The Frenchman moved effortlessly from a fedora to a crown during his Liberty Hall gig and, after a slow start, won the game in ‘Fergie Time’
The Frenchman moved effortlessly from a fedora to a crown during his Liberty Hall gig and, after a slow start, won the day in ‘Fergie Time’Eric Cantona was on stage in Dublin on Halloween night, showcasing the latest leg of his creative journey at the end of a mini-tour that had already taken in Manchester and London . Photograph: Tim P Whitby/Getty Images
You suspect the crowd inside Liberty Hall would have happily done the same, it being of a certain vintage, old enough to remember when United won football games, the mere sight of Cantona taking them back to happier times.Owen Doyle: Modern trends in use of replacements take rugby beyond original intention.
And then he appeared, greeted with a Stretford End-like rapturous roar, wearing a long black coat, white shirt, red tracksuit bottoms and humongous red snow boots, his arms outstretched to embrace his flock, much like he was Dublin’s Christ the Redeemer. Appropriate considering most of the audience had spent 1992-97 singing “what a friend we have in Jesus … his name is Eric Cantona”.
But Cantona has the distinct advantage of being French, thereby speaking a language that can make even sausage rolls sound seductive. Rouleaux de saucisses? You’d need to be hosed down. But there was limited movement from Cantona, too. As a player he used to drop deep, pop up on the left and right, before surging in to the box to stab home a David Beckham cross. In Liberty Hall, his snow boots largely remained fixed to the same spot, the sole motion some swaying and jabbing of the air with his left hand.
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