250 Days: Cantona’s Kung Fu and the Making of Man U Audiobook (Free)

An incredibly enjoyable and perceptive go through the most controversial minute in Top League history.

25th January 1995

A cold winter’s evening. Manchester United away against Crystal Palace at a packed-out Selhurst Park. Eric Cantona, United’s mercurial talisman, has been man-marked carefully all game by Richard Shaw and be increasingly frustrated. In the 48th minute, Cantona’s temper comes over and he kicks out at Shaw.& about 250 Days: Cantona’s Kung Fu as well as the Producing of Man U nbsp;The ref shows him a red card. On his method off the pitch, a Palace lover rushes on the hoardings to hurl abuse. The Frenchman loses it. He launches in to the crowd, aiming a kung-fu kick on the fan’s chest. He is forcibly restrained and taken off down the tunnel. The football world can be stunned. Nothing like this has ever occurred before.

What followed has entered football folklore: the media furore, the seagulls following the trawler, and the longest household ban ever handed to a new player; it would turn out lasting 250 days. As Manchester United’s advertising campaign stuttered towards a trophy-less summary, surrendering the little league around the last day time of the season and dropping the FA Glass last, Cantona withdrew from the general public eye. But, nowadays, Ferguson was planning the most remarkable of fresh begins for his star player as well as for a new-look United.

250 Times tells the storyplot in brilliant detail of one of the very most turbulent times in United’s recent history. Displaying Cantona in a fresh light, and the genius of Ferguson’s man management and vision in close alleviation, it is an incredibly engaging and insightful go through the most controversial bout of the Premier League era.