Did Cantona deserve the dismissal which sent him ... “Eric came across at half-time and said, ‘First half – no free kicks? Second half, no free-kicks’,” Wilkie says.

The Palace crowd he passed close to included Simmons and whatever was actually said prompted Cantona to pull away from Davies and leap towards Simmons feet first with a kung fu-style kick.

“All I knew was that Eric had been sent off and was walking down the touchline with our kit man Norman Davies as we prepared for the resulting free-kick. “It was only at the end of the game that Gary ...

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 ...

With a flying kick which would have made Jackie Chan proud, Cantona’s right connected squarely ... McCann managed to wriggle free but looked terrified as court staff took Simmons in handcuffs.

It is 30 years since Eric Cantona launched himself into a kung-fu kick - and his former Manchester United team-mate Brian McClair believes that was the moment the Frenchman fell out of love with ...

The Palace crowd he passed close to included Simmons and whatever was actually said prompted Cantona to pull away from Davies and leap towards Simmons feet first with a kung fu-style kick. Cantona ...