu - nasty player and legitimately could fight

Mark Hughes, Duncan Ferguson, Keane , Vieira, David Batty.....the likes of Andy Todd, Ben Thatcher. Kevin Muscat were cowards with late tackles/ assaults...doesnt define a hardman.

What about Maradona who held his own against much larger defenders while being only 5'4

Fish snd chip story was actually Nicky Butt.

Where is stam???

Cantona

@danadams8649

3 ай бұрын

a French man being hard ahahahahahahaaha don't be silly, he picked his battles, when Vinnie jones tackled him he turned away and stopped himself from retaliating from Vinnie he didnt want no part of him

Billy Whitehurst must have been a contender. He was a hard man and it wasn't an act. Not sure Roy Keane was anywhere near as hard as the image he has tried to live up to. I base it on whether the person in question was picking a fight with me and I didnt know who they were would I have a pop or do a bit of grovelling. Keane I would not be too bothered but Billy Witehurst, Duncan Ferguson or Vinnie Jones, that's a different matter.

Dennis Wise!

Keane was a good footballer but was about 10 stone, somebody like Duncan Ferguson was a legit hard case, battering two burglars etc, Keane scowling at Gary Neville on sky doesn’t make him a hard case

Pogatetz was a lunatic

Peter Beardsley hard as nails

lol on australia day too bahahah

Rooney prior to the England Red card, was as hard as they come.

@johndough1703

3 ай бұрын

He made me a United fan. Absolute pitbull. You knew, every single time he lost the ball, he would sprint to his own goal to get it back. & it seems like 90% of the time he succeeded. Rooney is why we know the new kids are lazy AF.

I think I'd put John Fashanu as number one as he did martial arts then Duncan Ferguson. Only player I would put as completely crazy enough to have a go at both of those is Edmundo a.k.a. The Animal. He was a fkn nutjob in every sense.

Billy Whitehurst shout out

I guess people’s lists should be based more so on personal experiences than stories. Plenty of people have inflated reputations on the strength of fictitious or exaggerated stories.

Between Souness and Big Dunc but Dunc just edges it

@El_terrible1985

3 ай бұрын

Souness😂😂😂 give over would you

@willloterzo8131

3 ай бұрын

@@El_terrible1985 acting like you ever saw him play

@STSauto

2 ай бұрын

​@@El_terrible1985 there's no chance your a football fan if you don't rate souness! Hard as they come , and a brilliant player ! ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@El_terrible1985

2 ай бұрын

@@STSauto he was a great player I don’t doubt that. But he ain’t no hard man

Mick Harford 💯

Vinnie Jones should be in there! Sorry, but look at his game footage, he was an animal!

Robbie Savage, Luke Chadwick, jesse lingard, Peter crouch, Jamie Ohara

@Tomtomjameson

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

This is not the first time Trashford has breached the discipline, if Ten Haag doesn’t deal with him the way he dealt with Sancho, he will not lose the dressing room completely! Flog Trashford to whoever silly enough to pay silly money for him!

I'm surprised Vinnie isn't on that list. Nobody challenged Vinnie whenever he snapped them.

Gerry Gow, Norman Hunter, Ron ‘chopper’ Harris, Nobby Stiles and Stuart Pearce. Modern day SNOWFLAKE players would not live with these players. All very talented footballers too. Not of the 90s, but forever! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@jamesrennie92

3 ай бұрын

Graeme Sounness and Jimmy Case deserve a shout, too. Along with Jack Charlton. Some of their tackles were unbelievable.

Gordon Durie could have a row.

Norman Hunter!

Harford #1, absolute animal on and off the park

Kevin Ball has to be in it for me

Where's Ben Thatcher?

The guy with Keane didn't have battered sausage he was a battered sausage

Nigel winterburn could mix it up with the hardest

@fredfox1764

3 ай бұрын

you avin a laugh he shat his pants when di canio went for him ,it was embarrising

Kevin ball at Sunderland

Goldstain already knows Bents 5 picks.

Ryan needs a talking to 🤣

Vidić must top that list

1.Ferguson 2. Mick Harford 3. Robson 4. Wally 5. Souness

Roy is coming for Bent for being number 4

does Bent normally talk like that or did he have a livener beforehand lol

Neymar should be on the list and jesse lingard and pogba

did kevin muscat ever tackle vinnie jones,no thought not

Joey Barton?

Shearer and big Dunc waiting for Gullit one time to put it on him and the sacking saved him from getting a pasting by the 2 😅 what a lucky man

@mafiosol_buenavida

3 ай бұрын

Feasting on urban myths. It happened, I'm sure Gullit gave a good account of himself. But to glorify the confrontation and violent insinuation? Just sad.

@danadams8649

3 ай бұрын

there was no violence involved, they wasntwaiting to beat him up ffs they just wanted to debate why they weren't getting game time.

are there any hard footballers left?

Surely Nani should be on this list

Think everyone would pick dunc no1

Pat Van De Hawe was an animal

@user-py5ct1go2s

3 ай бұрын

I am always surprised Pat Van Den Hawe is never mentioned in these lists. Plus he was a talented player for Everton, Spurs and Wales.

Hard often means I can chop someone who was far better than me. Doesn't take a genius to go through someone running at speed with the ball. Chopper Harris was he any good? How many England caps.

Read up about Billy Whitehurst.

John Hartson

Graham le Sau?

Kevin Muscat 🙄Difference between a hard man and a psycho who puts in cowardly late tackles. Epitome of hardman was Billy Whitehurst. Anyone that doesnt know him look him up😃

There's a difference between hard and dirty.

Its an absolute travesty we never got to witness big dunc v vinnie jones in a fight

Paul Ince? Big time Charlie.

Roy will be fuming about this, he'd wanna be number 1 😂😂😂

Mick Harford was a bit of a mad head

Im a complete noob here but isn`t one of the 1st.things about visual presenting to the viewing public to concentrate on letting said viewers view your mouth as you talk.(especially if you talk fast & don`t open your mouth very far). Darren`s ok btw.

Brilliant for Millwall. Nutter

Vinnie Jones surely in anyone's top 5

Billy Whitehurst

Doesn't take a 'hard man' to jump into knee high assaults on unsuspecting opponents.