Nando161<p>"HAPPY <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ERICCANTONA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ERICCANTONA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAY</span></a>!</p><p>Twenty-eight years ago today, at a match against Crystal Palace, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manchester</span></a> United star Eric <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cantona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cantona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/responded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responded</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racial</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> he was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subjected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subjected</span></a> to from sieg heiling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalFront</span></a>/#BritishNationalParty supporter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MatthewSimmons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewSimmons</span></a> by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/delivering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delivering</span></a> a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flying</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kick</span></a> to his <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/head" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>head</span></a> from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pitch</span></a>.</p><p>Asked about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/incident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incident</span></a> two decades later, Cantona said “I didn’t <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/punch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punch</span></a> him strong enough. I should have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/punched" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punched</span></a> him <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/harder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harder</span></a>.” </p><p>Still a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dedicated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dedicated</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> and anti-racist, Cantona pledged in September to personally house and feed a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refugee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> in his own home for two years."<br>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://botsin.space/@antifaintl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antifaintl@botsin.space</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@antifaintl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antifaintl</span></a></span></p>