Eric

This was written for Beautifully Red, the United site dedicated to cataloguing the beautiful moments that might normally pass us by… These days in the Prem, when the ball flashes across the box a little behind the striker after an over-cooked cut back, or perhaps as the result of the attacking player mistiming their run towards the near […]

It’s nice to steal two points. It reminded me of the days of Eric, up until they scored … RVP is already, to my mind, creeping closer towards that bracket (I maybe drunk off admiration for him – ask me again in a couple of days). MOTD2 were poor in their assessment of this game. […]

I asked Paul (@UtdRantcast) if he would like to collaborate on a Christmas song, with him providing the vocals, and me providing a film for it. I didn’t expect him to come up with something quite like this #Christmasmiracle (no offence Paul)…    MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!  

Action begets reaction, which begets action, which begets reaction, and once a situation develops, the effects can be far reaching – in some cases resulting in an impasse. I’ve written about Fergie’s “public telling off” of Danny for “showing off a bit” before (with regards to it’s impact on Danny), but on further reflection, a […]

So, we welcome back the “Hell-dwellers”!! I don’t really tend to actually dislike other teams -like I’m supposed to – but I definitely don’t actually like Galatasaray.  The more pressing issue tonight though is putting last year’s exit behind us. I personally don’t like being a Champions League punching bag. Defence aside, although things are improving […]

It’s got Eric in it, which – as happened at United – almost makes everything else that follows an anti-climax, and though having Eric in it is enough (for me and I guess most other United fans), having Eric Cantona the actor playing the part of Eric sadly (for me at least) isn’t. I should […]

I can’t speak for you … well, unless you’d like me too? I mean, this would be a lot easier if we could all just agree, right? No? You’re sure? Okay. Thought not. Good. Great. So, we can all agree to disagree on some things. Great. I mean, it’s not like you have to attend every argument you’re invited to is […]

As gunshots rang out and ricocheted across Villa Park, a figure with his pants around his ankles, waddled clumsily into the back of the waiting getaway car.  The tyres screeched away as 12.6 million pounds spilled from the inside of the cab and was hurriedly gathered by the bumbling villa-gers, and thus setting in motion one of the single […]

Some players need a club that matches their playing ethos to reach the pinnacle of their footballing powers, but more, they need a club that matches their ambition and ego before they really flourish. A recent example of this being Eric, who although was very good at Leeds, took his individual performance level to somewhere […]

Despite the avalanche of tributes that have been compiled towards the end of his career, it feels like the rest of Europe and The World, for the most part, were keeping their unadulterated admiration for Scholesy a bit of a secret. Possibly enjoying a jolly good chuckle amongst themselves as our national team insisted on […]

It’s 3:00am Sunday May 29th and Wembley stadium is cloaked in near silence. The floodlights illuminate the night sky as the surrounding streets echo with the glorious hum of exultant crowds. Football’s home is momentarily stirred by the zephyr of nature as a seagull glides down from the morning haze to pitch side. It settles […]