Recollections vary about the provocation for Eric Cantona’s attack on a fan at Crystal Palace 30 years ago. In court Cantona’s version of events was that Matthew Simmons, the man he kicked, had ...

Eric Cantona tripped Richard Shaw and was sent off ... but the pictorial and video evidence appears to show some choice words being shared. “He wasn’t like a proper snarling thug,” Salako ...

THIRTY years on from Eric Cantona’s kung-fu kick and I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was allowed to watch the highlights the following morning as a six-year-old. It was just crazy ...

30 years ago this week, Manchester United superstar Eric Cantona suddenly launched himself into the crowd during a match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. With a flying kick which would ...

“Off you go Cantona, it’s an early bath for you.” These were the words Matthew Simmons claimed at the time he said to Manchester United forward Eric Cantona as the Frenchman made his ...

“Off you go Cantona, it’s an early bath for you.” These were the words Matthew Simmons claimed at the time he said to Manchester United forward Eric Cantona as the Frenchman made his way along the ...

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona could not outsmart one of his former teammates when it came to a battle of the minds and was branded as “hopeless.” Eric Cantona had a sensational impact during ...

It was 30 years ago this week that Mat Utd’s Eric Cantona infamously kung fu kicked a fan at Crystal Palace. But, why did it happen, and what was the fall out?