Garrincha's Dog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
A 2002 World Cup masterpiece from Nike. Eric Cantona presides over a secret football tournament in the belly of a ship. Elvis Presley provides the soundtrack from beyond the grave with a remix of A Little Less Conversation. And with 24 of the world’s top players starring and Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam as director, it [...]
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Manchester United ace Dimitar Berbatov has pleaded with fans not to compare him with Eric Cantona. read more
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has urged fans to stop labelling him the 'new Eric Cantona'.
Will and Testament (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Hot on the heels of the Patrick Jones controversy comes the artist Michael Browne and his portrait of George Best which plays with Raphael's The Transfiguration . Browne previously portrayed Eric Cantona in a reworking of Piero della Francesca's Resurrection. In other words, he often subverts well-known Renaissance works by introducing contemporary public figures and celebrities. Browne denies that...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Didier Drogba is not the first sportsman to turn on the fans, as our list proves
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
An artist who once painted Eric Cantona as a Christ-like figure turns his attention to Manchester United legend, George Best.
CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
We here at COS love a good football debate. Whether we're talking about who's better, Gerrard or Fabregas, or discussing which play was more batshit crazy, Paul Gascoigne or Eric Cantona, we like to drive our point home until the person listening to us HAS to agree with our point ...
Earth, Wind & Water (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Eric Cantona - French footballer and legendary goalscorer for Leeds United (Yay!) and Manchester United (Boo!) - is perhaps most famous in the British sporting culture not for his mercurial talents upon the football field but for launching a brutal kung-fu kick into the crowd at an abusive fan having been sent off and subsequently getting suspended for a long time. My favourite memory of Eric is this...
Premier League (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Over the years, the Red Devils have had their fair share of players who haven't exactly seen eye-to-eye with referees. Eric Cantona was dismissed several times during his Manchester United career, generally for petulant behaviour, while Roy Keane was clearly not reluctant to put himself about a bit and incur ...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
ERIC Cantona regrets his notorious attack on a football fan - because it was too soft.
CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Eric Cantona will go down as one of the most flamboyant footballers ever to pull on a Manchester United jersey, yet it appears as though Sir Alex Ferguson missed out on someone that many will think matched the Frenchman in terms of ability. While the Scot has signed a flock ...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has happily compared Cristiano Ronaldo with club greats Eric Cantona and George Best. “British fans have a special appreciation for loyalty when it comes from a great foreign player,” Ferguson told The Times . “That’s the reason Eric Cantona is still so revered here, isn’t it; because he not only understood, but bonded to Manchester. He cherished the club and...
VitalFootball.co.uk - Sheffield Wednesday (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Eric Cantona On Sheffield Wednesday Vitalfootball: Sheff Wed: 23/10/2008 15:34:00 Manchester United legend Eric Cantona is one of, if not the, best foreign imports ever in the England league, but he could have been a legend with the Owls at Hillsborough...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
DIMITAR Berbatov could dethrone Eric Cantona even before United are out of the Champions League group stages.
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
What is it about Manchester United number 7’s and the urge to own a fashion empire? And we don’t mean Eric Cantona! Cristiano Ronaldo’s second CR7 shop has opened in Lisbon selling everything you need to make your own identikit smart-casual Ronaldo. The question is: who will buy his stock? The CR7 largely consists of manbags, [...]
