Hard man XI v fairies XI

[Rusty Lee]

Quote[/b] (GNH @ Sep. 09 2005,14:49)]Dave Martin must be in the Hard XI too.

Dave Martin Legend,

Oh Martin takes no
no s%&t
Oh Martin takes no
no s%&t
Oh Martin takes no
No s%&t
ohhhhh Martin takes no s%&t

Think he offered Mick McCarthy a little chat in the car park once after a game

 

[South Bank Hank]

Quote[/b] (The Bloke In The Pram Shop @ Sep. 09 2005,15:04)]

Quote[/b] (Tweedy @ Sep. 09 2005,15:02)]HARD MAN X1:

Mel Capleton
Leon Johnson
Damon Searle
Leo Roget
Leon Cort
Phil Gridelet
Stuart Thurgood
Maher 8
Drewe Broughton
Leon Constantine
Danny Webb

You are surely taking the p%&s with half of this lot? Danny Webb???

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Quote[/b] (Tweedy @ Sep. 09 2005,15:02)]Seeing as I have had the pleasure of knowing him, I think I can safely say he is built like a brick s%&te house, With a bent user name like " the bloke in the pram shop" I hardly think you are in a position to give out abuse...................

But he's right. Notwithstanding your acquaintance with Danny Webb, how on earth could you describe the likes of these as HARD!?

* Mel (Really-Nice-Guy-But-Never-A-League-Goalkeeper) Capleton
* Leon (Skinny) Johnson
* Damon (Four-Foot) Searle
* Leon (One-Season-But-Wiggy-Would-Prefer-Him-To-Eastwood-And-Gray-Wonder) Constantine

Even Leon Cort is pushing it!
Not exactly Stuart Pearce is he?

 

[singwhenwe'reshrimping]

Surely Peter Daley has to be in any hard man team.

Mind you after he got knee-capped doubt he can run anymore !!!

 

[Desert Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Tweedy @ Sep. 09 2005,15:08)]With a bent user name like " the bloke in the pram shop" I hardly think you are in a position to give out abuse...................

Well, if you owned a pram shop, what would your user name be?

Tweedy sounds pretty camp from where I'm sitting by the way - is it the name of your favourite Telletubbie?

 

[South Bank Hank]

The Bloke who OWNS the Pram Shop

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (singwhenwe'reshrimping @ Sep. 09 2005,16:06)]Surely Peter Daley has to be in any hard man team.

Mind you after he got knee-capped doubt he can run anymore !!!

That was I think David Roche you are thinking of.

As far as I know Peter Daley hasn't been knee-capped.

 

[DistantBlue]

I'm v old but it doesn't disqualify me.
Just a reference for Joe Jaques (RIP)
It's Fri night ,long time back, Div 4 - Home v Col U mid winter
Big crowd - ball bouncing v.high on icy pitch in centre circle
2 players aim to make it theirs
Our skipper Joe J,tough,nasty,afraid of nothing and
their captain Bobby Cram ex WBA and if anything perceived to be even harder.
The ball bounces up again ,there's a flourish of waist high studs ..............
And Cram is left in bits on the ground.He's gone in over the top but Joey boy had gone in even higher!!!!


The crowd loved it.He wasn't the best centre half in the world but he had passion and boy he was hard in a way that Dave Webb was when he played.
Anybody recall him?

 

[Firestorm]

At the age of 10 I tought Brian Albeson was hard..

Paul Clarke , (Having played against him in a school game when he was the year below I can personally endorse this one)

Dave Martin

Bill Garner

Dave Cunningham (did Taxi's whilst Wisey was still in nappies)

and a special mention to a youth team player in the 70's Georgie Measures, sent off in Holland in a Youth Tournament for chinning someone, knew him from my schooldays and he could handle himself a bit...

 

[fbm]

Quote[/b] (DistantBlue @ Sep. 09 2005,16:37)]I'm v old but it doesn't disqualify me.
Just a reference for Joe Jaques (RIP)
It's Fri night ,long time back, Div 4 - Home v Col U mid winter
Big crowd - ball bouncing v.high on icy pitch in centre circle
2 players aim to make it theirs
Our skipper Joe J,tough,nasty,afraid of nothing and
their captain Bobby Cram ex WBA and if anything perceived to be even harder.
The ball bounces up again ,there's a flourish of waist high studs ..............
And Cram is left in bits on the ground.He's gone in over the top but Joey boy had gone in even higher!!!!


The crowd loved it.He wasn't the best centre half in the world but he had passion and boy he was hard in a way that Dave Webb was when he played.
Anybody recall him?

Oh yes...

but harder than that -

John Kurila!

Kurila the Gorilla they called him. I don't need to elaborate.

Also a fiery scot called Dave Cunningham, who was about the size of Russell Williamson (fairies XI nomination?) and who suffered from small bloke syndrome.

I remember a game in the mid-late 70's when Cunningham was brought on as sub (there was only1 allowed in those days). Can't recall who we were playing, and this story has become so embellished over the years it could be that my recollection is incorrect. Anyway, as he joined the field of play, the keeper took a goal kick (North Bank end) and the ball drifted out to the touchline in front of the West stand. Cunningham, who had barely broken stride, then clattered into his opponent who ended up prostrate on the deck. Cunningham was immediately sent off after only being on the field for about 15 seconds.

Does anyone else remember this?

 

[fbm]

Quote[/b] (DistantBlue @ Sep. 09 2005,16:37)]I'm v old but it doesn't disqualify me.
Just a reference for Joe Jaques (RIP)
It's Fri night ,long time back, Div 4 - Home v Col U mid winter
Big crowd - ball bouncing v.high on icy pitch in centre circle
2 players aim to make it theirs
Our skipper Joe J,tough,nasty,afraid of nothing and
their captain Bobby Cram ex WBA and if anything perceived to be even harder.
The ball bounces up again ,there's a flourish of waist high studs ..............
And Cram is left in bits on the ground.He's gone in over the top but Joey boy had gone in even higher!!!!


The crowd loved it.He wasn't the best centre half in the world but he had passion and boy he was hard in a way that Dave Webb was when he played.
Anybody recall him?

Oh yes...

but harder than that -

John Kurila!

Kurila the Gorilla they called him.  I don't need to elaborate.

Also a fiery scot called Dave Cunningham, who was about the size of Russell Williamson (fairies XI nomination?) and who suffered from small bloke syndrome.

I remember a game in the 70's when Cunningham was brought on as sub (there was only 1 allowed in those days).  Can't recall who we were playing, and this story has become so embellished over the years it could be that my recollection is incorrect.  Anyway, as he joined the field of play, the keeper took a goal kick (North Bank end) and the ball drifted out to the touchline in front of the West stand.  Cunningham, who had barely broken stride, then clattered into his opponent who ended up prostrate on the deck.  Cunningham was immediately sent off after only being on the field for about 15 seconds.

Does anyone else remember this?

 

[Firestorm]

I think David Roche was quite hard, with his shooter anyway

 

[RobM.]

Gary Bennet destroyed a player's leg - and career, didn't he?

 

[overseas shrimper]

Quote[/b] (RobM. @ Sep. 09 2005,18:34)]Gary Bennet destroyed a player's leg - and career, didn't he?

Didn't he also suffer a broken nose in the home leg against Spurs in the league cup and continue playing.

well 'ard.

 

[Spikey Shrimper]

How about Neville Southall in goal? He was a Nutter!

 

[RobM.]

Indeed he did OS

 

[shrimpereeee]

My hard eleven would have to include the legend Peter Butler. I also remember that Bill Garner up front was no softy and enjoyed putting it about.

 

[* ORM *]

Quote[/b] (DistantBlue @ Sep. 09 2005,16:37)]I'm v old but it doesn't disqualify me.
Just a reference for Joe Jaques (RIP)
It's Fri night ,long time back, Div 4 - Home v Col U mid winter
Big crowd - ball bouncing v.high on icy pitch in centre circle
2 players aim to make it theirs
Our skipper Joe J,tough,nasty,afraid of nothing and
their captain Bobby Cram ex WBA and if anything perceived to be even harder.
The ball bounces up again ,there's a flourish of waist high studs ..............
And Cram is left in bits on the ground.He's gone in over the top but Joey boy had gone in even higher!!!!


The crowd loved it.He wasn't the best centre half in the world but he had passion and boy he was hard in a way that Dave Webb was when he played.
Anybody recall him?

More stories like this on your memories please. I can only go back as far as '73 and the mid-70s are a mostly a blur.

 

[* ORM *]

Quote[/b] (C C Csiders @ Sep. 09 2005,15:00)]Hard Man XI

John Burridge

Micky Stead
Neil Townsend
Dave Cusack
Steve Yates

Gary Bennett
Paul Clark
Mark Bentley
David Cunningham

Roy McDonough
Chris Guthrie

Wow I can remember all of these players ! s%&t I AM old - forget my last request Distant

Not a bad tough XI choice either. I'm yet to be convinced that Bentley is hard, I'll swap him for Dave Martin

 

[Dave Smiths Love Child]

Surely a contender for fair XI would be Adrian Clarke with his floppy curly hair alone

Hard XI I would put in Carl Hutchings

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Gower - fairy

Warren - hard