Risso Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: This is a very good shout, however I think Big Dunc was much more of a hard man off the pitch so for that reason he gets my nod. But always good to see Billy Whitehurst get mentioned as he is a genuine footballing psychopath who doesn't get talked about as much in this day and age. I'm not sure that many people could match Whitehurst off the pitch, either! Read me Quote I was playing for Oxford at the time. I had gone into a boozer and had got in a scrap; I’ve gone outside with this bloke, who had a couple of guys with him. I start fighting with this kid who I had been arguing with inside and basically I’ve put my thumb in his eye, smashed his head against the wall then his friend has pulled one of those coshes that you can extend and he’s smashed me over the nose with it. His other mate has hit me on the other side and as I have turned round he has hit me on the cheek. I’ve got a hole straight through my cheek near the side of my nose, my nose is all smashed up and I had 30-odd stitches in the back of my head. It looked horrendous: my nose was hanging off when it actually happened but then they stitched it back on. Edit: He also used to have bare knuckle fights with gypsies for cash. I saw him play for Hull a few times, he was actually a pretty decent player as well. Edited March 23, 2018 by Risso 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Just now, BOF said: Because you're aware of the context and the players involved. If you had no idea who was who then you might think he's a meathead picking on a much smaller player. Oh yeah, I get that. I can understand why he didn't like it, but if people are taking the time to send him the picture to get it signed, then they must have some kind of idea of the kind of man he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I recall John Fashanu being interviewed and asked about his toughest opponents. He said Paul McGrath and Shaun Teale. Plus if you were already in a bar, you could have a couple of beers with them too. God will be on soft drinks, obviously. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, Ikantcpell said: What if you were there with your girlfriend and someone walked up to her and started to grab her tits and kissing her,iam sure you would get into a bar fight then. I wouldn't put myself in a place where that was likely to happen. Also, my tits are way nicer than my wifes. Also, what kind of stupid scenario is that? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Mick Harford would be my other choice. He was legendary for his psychotic hardness as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Fighting is 90% about size, so i'd go for Costel Pantilimon and Fraser Forster or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Shaun Teale and Neale Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Some good choices so far. I'd go with Duncan Ferguson and Mick Hartford. If I needed someone a bit less rangy and for close combat then i'd go for Julien Dicks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Duncan Ferguson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2018 10 hours ago, lapal_fan said: I've told you before about this. If people "start on you", then just piss your pants and smile at them with cum face eyes. It's worked for me countless times. Somebody once booted me in the arse when I was waiting for a bus on a dark night in Sparkbrook. I turned and thought I knew him and said in a friendly voice "alright, how's it going?“ After a few minutes chatting it turned out he needed a couple of quid to put some petrol in his car, and I realised I had absolutely no idea who he was. I think he was trying to mug me but my friendly recognition totally threw him off kilter. I gave him 2 quid and we parted with a "see you around" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, sidcow said: Somebody once booted me in the arse when I was waiting for a bus on a dark night in Sparkbrook. I turned and thought I knew him and said in a friendly voice "alright, how's it going?“ After a few minutes chatting it turned out he needed a couple of quid to put some petrol in his car, and I realised I had absolutely no idea who he was. I think he was trying to mug me but my friendly recognition totally threw him off kilter. I gave him 2 quid and we parted with a "see you around" Good tactic! Always act more mental than them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2018 Definitely Duncan Ferguson. Didn't he recently beat the shit out of someone who he caught trying to rob his house? And Andy Gray, he would crack some politically incorrect jokes and come tooled up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Big John Carew Edited March 23, 2018 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted March 24, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Ikantcpell said: What if you were there with your girlfriend and someone walked up to her and started to grab her tits and kissing her,iam sure you would get into a bar fight then. No, his lawyer would quickly pay you $130,000 to go away and not mention it ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Zvonimir Boban (he did start a war with a kick) and Frank Barson (the hardest footballer ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, sidcow said: Definitely Duncan Ferguson. Didn't he recently beat the shit out of someone who he caught trying to rob his house? And Andy Gray, he would crack some politically incorrect jokes and come tooled up "When Carl Bishop smashed his way into a grand house on a leafy avenue in Formby, Merseyside, successfully evading the security system, he was delighted to find a bounty of champagne and whisky. But there was one 6ft 4in item of anti-burglary technology that he had reckoned without: the Everton striker Duncan Ferguson. Bishop tried to smash a bottle of vodka over the footballer's head, before feeling the full force of "Big Dunc's" fist in his face – the thief was confined to hospital for two days. It was the second attempted robbery that Ferguson had foiled in his home; two years earlier, in 2001, he had sat on a thief until the police arrived." https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/05/away-day-robberies-premiership-footballers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 24, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2018 Big Chuck, always been a footballer right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Duncan Ferguson and Joe Louis, and I can have Joe Louis as he was actually on the books at Liverpool during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 The inbreds from small heath used to have some tasty players in the early/mid 80's; Mark Dennis, Noel Blake, Robert Hopkins, Mick Hartford etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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