Does anyone else remember Match of the Day that (infamous) night when Lineker and the pundits looked all serious and explained that the next highlights could be shocking to some viewers. I sat there glued to my seat and then for the first time in... ever, applauded a Man Utd player hysterically:
a. for standing up to, no kicking the arse off, a rascist thug!
b. for twatting a Palarse fan, who clearly deserved it, supports a team I don't like and bad dress sense too!
c. then the press conference too (seagulls), cantona was/is on a different level, will always think the guy is class.
[quote][cite]Posted By: nolly[/cite]He didnt he kicked missed got hit then missed again[/quote]
I was kinda being sarcastic, it makes me laugh how some fool tries a jumping, lunging un-trained kick at someone and all of a sudden the press say it was a Kung Fu Kick or a lethal Karate Kick. You're right tho Nolly, it was embarassing and Cantona was lucky he didnt get a hiding, but then it was only Palace!
An acquaintance of mine was at Leeds at the same time as Cantona and said he was the most unlikely footballer ever, he barely drunk and although he was not the intellectual he claimed to be he was totally disinterested in the usual trappings of fame.
Apparently - even when he went to United and was the biggest star in the country - he lived in a terraced suburban house because he found the whole "F+++ Off Mansion" thing totally incomprehensible.
[cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]Does anyone else remember Match of the Day that (infamous) night when Lineker and the pundits looked all serious and explained that the next highlights could be shocking to some viewers. I sat there glued to my seat and then for the first time in... ever, applauded a Man Utd player hysterically:
a. for standing up to, no kicking the arse off, a rascist thug!
b. for twatting a Palarse fan, who clearly deserved it, supports a team I don't like and bad dress sense too!
c. then the press conference too (seagulls), cantona was/is on a different level, will always think the guy is class.
Remember it well, better than you (;-)), as it was Des who presented the show. It may even have been Sportsnight rather than MOTD.
[cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]Does anyone else remember Match of the Day that (infamous) night when Lineker and the pundits looked all serious and explained that the next highlights could be shocking to some viewers. I sat there glued to my seat and then for the first time in... ever, applauded a Man Utd player hysterically:
a. for standing up to, no kicking the arse off, a rascist thug!
b. for twatting a Palarse fan, who clearly deserved it, supports a team I don't like and bad dress sense too!
c. then the press conference too (seagulls), cantona was/is on a different level, will always think the guy is class.
Remember it well, better than you (;-)), as it was Des who presented the show. It may even have been Sportsnight rather than MOTD.
Must have been as it was a midweek game, it was on a Tuesday night and I remember coming back from football training and listening to the horrified R5 presenters.
[cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]Does anyone else remember Match of the Day that (infamous) night when Lineker and the pundits looked all serious and explained that the next highlights could be shocking to some viewers. I sat there glued to my seat and then for the first time in... ever, applauded a Man Utd player hysterically:
a. for standing up to, no kicking the arse off, a rascist thug!
b. for twatting a Palarse fan, who clearly deserved it, supports a team I don't like and bad dress sense too!
c. then the press conference too (seagulls), cantona was/is on a different level, will always think the guy is class.
Can't imagine he would have dared done that at Millwall. Mind you, looking at the boy who got twated and the surrounding urchins tells you you ain't gonna get much grief. I remember the media eventually turning it around in favour of Cantona, how he was provoked by a thug (LOL)and the Palace numpty later becoming public enemy, hilarious!
I was at Selhurst Park that night and the atmosphere towards him was unbelievably hostile. The anti-French ranting and chanting was horrible. My wife, who is French, hardly dared to speak during the game. I think Eric did the kick for her! We met him a couple of months later just as he was about to start playing again after the ban. He oozed charisma but was as modest and accessible and charming as possible. He talked to us for about ten minutes outside the Cliffe Training Ground and then, when we saw him again about half an hour later on a petrol station forecourt he chatted again, asking us about the Bob Dylan show we'd seen the night before. I know it is a cliche but throughout our chats he was totally focussed on us, and time seemed to stand still. An absolute star.
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I didn't know Cantona did Kung Fu?
a. for standing up to, no kicking the arse off, a rascist thug!
b. for twatting a Palarse fan, who clearly deserved it, supports a team I don't like and bad dress sense too!
c. then the press conference too (seagulls), cantona was/is on a different level, will always think the guy is class.
I was kinda being sarcastic, it makes me laugh how some fool tries a jumping, lunging un-trained kick at someone and all of a sudden the press say it was a Kung Fu Kick or a lethal Karate Kick. You're right tho Nolly, it was embarassing and Cantona was lucky he didnt get a hiding, but then it was only Palace!
Good footballer tho.
Apparently - even when he went to United and was the biggest star in the country - he lived in a terraced suburban house because he found the whole "F+++ Off Mansion" thing totally incomprehensible.
What a player though, and what a presence.
Remember it well, better than you (;-)), as it was Des who presented the show. It may even have been Sportsnight rather than MOTD.
Must have been as it was a midweek game, it was on a Tuesday night and I remember coming back from football training and listening to the horrified R5 presenters.
That is the gist of what he claimed he ran down 20 rows of seats to shout at Cantona.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8361054/Eric-Cantona-kung-fu-kick-on-hooligan-was-like-a-dream-for-some-fans.html
Come on admit it who was having naughty dreams about Palarse fans!