Ok, it was yesterday… 25 January 1995:
Manchester United footballing legend Eric Cantona kung fu kicked a fascist football hooligan, Matthew Simmons, during a match against Crystal Palace. Simmons, who attended far-right National Front and British National Party rallies and has a raft of violent convictions including attacking a football coach who called him “Nazi scum”, allegedly heckled Cantona as a “foreigner”.
Cantona’s maternal grandfather was from Barcelona, and fought against the forces of fascist general Francisco Franco during the Spanish civil war, before being forced to flee to France after the nationalist victory.
Years later appearing on the BBC, Cantona was asked what the highlight of his career was. He replied “When I did the kung fu kick on the hooligan… I think maybe it’s like a dream for some, you know sometimes to kick these kind of people. So I did it for them. So they are happy.”
At the press conference afterwards, he cryptically said:
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”
lol, what a badass. thank you, eric. you make me happy.
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”
no lie, probably one of my top goals in life is to be the kind of old person who says shit like this and be referred to by the commentariat as “cryptic”.
Ever seen this? That’s him at his cryptic best, and a rare case of a genuine human being accidentally let in to a sports award show.
The look on everyone’s face lmao, can anyone transcribe?
He’s even quoting shakespeare
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Wish this would happen more often
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”
Cantona was a magician on the ball. But that kick was legendary
the only good Fr*nchman
The only good king
The King 👑
