Not really 200mph but he does have the record.
"I recall a Shoot! article many moons ago that preposterously suggested Wrexham deadshot Chris Armstrong was the fastest man in football, recording 10.5 seconds for the 100 metres. Can this possibly be true?" enquires Andrew Bond. "Even more ridiculously, I remember it also said that Nicky Summerbee had the hardest shot in football. My deluded chum thinks Summerbee proved this by beating Stuart Pearce in a dawn shoot-out on Record Breakers. Is any of this correct, and if so, are such tests still run anywhere today?"
It's astonishing just how many people were able to (a) dig out their old Shoot! magazines from 1994, or (b) remember the details of the articles in Shoot! magazines from 1994, possibly both. Astonishing, and also a little worrying. Nevertheless, we're very grateful.
But there you are, so we may as well press on. Nicky Summerbee does officially have the hardest shot in football, though his prowess was proved not against Stuart Pearce, but in a dual with Liverpool's David "Budgie" Borrows. As Ed Wilson says, Andrew, your deluded chum is not as deluded as you think. Summerbee claimed the title with a drive of 87mph from standing. Alas poor Budgie could manage only 84mph.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,9204,1132509,00.html
