Just who are the hardest, scariest and most intimidating football players of all time, the men who really make you quake in your boots every time you even see them on the field?

Well, if football’s hard men may now be a relative thing of the past due to the now tougher laws in the game stamping down (unfortunate phrase to use I know!) on even the merest suggestion of foul play, then between the '70s and '90s almost every team had a least one hatchet man in their side.

So we rank the most feared football players of all time, giving each protagonist a score out of 10, with one being the least intimidating. If any of you are squeamish, then I suggest you look away now…