“It was a clear kung-fu kick,” says Pearce, who described it as such in his peerless commentary. “It was ferocious, outrageous, unaccountable and just staggering really.” Cantona was ...

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, ...

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.

It was a moment that shook football and which, even three decades on, is remembered as the most extraordinary and surreal episode in Premier League history. 30 years ago this week, Manchester ...

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 ...

“Eric came across at half-time and said, ‘First half – no free kicks? Second half, no free-kicks’,” Wilkie says. “So, alarm bells begin to sound.” The ref had an uneasy ...

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 waved ...