Defoe, he is not hard, just a dirty little bast. broke the goalies arm and meant to hurt him in my opinion. cheers.

redbag 10 Nov 16:30


dave mackay would eat this lot for breakfast


not Billy he wouldn't

William "Billy" Whitehurst was an English professional footballer during the 1980s-1990s and was widely regarded as the hardest man to have played the game. Respected BBC football pundit Alan Hansen claims that Whitehurst was the hardest footballer he played against. Whilst other notable football hardmen Neil "Razor" Ruddock and Vinnie Jones have both stated that Whitehurst was the hardest opponent they faced. Indeed Whitehurst is alleged to have beaten up Jones whilst the two were team mates at Sheffield United.

Whitehurst was born on June 20 in 1959 in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire and started his career playing for a number of local teams, in the semi - professional leagues,whilst working for the local council as a bricklayer. He eventually made the move into the professional ranks with Hull City in 1980 and after a shaky start soon cemented his place as one of the most popular players to have ever played for the club. His upturn in form had not gone un-noticed and he joined Newcastle United in 1985 as their then record signing. Despite playing in a side featuring Peter Beardsley and Paul Gascoigne, the move did not work out and following a spat with his own supporters Whitehurst joined Oxford United, where it was rumoured he supplemented his football earnings by engaging in bare knuckle boxing bouts with local gypsies.

Bert Trautman playing with a broken neck, comfortably gets my vote.