Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
It also struck me what a bunch of double hard bástards they were. I suppose every team was in those days, but a standard challenge from Nelson, Young, Rice or Talbot would be treated as a police matter these days, and Price and Stapleton weren't averse to a knee-high assault if required.
Storey and Simpson weren't shy of getting in and around the opposition either. Putting down a marker to let them know they were there and so on. Willie Young was in a league of his own, though, ISTR. He rarely seemed interested in the ball at all.