Eric Cantona kicks a n*a*zi in the crowd

*The guy who got kung-fu kicked, Matthew Simmons, lied in court about hurling racial slurs at Cantona, but was found guilty and slapped with a £500 fine*.

*Immediately after the verdict was passed, he proceeded to physically assault the prosecutor outside the courtroom and was rewarded with another £500 fine and a week in jail for his troubles*.

Yessss!!!!!!


For those unaware, the man kicked by Cantona in this picture was Matthew Simmons.

It was later found out that he attended far-right rallies and was in with the white supremacist National Front group. He also had convictions for violence, including attacking a Sri Lankan shop assistant with a spanner (monkey wrench).

[A source](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/oct/31/newsstory.sport2)

Why is it the matter to write “kicks a Nazi” without * ? Damn.. a Nazi kicked is a good thing!
As a song in Italy from the 90′ says: [cit] l’unico fascista buono, è il fascista morto [rigurgito antifascista – 99posse]

The guy wasn’t a Nazi. He verbally abused Cantona with reference to his national origin, but not based on white supremacy ideas.

There are other wankers than Nazis out there.

The guy was quite a prick, though. He was convicted and fined in court, at which point he assaulted the prosecutor and got another conviction with a week’s jail time and another fine.

(for the record, Cantona was also convicted of assault, and sentenced to 120 hours community service, which he performed by coaching young people on football skills).

for fuck sake

This has been taken directly from r/pics for karma farming, not a nazi salute, not the reason Eric kicked him.

Nothing to do with nazi.
Karma farming is amazing

When asked if he had any regrets about this….

He said yes. I regret not having kicked him harder

😆😆

This had nothing to do with nazis wtf


A legend indeed🫡

Was he a nazi? I think he was just an ignorant arse that probably deserved what he got.

“Nazi” feels like clickbait considering everything that’s going on at the moment.

Why are we slinging this nazi word around?

Does anyone know what a Nazi is? Eric called this guy a “hooligan” not a Nazi.

So do we just label anyone who’s a prick a nazi now? Is that how delicate and fragile people have become?

After trying to learn more about this, the dude was definitely an asshole and called out the football player for being French, but nothing to indicate he was a Nazi.

To those downvoting me feel free to watch a documentary on the event.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yac1Q0DLJik

Kick more nazis

Alright we started to go fund me to get elon tickets to a game front row

Legend! The only thing a fascist understands is a boot in the face…

Spikes out I hope!!

r/soccer – 25th January, 1995 – Eric Cantona’s Kung-fu kick to Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons

Will always remember watching this live! Iconic moment!

Au revoir!