You love them on your side – but hate them when they’re against you. Here we take a look at some of the most famous hard men of the Premier League era… Reckon he’s just the sweet, cuddly chap you laugh at on the television, with his comedy catchphrases?
Not so much. Formerly in the Navy, he was notorious for his tough tackling – and in the 1980s Chris Kamara was convicted of GBH for breaking an opponent's cheekbone.
Most famous for his time at West Ham, the full back accumulated bookings and red cards for serious foul play, often because he liked to swing an elbow around – notably a premeditated smash into the face of Newcastle’s tricky Franz Carr.
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