When Eric Cantona turned Peace Maker, and my Kat saw the King, fifteen years ago

A year after Eric Cantona made his leap into history with his amazing kung-fu kick at Crystal Palace in January 1995 he still had an extraordinary hold on the public imagination. One of my colleagues at the BBC came into work soon after New Year in 1996 with her 7-year-old son who spotted a little Cantona figurine on my desk, prompting him gleefully to trot out the little playground rhyme,

'Ooh aah Cantona, show us your tits, show us your bra!

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