thesun.co.uk - 1/8/2008
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THEY are the men that haunt the nightmares of fans and footballers over the world. But what makes a football hardman? Not Leeds' Billy Bremner who although up there among the dirtiest of players, was famously photographed bottling a confrontation with Tottenham's Dave Mackay. Not Patrick Vieira, whose career at Arsenal was often petulant rather than punishing. And not England's Terry ...
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Are these the 10 hardest men in football history?
CaughtOffside.com —
The Sun reckons that the ten ultra-violent hard men below are the 10 hardest men in footballing history, what do you think?
Top 10 Hardmen
No10: John Terry
No9: Ron “Chopper” Harris
No8: Vinnie Jones
No7: Norman Hunter
No6: Roy Keane
No5: Stuart Pearce
No4: Romeo Benetti
No3: Dave Mackay
No2: Andoni Goicoechea
No1: Graeme Souness
Picking through this top ten The Sun have attempted to cover all bases in the nutter stakes but there can be lots of areas of complaint - what about Duncan ...
The Hardest of the Hard
The Offside —
... — it’s more than just periodically scything down an opponent, or karate kicking a supporter, or hiding something incredibly dirty behind an angelic smile. To be a true hardman in a major league, there’s got to be a method to the madness, and a productivity to the football; running around kicking people just isn’t enough. [Insert unpleasant Marco Materazzi comment here.] Following that line of thinking, after what were surely months of careful study, The Sun this morning published their list of the 10 hardest footballers of all time (and, yes, Roy Keane is on it). The ...
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