Cantona: Henry Wouldn’t Have Lasted Three Seconds With Me!
November 21, 2009 24 Comments
Every man and his dog has been asked what they think of Thierry Henry disgraceful cheating this week which denied Ireland a place in the World Cup.
Eric Cantona is the latest to give his opinion on Henry and seems to imply if he had been playing, and if was Irish, he would have kicked the [...]
Truth Behind THAT Night At Selhurst – Ferguson Almost Got Rid Of Eric
October 24, 2009 19 Comments
In the summer, RoM offered you the opportunity to win a copy of Philippe Auclair’s excellent book about Eric Cantona, ‘Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King’, which was won by Ged Hanley.
The biography documents Cantona’s life from his time in France to his departure from Manchester United, describing the glory, the mistakes, the combat [...]
Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona (Part II.III): Memories of Chasing the Double Double in ‘95
October 12, 2009 34 Comments
Let’s now jump forward from Crystal Palace and the Kung-fu nightmare at Selhurst Park in January 1995 to Crystal Palace at Villa Park on Sunday 9th April. Old antagonisms from the league encounter had hardly had time to subside when United were to face Palace again, this time on neutral turf in the FA Cup [...]
Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona (Part II.II): The Kung-fu Aftermath
October 9, 2009 19 Comments
The day after Eric Cantona’s astonishing Kung-fu kick at Selhurst Park in January 1995 I had to attend an all day BBC senior management seminar on ‘The Digital Revolution’. Roy, the deputy head of Children’s TV, a Manc and life-long United supporter came up in a state of agitation about it all and it was [...]
Hitting the fan with United (Part II.I): Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona
October 7, 2009 36 Comments
In Part I of ‘Hitting the fan with United’ I revealed that I had been an eye-witness to both of the most serious match-day assaults perpetrated by players on spectators in Manchester United history, jaw-dropping events which happened 35 years apart.
The first and now less-remembered incident happened in April 1960 and involved Harry Gregg, not [...]
Ferguson: Becks, Nev, Scholes & Co. Idolised Cantona
September 12, 2009 248 Comments
Much is made of Alan Hansen’s infamous quote ‘you won’t win anything with kids’ at the start of the 1995-1996 season, with our lads going on to win the Double in May.
In the squad on the first day of the season were 20-year-olds David Beckham, Gary Neville, John O’Kane, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, and 18-year-old [...]
Eric: Why Did Ron Leave Biggest Club In The World?
August 16, 2009 45 Comments
With Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid, Eric Cantona is puzzled as to why any player would make the choice to move away from United.
Fergie: Cantona Terrific In ‘Looking For Eric’
August 12, 2009 19 Comments
Sir Alex Ferguson is a big fan of Eric Cantona’s latest film, Looking For Eric.
WINNERS: Eric Cantona “Rebel” Competition
August 6, 2009 10 Comments
Pac Macmillan are running an Eric Cantona competition which offers you the chance to win a signed Cantona United shirt as well as five signed copies of “The Rebel Who Would Be King”, written by Philippe Auclair.
RoM don’t have any signed goodies but we do have a copy of the new book, which hasn’t been [...]
