The Night-Owl 6,082 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Ellis Rimmer said: So do we not have any hard players with a good story as to why they're so hard? Plenty. Ernie Blenkinsop survived a coal mining roof falling in on him in his younger days, and Stanley Matthews said you knew whenever you were up against Ernie, has he would crunch into you early on to make sure you knew he was there. And he said Ernie was the toughest opponent and best defender he ever came up against. Walter Millership was adept at centre forward and centre back, his strong sturdy play gave him the nickname 'Battleship' from Wednesday fans. The likes of Blenkinsop and Millership grew up working in the coal mines, they were proper tough working class football men. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Paul Warhurst. Hard. Swallowed his tongue in the first leg of the UEFA Cup and played the second leg and score with a header. Didn't suffer fools that bloke. Was a bit mardy though. Link to post Share on other sites
BarnOwl55 822 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 9 hours ago, A12owl said: Tony Kay. Vic Mobley ^^^^^^^^^^ THIS!! and in that order too! Link to post Share on other sites
torres 11,556 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Lucas Joao Link to post Share on other sites
Guest addedtime Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 What about Danny Wilson? He could certainly take it and dish it out. Link to post Share on other sites
Mountain Owl 2,834 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Ken Knighton followed by Jeff Johnson. Very rarely seen either of those lose a tackle and neither of them took any prisoners. Link to post Share on other sites
Internationowl 1,292 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Good story? Hardest player? Going through our history books for the most fearless nutcase to represent us, when he plays for us right now? Ladies and gwntlemen, I give you Sir Samuel Edward Hutchinson. Could you imagine Sam shirking a challenge from any of the aforementioned hard men? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/23/sam-hutchinson-sheffield-wednesday-chelsea Link to post Share on other sites
Hougoumont 860 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Laurie Madden was a tough player and I wouldn't have wanted to knock Mel Sterlands pint over either. Link to post Share on other sites
Tarquin 3,454 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Norman Curtis was the original "chopper" Link to post Share on other sites
Magic Rat 194 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Don Megson. When he flew in for a tackle the player was lucky to land short of row 10. Link to post Share on other sites
VictoryBell 1,447 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Ken Knighton or Tony Kaye. That's that settled Link to post Share on other sites
Rivelin 28 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Tony Kay and Graham Pugh. Link to post Share on other sites
shezzas left peg 2,773 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Well didn't Madine like to batter bouncers???, don't they classify as being harder than footballers, so maybe Madine, bit like our Duncan Fergusen with less goals Link to post Share on other sites
ramone 4,933 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Never really had a 'hardman' in all my time of watching Wednesday. Bruts like Coughlan, Branston and Bullen from the Turner/Sturrock days would be my pick. Link to post Share on other sites
alanharper 32,018 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 12 hours ago, meadowview owl said: Southampaton home 1993-1994 season when we got off to a bobbar start. Shows you on season review him walking off with it Unless he did it more than once, it was the LC semi at Blackburn, the 4-2 game. He tried to run it off, but apparently you can't do that with broken legs and he missed the rest of the season including all the Wembley games. Link to post Share on other sites
Shoots but cant hit 91 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Tony Kay .........end of debate made all of the other nominees look soft but in today's climate may only have played in six games a season. Fot those not privileged to watch him in action I would suggest Ken Knighton Mike Lyons Lawrie Madden and Sam. Link to post Share on other sites
markg 2,570 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Remember Duncan Ferguson just bouncing off Emerson Thome Link to post Share on other sites
Paddyowl 2,151 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mick Lyons for me. Players from other teams are John Burridge, John Fashanu and the main man Mick Harford. Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy66 10,798 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Ken Knighton...he would last about 3 mins in todays football Link to post Share on other sites
steveraper 271 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Bothroyd Link to post Share on other sites
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