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.

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 ...

Two months later the band Ash used a photo of Cantona’s kick as the cover of their single Kung Fu. Ash even used the ... see it was going to happen. My reaction was that I knew this was going ...

Video footage has laid bare the context of the red card to Adam Devine after a "kung fu kick". The on-loan Rangers defender, 21, was sent off for his reaction after appeals for a penalty were ...

Cantona's infamous kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan led to a reduced jail sentence and a nine-month ban from the FA. Despite the severity of the incident, Manchester United boss Sir Alex ...

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 ...

Three decades to the day have gone by since Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace supporter at Selhurst Park - but, it seems, the intervening years have not served to mellow ...

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 ...