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There's no video evidence, and as time goes on my memory's geeting sketchy, of the Gray Briggs 'clothes line' tackle - against Chesterfield at the south paddock end (someone plese remind me)
So I'll post a classic - Moore tackling Jairzinho Mexico 1970
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The one I remember from Briggs, was a home match, can't recall who it was against now, but the ball was in the opposition's box, (for some reason I looked across to the centre circle) and he just dropped their forward flat out on the halfway line while no one was looking. Do that today and he'd probably end up doing time.
Still a favourite of mine though.
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Memorable Tackles on 09:43 - Feb 19 with 969 views
And just pick your best tackle out of this match....
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‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
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Memorable Tackles on 12:46 - Feb 19 with 956 views
And just pick your best tackle out of this match....
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I struggle to recall particular tackles, but some of the finest exponents were Bill Bentley, Gary Brabin and Andy Morrison in addition to the much lauded Gary Briggs.
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Memorable Tackles on 19:39 - Feb 19 with 942 views
Memorable Tackles on 12:46 - Feb 19 by okeh_for_some
I struggle to recall particular tackles, but some of the finest exponents were Bill Bentley, Gary Brabin and Andy Morrison in addition to the much lauded Gary Briggs.
We covered the Tony Cunningham / Alan Kelly one a couple of weeks ago. That wasn't really a tackle though, it was a roll reversal of this -
Battiston - Schumacher when Platini's France could have won the world cup
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Memorable Tackles (n/t) on 20:03 - Sep 8 by spell_chekker
The two tackles I remember as being the most dramatic were by the same player on the same player in the same game! Stan McEwan on Steve Kindon who was playing for Wolves, late 70s. Both straight reds but the first one somehow got a yellow. Nearly killed him with the second one, and just marched straight down the pitch to the tunnel at the south end. Anybody who was there will remember it, Kindon was big and fast but McEwan did not take prisoners. Totally cleaned him out. It was a gob smacking moment.
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Memorable Tackles (n/t) on 20:40 - Sep 8 by voyeur
The two tackles I remember as being the most dramatic were by the same player on the same player in the same game! Stan McEwan on Steve Kindon who was playing for Wolves, late 70s. Both straight reds but the first one somehow got a yellow. Nearly killed him with the second one, and just marched straight down the pitch to the tunnel at the south end. Anybody who was there will remember it, Kindon was big and fast but McEwan did not take prisoners. Totally cleaned him out. It was a gob smacking moment.
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I remember Kindon as a strong running forward for Burnley.
He must have been at the end of his career in the late 70s.
I'll refer back to Red's earlier post about Briggs, possibly the 'clothes line' or 'straight arm' tackle that I remember.
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Interesting post. One tackle I remember with absolute clarity was in a Pool v Chelsea match in the late '60''s. it had a seriously bad result. I was stood with my late Dad on the right side of the kop and it happened in front of the scratching shed on the other side. Peter Osgood had the ball and was tackled by a young Emlyn Hughes breaking Osgood''s leg. Emlyn was always a hard tackler but no body believed that was his intent. Many people said they heard the break. It was tragedy for Osgood because he was a stylish classy player and a Chelsea icon. Sickening to see it also.
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