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Bristol City Hard Men..

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  1. wizered

    wizered Ol' Mucker
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    Just thinking back over the years of different styles and how football has changed, started me thinking about some hard but honest players we have had battling our cause, here are 4 from over the years that I loved to watch, perhaps you have some personal favourites?

    Bobby Kellard.....Midfield....1968 - 1970.
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    Norman 'Bites your Legs' Hunter......Centre Back.....1976 - 1979

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    Gerry Gow.....Midfield.......1969 - 1981..

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    Tommy ' The Doc' Doherty.......Midfield......1996 - 2005..
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    Good quality hard but honest players, I loved them..
     
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  2. cidered abroad

    cidered abroad Well-Known Member

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    I'll start at the beginning of my City life and offer Ernie "Ginger" Peacock.
    As hard as any I have ever seen and City all through his body.
     
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  3. Angelicnumber16

    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    Kellard was one of my first, just before the great Gerry Gow. Had a feeling Kellard went to Portsmouth or Leicester after us ?
     
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    Bobby Kellard was in the side when I first started going too- Gow was as hard as you can get, yet fair.Hunter would have to be the toughest overall I think.

    It was an era of that type of player who wouldn't last 5 minutes today. I'm thinking here of Nobby Stiles, Dave MacKay and Ron Chopper Harris in particular.
     
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  5. Premiershiporbust IV

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    I loved watching the Doc, similar in style to Gerry Gow in that he would go into a rolling maul with 4 opposition players and somehow come out the other end with the ball. Brilliant....!
     
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    Wiz,why have you got a picture of Brett Pitman instead of The Doc,is it some kind of test?
     
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    I did wonder about that but If you look at pictures of The Doc, it could be him...
     
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  8. wizered

    wizered Ol' Mucker
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    I should have double checked when I copied the image more carefully, it's called moronic, thanks partner....<ok> I hope I've got the right one this time..
     
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  9. Squasher

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    Any time Wiz
     
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    johngalleyfan2 Well-Known Member

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    DICKIE ROOKS now he didn't stand much messing!
    Tony Ford!
    and MANN
     
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    Redprintt Well-Known Member

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    'It was an era of that type of player who wouldn't last 5 minutes today'

    They would adapt, there would be no other choice.
    Hunter was also a tremendous footballer, leader, great in the air and was also, surprisingly for me a great passer.
    The 'hardest' I've seen at AG ? Pound for pound there wasn't much between Hunter and Gow.
     
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    Another from the fifties and sixties.
    Mike "The Threshing Machine" Thresher.
    Quick as well as hard like granite.
     
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    wizered Ol' Mucker
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  14. Alandicksthegreat

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    Agree 100%, Mike Thresher, one of citys all time hard men, along with Ginger Peacock.
     
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