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Sat here watching the season highlights DVD for 2007/08 (Legwinski! Dan Harding! Colchester in the Championship!) and just saw Wilnis get sent off at Plymouth for basically leaping two footed at some poor bloke in green who near enough landed in Exeter.
Got me thinking, what is probably the worst tackle anyone has ever seen a Town player commit? Not talking here about accidental collisions like Wile/Talbot at Highbury or when Luc Nilis was unfortunately destroyed by Richard Wright, but the sort of tackle that results in a card, the opposing bench leap up in fury and you wincing in the stands.
The word "Thetis" coming to this thread in 5...4...3...
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Worst tackle ever... on 21:43 - Nov 11 with 1102 views
Louie Donowa on Trevor Putney at 2:44 Not even a yellow!
Two of the few players that have played for both sides.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
Steve McCall on Trevor Steven at Goodison in 1985... probably cost us an FA cup semi final appearance. Steve was in his mid 20's here, oldest youngman ever.
'Tackle' at 9:24
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To be dismissed in those days without a prior caution was some going.
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Worst tackle ever... on 22:18 - Nov 11 with 1034 views
Worst tackle ever... on 22:03 - Nov 11 by Coastalblue
Two of the few players that have played for both sides.
Yes absolutely - I must confess I had to look it up to check, but Donowa's season at Town was jusssst after Putney left Norwich. It got me thinking - are there two players who played against each other in an East Anglian derby on opposing teams, and then again on the opposite opposing teams (if you see what I mean). I can't think of any
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Worst tackle ever... on 22:47 - Nov 11 with 994 views
One that springs to mind recently is the one by a Watford player (can't recall his name but I think it was Scandinavian) on Jonny Williams at Portman Road.
We went on to win the game, but how that tackle never got a red card was beyond me.
His name was Joel Ekstrand. Karma bit him in the return fixture at Vicarage Road (the Richard Chaplow game). He tried to close down Tyrone Mings, Mings did a body swerve, Ekstrand went past him, tried to turn back to where Mings was and promptly tore his cruciate ligament.
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Worst tackle ever... on 23:29 - Nov 11 with 944 views
Worst tackle ever... on 22:38 - Nov 11 by HighgateBlue
Yes absolutely - I must confess I had to look it up to check, but Donowa's season at Town was jusssst after Putney left Norwich. It got me thinking - are there two players who played against each other in an East Anglian derby on opposing teams, and then again on the opposite opposing teams (if you see what I mean). I can't think of any
Putney and Deehan?
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Worst tackle ever... on 20:26 - Nov 11 by GeoffSentence
Hyam on Judge got a few worked up.
Personally I thought Hyam was much maligned over that tackle, Judge had lost control of the ball, both players dived in for it, unfortunately Judge got his studs stuck in the turf and came off badly.
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That happened right in front of me and at the time in real time it looked horrendous. At the time it looked a red card all day long. I’m still amazed MM left Hyam on the field after that. It was never going to end well.
The Harald Schumacher nailing of Battiston in the World Cup was pretty spectacular. For Ipswich, Derek Jefferson left his calling card on a few, but then his eyesight was poor!
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Worst tackle ever... on 11:24 - Nov 12 with 733 views
Not an especially dangerous tackle, but this, um, slightly mistimed effort from Micky Stockwell at Leeds in '93 always makes me chuckle. Not a tough decision for the ref to award a penalty.
Love Sticky's expression afterwards. "Yes, OK, I may have got that wrong."
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Worst tackle ever... on 11:38 - Nov 12 with 720 views
Worst tackle ever... on 11:30 - Nov 12 by TrumptonBlue
Not an especially dangerous tackle, but this, um, slightly mistimed effort from Micky Stockwell at Leeds in '93 always makes me chuckle. Not a tough decision for the ref to award a penalty.
Love Sticky's expression afterwards. "Yes, OK, I may have got that wrong."
In the home game that season (the 4-2 win), there was of course David Batty basically trying to launch Paul Goddard over the North Stand. Probably one of the most blatant penalties I've ever seen.
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