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Eric Cantona Will Kung-Fu Kick Your Mouth Shut

Mar 1, 2007 – 7:10 PM
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The FanHouse's Marcel Mutoni asked for it and ... well, here it is: the video of Man U's Eric Cantona -- the burly guy now narrating all those Joga TV commercials -- drop-kicking a Crystal Palace fan during a 1995 match:

What better person to pimp sportsmanship and fair play than Cantona?

To be fair, Cantona went bonkers after the fan, Matthew Simmons, allegedly made some racially-abusive comments. Of course, Cantona had been sent off minutes before for a "vengeful kick on Palace defender Richard Shaw," so I guess he's not completely blameless here.

According to Wikipedia:
"At Simmons' subsequent trial for threatening language and behaviour, he attacked the prosecution counsel after being found guilty, leaping over a bench and executing a flying kick of his own. He was sentenced to seven days in jail, but only served 24 hours."
Yeah, he doesn't sound like a guy who throws around racial slurs. Cantona was sentenced to 120 hours of community service which, apparently, includes public service announcements about playing nice.
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