Remembered this randomly the other day and couldn’t remember why he did it.
I think the guy in the crowd cussed Eric’s mum, but can’t remember :laugh:
Have never really been a football fan, but Eric was class.
yer I think that was it slated his mum, so cantplayna spat at him and kicked him
Can’t remember what the guy really said but I remember his excuse to the Sun:
“All I said was “Its an early bath for you Cantona” and he went mental on me.”
yeh nice one!
It was cos he was a crystal palace fan, wot more excuse do you need.
been a millwall fan we’ve done it loads of times, lol
Exactly - the bloke was a Pal**e fan, so deserved all he got 
I’m a Brighton fan, so we’ve done 'em a few times too :))
The guy was a total plum and deserved it. He was one of Croydons’ finest.
Did laugh though at the thought of a Brighton or Millwall fan trying to do a flying kick. They are all too fat! Although their nethanderal ignorance and contempt of the laws of physics would probably mean that they would try. It would be very funny to see none the less. 
Just missing a Charlton fan and we have the start of a great joke.
There was a Millwall fan, a Brighton fan and a Charlton fan sitting in the park…
we are now, but in 80’s etc we were’nt.
Brighton, are you kidding me? dont remember them been known for the antics of the pitch at all, lol.
When ze seagulls follow ze trawler, it’s because zey sink sardines will be thrown in to ze sea".
In his statement he said something like "Off, Off, Go on Cantona take an early shower"Apparently witnesses said he said something of serious malice designed to cause deep hurt.
It was similar to when John Prescott hit that idiot for throwing an egg at him. In the public eye or not if you go round insulting people for no reason you have to accept that they might turn around and kick your head in.John:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yG8buxb0lgEric:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYWY4Pf9_M
The firm’s not really so active these days, although 8 were jailed for a long time in 2004 for attacking a load of Leeds fans in Brighton city centre.
Mum, dad and there 2 kids on holiday probably, lol, only kidding.
Nah, they wouldn’t go to Brighton - it’s a shithole 
I think there’s a clip of the CCTV footage of the incident somewhere on t’interweb - bit of chairthrowing and fisticuffs, but the Leeds lot didn’t want to know.
Obviously Brighton are nowhere near as notorious as Milwall… but who cares ? as long as it’s Palace getting some it doesn’t matter 
Matthew Simmons of Thornton Heath was the individual involved. Further details below…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/oct/31/newsstory.sport2