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When the Manchester United chairman put the game above his club
02.10.26, 08:09 6 Minute Read
The idea of a chairman of a major club acting for the good of the game, even if it hurt his own team, feels topical and almost alien at present.
Yet that’s precisely what Martin Edwards did in 1995, when Eric Cantona was sent off at Selhurst Park and subsequently kung-fu kicked a Crystal Palace fan who had raced down the terrace to berate him.
It was a scandal unlike any other seen in the Premier League, and it was evident that the league and FA would take significant action. First, they waited to see what United’s reaction would be, and with that in mind, Martin Edwards green-lit a four month ban which saw Cantona suspended until the end of the season.
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