Reading's Hard Men

[moonwalklikebas]

Steve Brown - The man would attempt a diving header in front of a moving train if necessary!

[Norfolk Royal]

Steve Hetzke looked pretty tough but never did much to confirm that.

[LightwaterRoyal]

That I've seen play I can only really say Noel Hunt

[grey_squirrel]

In order during the time I've been watching Reading:

1. Whitehurst
2. Hurlock
3. T8

Parky and Gooding get honourable mentions, but they were very much in the second-tier of hard men.

^ This.

Parky and Gooding were mere pussies compared to these 3.

[NewCorkSeth]

Hunt, being the only one to reduce a top keeper to wearing a scrum cap for the rest of his natural life, deserves a nomination

[YateleyRoyal]

Not sure you can count Bikey as hard, he was just mental.

[If you still hate Futcher]

Yozzer Price

Kevin Bremner

[Ark Royal]

Further nods for Hurlock, Whitehurst and Tait. Anyone remember Roger Joslyn and John 'Chopper' Chapman?

[NewCorkSeth]

Not sure you can count Bikey as hard, he was just mental.

Its hard to be mental?

[From Despair To Where?]

No, Bikey found it very easy.

[HoneyRoastHoax]

[NewCorkSeth]

No, Bikey found it very easy.

It's hard for those around him?

[leicsRoyal]

Hurlock, Whitehurst, Tait, Richardson, Parky.

Top five for me.

[Mintymurray]

Large. usually in the town end!

[Barney]

Top 3.

Has to be Friday and Hurlock. Hard as granite, and lunatics.
Then Percy Freeman. Just hard as granite.

[Hoop Blah]

I think it was Alan Hansen that said Billy Whitehurst was the hardest and scariest opponent he'd ever faced.

Edit: A nice summary of his style http://www.thedaisycutter.co.uk/2012/01/the-harder-they-come-big-billy-whitehurst/

[winchester_royal]

Omar Daley

[madstadblues]

Gareth Davies the Ginja Ninja

[RoyalBlue]

'Tin Head' aka Trevor Morley
Kevin Dillon

and, of course, God aka Robin Friday.

[percy_freeman]

1. Hurlock
2. Percy
3. Friday
Special mentions to Tait, Martin Hicks and Parky and even Quinny, he didn't shy away from much....