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.

But what happened to the Palace fan who was at the end of the famous kung fu kick? Matthew Simmons claimed he had shouted, ‘Off! Off! Off! It’s an early bath for you, Mr Cantona’, but ...

I blew for a kick on Richard Shaw. As I approach, Chris Coleman and Gareth Southgate were running towards Cantona, by which time I’ve got the red card up in the air.” “It’s probably boring ...