The man of steel was so tough that, despite having a fractured nose, he played for Villa at Wembley. The defender who played next to Paul McGrath actually suffered from four hernia procedures, two broken noses, torn medial ligaments, a fractured jaw, a depressed cheekbone, and damage near his right eye. It’s simple to mix up dirty players with hardmen. However, Teale was clean and hard, rarely mistimed a tackle, and if an opponent was not fast enough, he would challenge them and punish them severely. He remembers that McGrath was a pretty difficult boy, but he was also his center-half partner, so he was as solid as it gets. People may not have appreciated how ferocious he could get when agitated.
Alistair Robertson gave the Blues midfielder Robert Hopkins a private tour of The Hawthorns long before the player signed with Albion.
Long before any bulldozers showed up, the Hawthorns renovation began when the Baggies center-half launched the young upstart into the stand and over the advertisement hoarding during a replay of the League Cup in the early 1980s.
Additionally, Robertson was sent off for fighting with Watford striker and eventual Baggies failure George Reilly in the tunnel.
Unbelievably—and this is something Craig Bellamy won’t want to hear—Muscat was a true gentleman off the pitch. An absolutely fantastic guy. He was a full-back on it that most wingers would not choose to confront. The word is uncompromising. The supporters admired his dedication.
This tall, thin Dutchman, who went by Maarten, had blond hair and was, indeed, tall and thin in those days. He was capable of taking care of himself.
Jol took Bryan Robson’s place. And it was evident. Jol kept himself entertained by hurling himself into tackles and generally failing to keep up with the pace of our game when he wasn’t having a good time drinking on Carters Green or walking his dog at Dartmouth Park. For a large portion of his early English football career, he had to spell his name aloud to inexperienced officials.
Jol’s dismissal for rucking with Tony Galvin at the 1982 League Cup semi-final first-leg against Spurs was the game’s high point.
He was not a traditional hard man. However, he made an attempt at
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