20 Hardest Football Hardmen Of All Time
They weren't there for sport... this was war.
The football "hard man" is a dying breed, which seems to have dissipated without trace in recent years, its undeniable. My mind goes back most recently to the end of the 20th and start of the 21st century, and the epic clashes between Arsenal and Man Utd, when Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira were at the height of their powers, and determined to come out on top in the midfield battle. Sadly, these days are long gone, and neither the Gunners nor the Red Devils boast any midfielder that could be described as a hard-man, and unfortunately, this seems to be the case throughout the Premier League. In celebration/lamentation of those missing modern hard-men, this article will look at 20 of footballs hardest men, and the feats that made them so notorious...