The Dirty Eleven

Balotellis stamp the other day has prompted much discussion here in the land of the turnip. Discussing with mates we came up with this team of hard cases past and present, they certainly took no prisoners

1 grobellaar -liverpool
2 tommy the hatchet smith-liverpool
3 ron chopper harris-chelsea
4 billy bremner-leeds
5 norman bites yer legs hunter-leeds
6 peter storey-arsenal
7 joey barton -mercenary
8 roy keane-man utd
9 paulo di cannio-sheff wed
10 vinnie jones wimbledon
11 kevin davies-bolton

who do you recall then?

Dave Mackay

Dave Mackay

Made Billy Bremner quiver in his boots

Dave Mackay

Made Billy Bremner quiver in his boots

I know was brilliant

Billy Whitehurst, the toughest player ever.
Our own Don Murray and Robin Friday used to scare the shite out of opposition players.

Mike England was a nasty c**t on the pitch

Mark |hughes
shearer ( ithink)
gary linekar?
denis irwin....no one ever fecked with him

mad eric

No particular order.Bert Trautmann,Willie Woodburn(rangers got banned for life liked the HEAD)Terry Hurlock,Duncan Fergerson,Graeham Souness,Stuart Pearce,Dave Mackay,Tommy Smith,Julian Dicks,Chopper Harries, Don Murray, Roy Keane,Norman Hunter,Graeham Roberts,Phil Dywer,Vinnie Jones,Mark Hughes,Kevin Ball. Robin Friday, Francis Lee, Pat van de Hauwe,Terry Butcher, Martin Keown, Eric Cantona(if only for doing that palace mouth) Nasty lot that

That aussie left fullback Kevin Muscat , Played for Millwall and Wolves i think.Horrible b*stard he was Finished a few careers he did.

OOPPS sorry forgot Therealjimmyschoolar, he,ll be upset if i dont mention him

Mark Dennis
Greame Souness
Graham Roberts

as we see, there wre loads of dirty old hard knocks about, not many of them would manage 90mins now
Leeds in the seventies in particular were nasty from 1-11, with the likes of Reaney, jonny giles, bremner, hunter, Maddeley, Yorath, Clarke, Lorimer, charlton and Mick jones all capable of giving a good hiding (oh im not a closet leeds fan, its just my era!!)

as we see, there wre loads of dirty old hard knocks about, not many of them would manage 90mins now
Leeds in the seventies in particular were nasty from 1-11, with the likes of Reaney, jonny giles, bremner, hunter, Maddeley, Yorath, Clarke, Lorimer, charlton and Mick jones all capable of giving a good hiding (oh im not a closet leeds fan, its just my era!!)

You forgot Gary Sprake and David Harvey the goalies

That aussie left fullback Kevin Muscat , Played for Millwall and Wolves i think.Horrible b*stard he was Finished a few careers he did.

Vile human being

City player Danny Malloy was a tough bloke, my old fella told me about the time city were playing Boro in 1958 and Brian Clough was playing for boro that day, he was gobbing off to Malloy all through the game, Danny had a guts full so he chinned him, Clough was sprawled out unconscious on the pitch

Balotellis stamp the other day has prompted much discussion here in the land of the turnip. Discussing with mates we came up with this team of hard cases past and present, they certainly took no prisoners

1 grobellaar -liverpool
2 tommy the hatchet smith-liverpool
3 ron chopper harris-chelsea
4 billy bremner-leeds
5 norman bites yer legs hunter-leeds
6 peter storey-arsenal
7 joey barton -mercenary
8 roy keane-man utd
9 paulo di cannio-sheff wed
10 vinnie jones wimbledon
11 kevin davies-bolton


The one that nobody has mentioned is Kenny Burns (Forest)...Nasty fucker he was!!!
who do you recall then?

Dennis Wise

City player Danny Malloy was a tough bloke, my old fella told me about the time city were playing Boro in 1958 and Brian Clough was playing for boro that day, he was gobbing off to Malloy all through the game, Danny had a guts full so he chinned him, Clough was sprawled out unconscious on the pitch

I can,t remember his name but in 1920 Newport county goalie had enough of millwall chucking missiles at him at THE DEN , and jumped into them on terrace behind goal. He was knocked unconcious ! There was another player in the late eighties who done the same, cant think of his name, i think he fell over wall and started rowing with them. Ha Ha

Dennis Wise

Horrible little c**t. not well liked in football circles. bit like me on this board really.

City player Danny Malloy was a tough bloke, my old fella told me about the time city were playing Boro in 1958 and Brian Clough was playing for boro that day, he was gobbing off to Malloy all through the game, Danny had a guts full so he chinned him, Clough was sprawled out unconscious on the pitch

I can,t remember his name but in 1920 Newport county goalie had enough of millwall chucking missiles at him at THE DEN , and jumped into them on terrace behind goal. He was knocked unconcious ! There was another player in the late eighties who done the same, cant think of his name, i think he fell over wall and started rowing with them. Ha Ha

George Curtis Coventry City late 60s shocking