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Saw a great article in an old issue of "Goal" mag recently which nominated the six all-time worst tackles. Here they are:
6. Willie Young: Arsenal v West Ham, FA Cup Final 1980- older big footy ites will remember this as the very cynical foul which robbed the Hammers' Paul Allen of the chance to be youngest Cup Final scorer.
5. Paul Gascoigne: Spurs v. Forest Cup Final '91, in which Gazza attempts to maim Gary Charles but instead maims himself.
4. This is a beauty: Peter Lorimer, Man Utd v Leeds, 1971. No, this was not a foul on a Man Utd player (although that's not necessarily bad), but an attack on a young pitch invader. Quote:
"... A long-haired hoolie in brown bomber jacket, hipsters and Man Utd scarf comes ghosting in. It's either Les from the Bay City Rollers or Brian Kidd on acid". (Incidentally, PL gave said Man U fan a right old kicking- can't be a bad thing, heh, heh.)
3. Eric Cantona: Auxerre v. Nantes circa 1985. This one's astonishing- Nantes opponent running harmlessly with ball when Monseur Cantona launches an amazing two footed karate kick from behind into unsuspecting opponent. Even more amazing is the fact that opponent bore no resemblance to a spectator.
2. Harald "Toni" Schumacher: West Germany v France, '82 World Cup Semi: Arguably the most brutal assault winessed on a football field. Quote:
"...running on to an exquisite through ball from Platini, Battiston is bearing down on goal and about to slip the ball past the keeper, when he is assaulted by a head-high tackle from the advancing Schumacher, who, and let's get this technically correct, steamrollered him with his big fat German arse. "Battiston is clean through", cries Barry Davies. "Oh, he just couldn't find the finish". Couldn't find his teeth either..."
1. Benjamin Massing: Argentina v Cameroon, World Cup 1990. Quote:
"...scientists have proved it is physically impossible to watch this most glorious of lunges without recourse to the f-word and uncontrolled bouts of laughter. With two minutes to go and Cameroon leading 1-0, Argentinian winger Caniggia sets off on one last desperate foray upfield. As South America's answer to Paul Walsh reaches the halfway line, the winger encounters the first of three, not so much challenges, as attempts on his life. The first effort to stop him is somewhat tame, falling short of any physical contact but with enough veiled menace to induce Caniggia to hurdle a non-existent leg. The second is a tad more ferocious and a good deal higher, displacing the air around Caniggia's nadgers and once again forcing the nippy Argentinian into his Sally Gunnell routine. At this point, eh could easily have gone down but demonstrating remarkable balance and determination, chooses to stay on his feet and plough on. Huge error. Still reeling from the previous assault, Caniggia is oblivious to the next lurking assailant- the man on the grassy knoll.Massing appears from his vantage point and locks onto Caniggia with all the ruthless efficiency of a heat-seeking missile, adopting his role of seeper all too literally...leads with his right boot, catches his victim around the knee then follows through with a brutal body-check to complete the double mauling. So ferocious is the tackle, Massing loses his right boot. Caniggia loses two hair grips, a fibula and the ability to blink. Jimmy Hill spoils the party, clambering onto his soapbox to chunder about the African's dreadful cynical tackling. Yeah, but arse-bustingly funny all the same..."
Can anybody else nominate some all-time worst tackles?
6. Willie Young: Arsenal v West Ham, FA Cup Final 1980- older big footy ites will remember this as the very cynical foul which robbed the Hammers' Paul Allen of the chance to be youngest Cup Final scorer.
5. Paul Gascoigne: Spurs v. Forest Cup Final '91, in which Gazza attempts to maim Gary Charles but instead maims himself.
4. This is a beauty: Peter Lorimer, Man Utd v Leeds, 1971. No, this was not a foul on a Man Utd player (although that's not necessarily bad), but an attack on a young pitch invader. Quote:
"... A long-haired hoolie in brown bomber jacket, hipsters and Man Utd scarf comes ghosting in. It's either Les from the Bay City Rollers or Brian Kidd on acid". (Incidentally, PL gave said Man U fan a right old kicking- can't be a bad thing, heh, heh.)
3. Eric Cantona: Auxerre v. Nantes circa 1985. This one's astonishing- Nantes opponent running harmlessly with ball when Monseur Cantona launches an amazing two footed karate kick from behind into unsuspecting opponent. Even more amazing is the fact that opponent bore no resemblance to a spectator.
2. Harald "Toni" Schumacher: West Germany v France, '82 World Cup Semi: Arguably the most brutal assault winessed on a football field. Quote:
"...running on to an exquisite through ball from Platini, Battiston is bearing down on goal and about to slip the ball past the keeper, when he is assaulted by a head-high tackle from the advancing Schumacher, who, and let's get this technically correct, steamrollered him with his big fat German arse. "Battiston is clean through", cries Barry Davies. "Oh, he just couldn't find the finish". Couldn't find his teeth either..."
1. Benjamin Massing: Argentina v Cameroon, World Cup 1990. Quote:
"...scientists have proved it is physically impossible to watch this most glorious of lunges without recourse to the f-word and uncontrolled bouts of laughter. With two minutes to go and Cameroon leading 1-0, Argentinian winger Caniggia sets off on one last desperate foray upfield. As South America's answer to Paul Walsh reaches the halfway line, the winger encounters the first of three, not so much challenges, as attempts on his life. The first effort to stop him is somewhat tame, falling short of any physical contact but with enough veiled menace to induce Caniggia to hurdle a non-existent leg. The second is a tad more ferocious and a good deal higher, displacing the air around Caniggia's nadgers and once again forcing the nippy Argentinian into his Sally Gunnell routine. At this point, eh could easily have gone down but demonstrating remarkable balance and determination, chooses to stay on his feet and plough on. Huge error. Still reeling from the previous assault, Caniggia is oblivious to the next lurking assailant- the man on the grassy knoll.Massing appears from his vantage point and locks onto Caniggia with all the ruthless efficiency of a heat-seeking missile, adopting his role of seeper all too literally...leads with his right boot, catches his victim around the knee then follows through with a brutal body-check to complete the double mauling. So ferocious is the tackle, Massing loses his right boot. Caniggia loses two hair grips, a fibula and the ability to blink. Jimmy Hill spoils the party, clambering onto his soapbox to chunder about the African's dreadful cynical tackling. Yeah, but arse-bustingly funny all the same..."
Can anybody else nominate some all-time worst tackles?
