Who are the "dirtiest" players that you've, personally, seen play?

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I'm not talking about "hard men" but those that were just "dirty"!

For me, I can name two - Bobby Collins and Johnny Giles who both played for Revie's Leeds team.

Giles used to be a right winger but replaced Collins in the centre after he had his leg broken!

In the '60s there weren't cameras everywhere and these two scumbags would wait until the ball was yards away, with the ref watching it before kidney punching and/or raking their studs down the back of an opponent's calves.

They are the only two that I can think of that (if I'd been good enough to play against) I would have gone out with the intention of ending their playing careers.

Are there any that you think of in the same way?

Vinnie Jones
Trevor Hockey
 
I'm not talking about "hard men" but those that were just "dirty"!

For me, I can name two - Bobby Collins and Johnny Giles who both played for Revie's Leeds team.

Giles used to be a right winger but replaced Collins in the centre after he had his leg broken!

In the '60s there weren't cameras everywhere and these two scumbags would wait until the ball was yards away, with the ref watching it before kidney punching and/or raking their studs down the back of an opponent's calves.

They are the only two that I can think of that (if I'd been good enough to play against) I would have gone out with the intention of ending their playing careers.

Are there any that you think of in the same way?


Martin Keown
 
The Birmingham City team around the early to mid 80's was almost a Select XI of dirty cloggers. Harford, Kennedy, Dennis, Blake are 4 that I can remember but they had loads.
Souness was on another level because he just enjoyed it so much. Evil bloke, quality tache though but.

Probably been said before but seen Souness kick Shaun Elliot almost into orbit one day, horrible bastard.
Remember it well, there was almost a pitch invasion from the Main Stand Paddocks which at the time was one of the more sedate areas of RP.
 
Remember Sol Campbell being a right dirty bastard marking Quinny one game, about 20 fouls and only got booked in the last couple of mins!
Racist

Andy Llewellyn. Everyone in the ground knew he was going to do Anthony Smith that day, missed him 1st time, ended his career the 2nd. Cowardly twat.

Mel Sterland was a snidey prick as well.
Remember that game a boring 0-0 he took Smith out by the clockstand towards the Fulwell End
 
Billy Whitehurst
I think this man would even give mick Harford a good fight

Think all the usual suspects have been named but can anyone remember a big skinhead centre back marking Shearer in a cup game, possibly for Notts County? I've never seen old weetabix so intimidated ! Two not mentioned yet because they are red n white are Bally and Kaysie, they made some shockers over the years tbh, also Iain Munro took no prisoners, his tackle on Steve Hunt (neck high on the half way line!) was something to behold, he didn't even wait for the red card, just jogged down the tunnel :lol:
Rob Jones from gateshead it was a cup tie playing for Grimsby Munro was at left back and ran the width of the pitch to smash him ouch
 
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I'm not talking about "hard men" but those that were just "dirty"!

For me, I can name two - Bobby Collins and Johnny Giles who both played for Revie's Leeds team.

Giles used to be a right winger but replaced Collins in the centre after he had his leg broken!

In the '60s there weren't cameras everywhere and these two scumbags would wait until the ball was yards away, with the ref watching it before kidney punching and/or raking their studs down the back of an opponent's calves.

They are the only two that I can think of that (if I'd been good enough to play against) I would have gone out with the intention of ending their playing careers.

Are there any that you think of in the same way?

George Courtney once called me the dirtiest player he had ever refereed. I' ve seen me play so his opinion must carry some weight. Speedie and Vinny Jones spring to mind.
 
I think this man would even give mick Harford a good fight


Rob Jones from gateshead it was a cup tie playing for Grimsby Munro was at left back and ran the width of the pitch to smash him ouch
It was definitely v Coventry and it was Steve Hunt he took out, surprisingly the only sending off in his Sunderland career !
 
A german goalkeeper, I forget his name but I remember gasping as kid when he smashed into this other guy during a world cup game, knocked him clean out iirc.
 
Frank Leboeuf.

Snide bastard.

Also a coward and a spenk. He was terrified of Quinny. Remember him appearing on TV show presented by that Stoke supporting fella (forget his name) telling everyone that he was a World Cup Winner. I thought Blanc and Desailly were the centre backs when they won it. f***ing despise him.
 
Out of ones I've seen, Bally must be up there. I remember Craig Russell came back to play at the SoL for Tranmere (on loan from Man City), and Bally absolutely scythed him down near the touchline, and walked away. Russell was rolling around in agony! Bally also did the same thing to Vinnie Jones (QPR) at the Sol, left him in a crumpled heap. What a bloke.
 
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