Andrew Symonds Does A Cantona
ANDREW Symonds, Australian batsman and bowler, is at the crease. A striker approaches. See the video…
Note: At a recent Arsenal v Newcastle football match, a few home Arsenal fans were berating visiting player Mr Joey Barton, then out of jail on police licence.
Having spent the better part of half an hour calling Newcastle’s former Tottenham Hotspur’s player Steven Carr a “yid” and a “dirty yido”, the enlightened ones called Mr Barton a “racist” a “pikey” and more.
Barton heard them. He smirked. The anti-racist campaigners behind us invited him for a fight. We beckoned Mr Barton forward. Here would be a Cantona moment, and one we could savour.
The professional athlete would take on the fans who were not so much asking for it but sitting up and begging for it.
But alas…
Posted: 5th, March 2008 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
