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04th Jul 2014

Video: This amateur football match produced one of the dirtiest tackles you’ll ever see

This poor lad was absolutely taken out of it...

Joe Harrington

This poor lad was absolutely taken out of it…

The art of tackling in football is one that not every player possesses. Paul Scholes is a prime example of it but in general we don’t see players flying into tackles like they used to. The exception to the rule being Lee Cattermole or Lee Clattermole, as we like to call him. Catter. Clatter…

Luckily for tackling enthusiasts, the hard-men are still alive and well at amateur level up and down the country. However, we’re not sure if we’ve seen a tackle as terrible as this one in a recent English Sunday League game.

“Turned upside down” is a phrase that’s associated with tackles but you rarely actually see someone get turned upside down so this is a rare, beautiful moment…

 

Hat-tip to The SPORT Bible.