hardest tackler ever to play for qpr

[qprted]

i nead help here guys,to be hoest after watching qpr for 53 seasons im not sure


i think bobby hazel was one lethal bit of work i watched him kick ceril regis off the park in the 82 semi final and he was his best mate

ill never forget the day venanbles tried to tell him off in one of the boxes,at that time someone very kindly let me go into the box sometimes if it wasnt full up

so into the box marches venables BOBBY SAYS TEL IVE GOT TO TELL YOU OFF
hazel sprung to his feet with his eyes poking out like organ stops,he shaped up to venables as if he was going to throw a punch then he said
WATCH IT TERRY I DONT LIKE WHITE PEOPLE,hazel was surrounded by white people and no he wasnt a racist,but in the pre season he had knocked out three of his own players,in three consequetive gams....................there was a silence then terry just walked off in fairness to venables he didnt look very botherd,perhaps thats why venables is the best manager in our history maybe he knew bobby wouldnt hit him

[QPR Richard]

Dave Webb was hard as nails, as was Mark Dennis.

[Westbyfleetr]

Ask Danny Thomas.

@gavinmaguire2 on Twitter Now a hairdresser in Somerset and always open to talk about the Rs.

Too young to remember Webb, but Mark Dennis was bloody lethal.

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Ask Danny Thomas.

@gavinmaguire2 on Twitter Now a hairdresser in Somerset and always open to talk about the Rs.

Too young to remember Webb, but Mark Dennis was bloody lethal.

Yes, Mark Dennis one of Pollards Hill's finest!
I remember playing West Ham at home and we were in the paddock. There was a big mob of Wesh Ham next to us who started singing 'Wifebeater, Wifebeater' etc to him. He was right next to us as he was the left back. He just turned to them and snarled 'Yeh that's right'. They thought it was hilarious and never gave him any more stick for the rest of the game.

I saw him once in a nightclub in Croydon. I went up to shake his hand and tell him I was QPR and I very nearly didn't get away. He wanted to chat and buy me a drink. Very friendly but a bit of a nutter.

[qprted]

yes

yes dave webb is a good one,he was one of those desperate dan type players,if one of our guys got hit by someone then good old webby would even up the score

but amazingly i would have loved to see webby play up front,i was there the day that venables played bobby hazel at center forward and yes he scored but what a buzz around the ground when bobby was running at there defence they looked terrified

that why for me the hardest man who ever played for qpr was bobby hazell


and the funniest chant i ever heard from opposition fans was after hazell was said to have thrown petrol bombs at the police in race riots in the midlands

the wolves fans sung...............HAZELL RUNS ON PETROL........... HAZELL RUNS ON PETROL.... LA LA LA LA
.............LA LA LA LA
I was in the paddock that day and when the wolves fans sang that song we all fell about laughing
it was a spontainious reaction to what had been written in the press

[geejaybee]

Without a doubt,George Petchy old fashioned right half in the late 1950's

[QPR Richard]

And of course dear old Macca liked a tear up and was bloody good at it.

[Kit]

Gary Waddock and John Gregory were no mean tacklers either, as was Gillard.

[cross it Dave]

Ian Gillard springs to mind

[QPR Richard]

Gary Waddock and John Gregory were no mean tacklers either, as was Gillard.

Yep, those three as well. Waddock in particular I thought was a solid tackler.

[themodfather]

gavin mcguire for me
mark dennis was quite mad....i recall he took out an arsenal player, neck high..the guy was rolling about and down for ages.."red red red" went the gooners, dennis was pleading with the ref as he'd been warned, another red and they'd boot him out of the game ( take note saint barton) anyway he got a yellow to many boos, i think we subbed him.
bobby hazell was solid but fair, very quick too for a big guy.
waddock was a good tough tackler...

[QPR Richard]

Gav was hard. I've just tweeted him to ask him if he could make a trip to LR and give the boys a tackling lesson!

[QPR Richard]

Gav was hard. I've just tweeted him to ask him if he could make a trip to LR and give the boys a tackling lesson!

He's just tweeted back and said you're not allowed to tackle these days. I said its a bloody fairies game these days and he said you're not wrong lol

[bbedford]

George Petchy and George Whitelaw [if you upset him]

[hal9thou]

but who was the hardest man with real ability - in other words who would still get in a decent side today, because a lot of the hard men from yesteryear just wouldn't get a look in these days....