{"id":74387,"date":"2017-08-25T21:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolution.watch\/?p=74387"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T01:02:08","slug":"premier-league-tag-heuer-x-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/premier-league-tag-heuer-x-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"A Premier League: TAG Heuer x Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"
From a football perspective, the 1970s was also an era of change for the city of Manchester, signaling the peaking career\u00a0of Northern Irishman George Best, Manchester United\u2019s legendary winger. Arguably the most glamorous footballer of\u00a0all time, Best, whose inimitable skill was rivaled only by the extraordinary excesses of his carnal appetites, was the symbol of\u00a0Manchester United in the \u201960s and early \u201970s.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
In 1994, poised to lead Manchester United to its third successive league title, while at an away match at Crystal Palace, Cantona was sent off for undue aggression towards defender Richard Shaw, but only as a result of Shaw first manhandling his\u00a0jersey. As he stalked towards the tunnel leading to the dressing room, a fan named Matthew Simmons ran 11 rows down to the very front of the stands and proceeded to scream racial epithets at Cantona. His response? A phenomenal kung\u2011fu style kick to the face of Simmons. Cantona then proceeded to use the hapless and over-enthused fan\u2019s face as\u00a0a\u00a0punching bag until he was pulled off by security. Following\u00a0his ban, and\u00a0an\u00a0upturned prison sentence, a press conference was held where the assembled journalists awaited his statement of apology with hushed nervous anticipation. They\u00a0never got it. Cantona showed up, looked everyone in the eye, and then in the greatest act of surrealist communication merged with spoken-word poetry, stated with great deliberation: \u201cWhen\u00a0the\u00a0seagulls follow the trawler, they\u00a0think\u00a0it\u00a0is because\u00a0sardines will be thrown into the sea.\u201d Mic\u00a0drop. Cantona was done and out of there.<\/div><\/div><\/div>