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 ...

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.

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 ...

And yes, it was a very creative way to pick up a lengthy ban from football and 120 hours of community service when Cantona kung-fu kicked a Crystal Palace fan at Selhurst Park in 1995. In fact ...