Football's Hard Nuts

[Crisp]

From the Sky news site:

Manchester captain Roy Keane has been named the hardest ever footballer in the British game in a new survey
Here is a full list of the the top 20 hardest footballers according to the WKD survey:

1 Roy Keane (Manchester United - 1993 to present)

2 Ron 'Chopper' Harris (Chelsea - 1961 to 1980)

3 Vinnie Jones (Wimbledon - 1992 to 1998)

4 Dave Mackay (Tottenham - 1958 to 1967)

5 Nobby Stiles (Manchester United - 1960 to 1970)

6 Dennis Wise (Chelsea - 1990 to 2001)

7 Tommy Smith (Liverpool - 1962 to 1977)

8 Neil 'Razor' Ruddock (Liverpool - 1993 to 1998)

9 Kevin Muscat (Wolves - 1997 to 2002)

10 Norman Hunter (Leeds - 1962 to 1976)

11 Graham Souness (Liverpool - 1978 to 1984)

12 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United - 2004 to present)

13 Kenny Burns (Nottingham Forest - 1977 to 1981)

14 Peter Storey (Arsenal - 1965 to 1976)

15 Billy Bremner (Leeds - 1959 to 1976)

16 John Terry (Chelsea - 1997 to present)

17 Julian Dicks (West Ham - 1988 to 1993)

18 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal - 1996 to 2005)

19 Lee Bowyer (Newcastle - 2003 to present)

20 Eric Cantona (Manchester United - 1992 to 1997)

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Wayne Rooney ABOVE Julian Dicks? Dicks would have eaten him for breakfast.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Under normal circumstances, old bastards who hark back to the old days are wrong but....................

There is no way Roy Keane would have survived on a pitch with Chopper Harris, Tommy Smith or any of the real hardmen

 

[Meade's Ball]

Nigel Reo-CokerNUT.

 

[Hunting 784561]

where is Dean Wilkins in that list ?

 

[Seagullible]

no Hans Kraay

 

[bhaexpress]

I was going to say, what about Alan Brazil ?

 

[Icy Gull]

Quite how it's worked out is a mystery to me seeing as the change in rules makes Roy Keane look like a small pussy cat in comparison to a wound up Tommy Smith clattering players from behind.
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That cowardly tackle on the Man City player probably pushed Keane to no 1,

 

[Highfields Seagull]

Wayne Rooney? I've seen harder rice puddings.

Good grief!

 

[bhaexpress]

Trouble is what's the difference between Hard and Dirty ? Rooney is definately the latter if you ask me as is Keane. On the other hand I'd call somebody like Dave McKay hard.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I seem to remember Keane being very quiet whenever Stuart Pearce was on the pitch ........

 

[e77]

I once went to an Evening with Vinny Jones and he pointed out that Roy Keane was always quiet when he was on the pitch with him.

 

[Brighton till i die]

wheres jimmy case and steve foster then eh?

 

[Wardy]

This must have been voted for by people with no real understanding of the word "HARD".

 

[bhaexpress]

This must have been voted for by people with no real understanding of the word "HARD".

Couldn't agree more, as Watford Zero said about Stuart Pearce, he was hard. Keane is just dirty.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

John Terry>?

 

[deano5]

Couldn't agree more, as Watford Zero said about Stuart Pearce, he was hard. Keane is just dirty.

you dont get the nickname psycho for nothing.stuart pearce should easily be top ten.

 

[Icy Gull]

you dont get the nickname psycho for nothing.stuart pearce should easily be top ten.

Talking about Psycho's , watching Paul Clark make a full on tackle used to make me flinch on the terraces

 

[zefarelly]

Stuart Pearce should be way above half of those mincing little tarts

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That list is missing ginola to make it the worst poll ever