ooRya Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Perti Jantunnen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Gerard Levin could hit a ball pretty hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Flaming sambuca. Or grappa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo1 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Regarding the likes of Atyeo, Bush and others from that era you also have to take into consideration the balls in use. Real leather, had to have dubbin applied prior to every game, I know because I did it for my dad's team, Locomotive Sports in the Bristol Wednesday League, and then for my own team once I started playing. As soon as they got wet they weighed a ton. Bit different these days with the balls being almost like those used on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe bryans right foot Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I remember dave smudger smith having a powerful shotAs well as having the speed of a gazelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Hotshot Hamish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted September 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Bob Taylor smacked the ball pretty hard too. I think he smashed one in against Palarse (Wright, Bright & Co) at the Gate when we trounched them 4-1 or 4-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Along with Jimmy Mann and Norman Hunter, Donnie Gillies from the same era had a fair shot on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Seib Dykstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Marvin Elliott smashed in a cracker against Stoke in our first season in The Championship. Remember that! I think somebody passed away during that match in the dolman, there were stewards everywhere! Poor bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Not like they hit the target very often, but Bradley Orr and Marvin Elliott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Evander Sno absolutely pummeled one in the Atyeo end when he was with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Just reading through this post for a non-important reason, but! Goodness. I can only vaguely remember, so you must both be bloody old!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Gerard Levin could hit a ball pretty hard... Yes, I heard that from a mate in Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Sorry it's not City but I used to live in Vienna in the 90s. The Bulgarian Ivanov. He could belt the ball for Rapid. Sno for City I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Just reading through this post for a non-important reason, but! Goodness. I can only vaguely remember, so you must both be bloody old!. I've aged considerably watching City over the years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Mcindoe could hit them with a fair bit of pace when he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Lets face it if any of the modern footballers hit the the old style leather ball with laces. They'd be out injured for about 3 months! I was going to post this, I don't think you can compare players between eras, even likes of Walshie and Jimmy Mann were hitting a ball much heavier than today. The ball in the Atyeo era used to change weight depending on the weather conditions, I had an old ball with laces growing up and it felt like kicking concrete when it got wet. Remember that when you see replays of Bobby Charltons goals in the 60's! Taking into account all of the above, I would say Jimmy Mann would be probably come out at the top, the ball was still heavy but he could still hit it like a bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Too young for Atyeo, but Mann's goal against Forest takes some beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Jimmy Mann against Forest is probably the single most memorable one, but for consistently producing them, Alan Walsh. One of those times when if you got a free kick within 25 yards of goal you'd always feel we had a chance of a goal! Remember one v West Ham, I think, when the keeper got behind it but it was so hard it knocked him across the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 My dad says Peter Cormack could hit a ball in his day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 As others have said Walshy and Super Bob, but David Seal had a good wallop on him, plus Carl Shutt could bang em in as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aipearcey Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Hardest shot in recent times is Steven Davis for me. Didn't hit the target very often but made hell of a bang hitting the advertising boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Atyeo could head a ball harder than anybody I've seen, but for pure power of shot it has to be Peter Hooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Whenever I watch JET before the match shooting one on one against Dave Richards he seems to effortlessly just smash it and it will still be hard then when he really hits the ball its like a cannon. Never seen a City player have such natural power in a shot all he needs to do is take a swipe of the left boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Interesting how many of the bullet shot merchants are left-footers. PS for the benefit of the obsessed on this forum, I'm not talking about Celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Atyeo could head a ball harder than anybody I've seen, but for pure power of shot it has to be Peter Hooper. I reckon Galley could head 'em harder than Big John but I were only a lad when Atyeo was playing. And I'd also nit-pick over Hooper, and give it to Jonny Watkins, just! But we'll never know, and these days when he's in the mood (and in the team) Jet has a fair bit of power in that left peg of his! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I was going to post this, I don't think you can compare players between eras, even likes of Walshie and Jimmy Mann were hitting a ball much heavier than today. The ball in the Atyeo era used to change weight depending on the weather conditions, I had an old ball with laces growing up and it felt like kicking concrete when it got wet. Remember that when you see replays of Bobby Charltons goals in the 60's! Taking into account all of the above, I would say Jimmy Mann would be probably come out at the top, the ball was still heavy but he could still hit it like a bullet. I have a picture in my mind of an old football, lying against a wall, with a pair of laces growing up a bean pole. Jimmy Mann for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiz Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Jimmy Mann simples still see that goal in my head. Would love to see it again. Even Shilton remembers it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hard shot in 60s 70s and 80s is not the same as hard shot in todays football Any player can kick the balls they use now hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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