LOOKING BACK
KEVIN!HALLS LOOKS!BACK!AT THE CAREER!OF FRANK BARSON, THE!ORIGINAL FOOTBALL HARDMAN

On the charge: Frank Barson in control and also below left

DOWN the years, there have been plenty of hard players, those footballers who, although talented, had a propensity to ‘get stuck in’ and earn a reputation of being a hatchet man.
We’ve had the likes of Norman Hunter, Tommy Smith, Ron Harris, Dave Mackay, Peter Storey, Stuart Pearce, Vinnie Jones and Roy Keane. Earning nicknames like Bite Yer Legs (Hunter), Chopper (Harris) and the Anfi eld Iron (Smith), you don&rs...