Vinnie Jones "headbutt" on Roy Keane and that tackle against Eric Cantona

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[@nealnewman9946]

You know it's a tough game when Keane looks like the good guy.

[@SteveTheMus100]

Or when he actually comes up against a real tough guy.

[@djharto4917]

Like you?

[@juulversleijen1986]

Yea i mentioned it before. At 0.44 you see Eric wants to make a move after the assault on him. Quickly realizing he not want to pick a fight with that specific opp. ^^

[@lurchlocker89]

Considering he dominated the middle of the park during United's most prolific period of success, Roy Keane is by no means a fake tough man. Vinnie Jones had quite a bit more height and weight on him than Roy. But pound for pound Jones couldn't touch Roy on the pitch as a player. And in football that's the only fight that matters.

[@littlebull8881]

@@SteveTheMus100 is that what Vinnie was like? a real tough guy. Vinnie was and is just a softy. Tough guys don't play football, rugby football yes 😘

[@fthplumber]

I'm glad that Neymar never took that tackle. He'd be rolling all the way back to Brazil.

[@stephengodden6796]

Keane rolled all the way back to Ireland I remember when the hotel facilities weren't up to his liking at the world cup, what a sissy prima Donna, although at the end of the day he did mick Mccarthy and the rest of the team a favour, what a tosser!! 😄

[@lazaruskarl2629]

Yesss

[@l4mbojon757]

Wish he did in fairness

[@davidbrooks187]

As would of Drogba lol -roll around crying all the way back to the Ivory Coast 😂

[@fthplumber]

@@davidbrooks187 I'm surprised he didn't qualify as a gymnast at the Olympics with some of the spectacular acrobatics he's performed during his playing career.

[@CenationTroop]

Respect to Cantona for immediately getting back up. If modern day players were fouled like that they’d be in intensive care

[@rodrigogomez-wc4of]

Yeah...but..🙄....when he saw...to Vinnie....he was cool down

[@jars7774]

Do you know if the guy got a yellow for that hit on Cantona??

[@ivorleak8823]

@@rodrigogomez-wc4of no, more like, ‘ is that it little boy, is that your best?’

[@fayz221]

Stop shaming Neymar and Ronaldo, they practice those dives everyday

[@akmal-aemannn]

Penaldo would dive like crybaby and pessi would never dribble again 😂😂😂😂

[@Furor_Teutonicus14]

Cantona, Jones and Keane in one match! In those times fans didn‘t know how epic those times has been… Kind regards from Germany

[@ashtonalmond9024]

Fashanu was the worst. He smashed Gary Mabbuts eye socket

[@timm8998]

uhh thats really not impressive.

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

@@timm8998congratulations on the retard of the year award, did you really think people was gonna like your comment and agree with you?😂😂

[@michaelchesney8680]

i think he was a black belt in karate too@@ashtonalmond9024

[@TonyGardner-ih2xm]

Fashanu was just as bad 😅

[@davidlawlor4317]

Eric was so elegant that even when he was being kicked he fell beautifully.

[@harveysmith100]

You made me laugh because you are so right. He got up and for a moment you thought he would go for Vinnie, then the calmness descends as Eric see's who it was and knows it was a tactic to get him sent off for retaliating. Far to smart for Vinnie. God how I miss Eric.

[@h1xy889]

That wasn’t a fall that was a dismount 🤸‍♂️

[@dannykelly3199]

He fell like brick when Chapmen cracked him one

[@MrEss-ld3sw]

Collar still in place 😂

[@midastouch6187]

@@harveysmith100 He wasnt being smart, he shit himself when he saw it was Vinny🤣. I guess that in itself was a smart move lol

[@mjj5276]

Ahh.....the backward diving headbutt is lost on the modern game.

[@mattgreek1066]

The game is gone now you can’t backwards diving headbutt someone from the ground after a two footed challenge. 🤣

[@TONYCOV881]

To be fair he went for the balls!

[@seempeeson771]

It all started going down hill when they outlawed the grab him by the ghoulies technique

[@DawkBrawlin]

Miss the days when u could just ruining someone's romantic career and get on with ur day

[@sentientsaladstudios6326]

the game truly has gone soft

[@Musettelover]

That headbutt, and the ref signals a throw in 😂

[@Ajajaja-np6mn]

He’d be sent off today ffs 😂

[@Ajajaja-np6mn]

Now the tackle is 100% a red in any game to be fair 😂

[@myowngenesis]

​@@Ajajaja-np6mnback then the referees were a shitshow of stupidity.

[@paulorganisation1]

This would be like watching a horror movie for the players these days😂😂😂

[@jansmith4284]

That Fashanu tackle at the start is absolutely outrageous. Sets the tone for the rest of the video perfectly.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

Would’ve been a straight red in today’s game.

[@davidlong4643]

They didn't call him Fash the bash for nothing 😂

[@slaughtered777]

I liked how even after that psycho attempt at 'headbutting' Keane, neither the ref nor Keane even bothered to glance at it. Today we'd have a 4 minute stoppage for a var check

[@rd-vt1vx]

emasculated the game in many ways today, although Vinny was trying to emasculate players

[@craigseddon4884]

If you did that in today's game they would straight red it, no VAR and I imagine the FA would increase the ban to at least 8 games for violent conduct. It seems bizarre that people went mental about Cantonas flying kick on a fan but player vs player a headbutt wasn't picked up by the ref or the commentators.

[@joebloggs3551]

Keane didn't bother to glance at it cause he was bricking it, didn't turn around after Fashanu shoved him either. Keane's more the type of hardman who bullies stick insects like Southgate and Haaland.

[@dean4063]

@@joebloggs3551 yeah because 6 foot 4 Viera was a stick insect

[@joebloggs3551]

@@dean4063 Ha bullied Vieira 🤣 Held his own, just about. Didn't wanna know with Vinnie, Fashanu, Ferguson. 2nd rate hardman, woulda been hilarious seeing him against someone like Souness.

[@patcom1013]

Only Vinnie Jones could deliver a blind, reverse headbutt.

[@terryosullivan2620]

An a Dons fan , vinny was something else.

[@TheWPhilosopher]

He's the Juggernaut!

[@haninditabudhi6574]

You guys watched his movie "Eurotrip"? In that movie Vinnie Jones was portrayed as a die hard Man Utd fan 😅😁

[@jimmymcguire8217]

@@haninditabudhi6574 yep, fantastic actor as well

[@Smudgeroon74]

It was a reverse headbutt alright but he knew which player he was butting against. Keane was only 23 years old here.. a young player basically.

[@deanf9412]

The greatest era in football for excitement, both for on the pitch and on the terraces. We will never see the likes of it again.

[@dylanparker130]

I dunno man, this video is a Cantona-inspired Man United playing at Selhurst Park, right? I'm not sure it was such a great time to be on the terraces!

[@deanf9412]

@@dylanparker130 It was fine so long as you didn't call his Mum a whore. I'm a West Ham fan and don't like Man U one bit but I was with Eric on the high kick.

[@dylanparker130]

@@deanf9412 Ah, come on - I'm all for encouraging good behaviour from fans, but we can't have players & fans getting into fights because a fan's said something stupid. Sticks & stones and all that. Obviously no one should be saying stuff like that, but controlling the urge to punch someone in the face is part of being a grown up.

[@deanf9412]

@@dylanparker130 and that is exactly why football these days is shat and nothing like it was in the 80's and 90's. Too many offended people. Nothing will ever compare to the edge that going to football had back then. It's too sterilised and controlled and yet people pay ten times what I did back then to watch a match with no atmosphere and no proper tackles. The reason why I don't go anymore. Unless you lived through that era and went to games all over the country, you will never understand.

[@dylanparker130]

@@deanf9412 I lived through the 90s bit & went every week back then (to Tranmere Rovers) & I 100% agree that the atmospheres were amazing. There was less money in the game so every team just gave it a go, rather than playing cautiously & worrying about their possession stats. And because there was less money in it, it was cheaper to go, so it attracted the actual fans rather than ppl being there for a day out or the spectacle of it. Modern PL games remind me of Las Vegas boxing - a lot of ppl there aren't even supporters. They just want to take some selfies. I watch the YT highlights & the comments sections are just full of rival fans taking the mick, rather than fans talking about their own team.

[@davidtawse6765]

I love Cantano gets up, sees that the player who just scythed him down was Vinny Jones and thinks 'nah, f*** that' 😂

[@skullknight4134]

Cantona looking at him vinny wouldn't mess with Cantona impossible lol

[@winningwithwarriors9914]

😂😂😂😂 That is exactly what everyone was saying at the time!! When Keane and Cantona saw Vinnie Jones they thought, nah it's alright! Fashanu pushed Keane after the head-butt and Keane still didn't react. Keane concentrated on getting the ball for the throw in, Utd were awarded. The truth is, their reactions weren't unusual for the time. There wasn't a team in their division, that wanted to get into it with Wimbledon. They could manhandle any team in the division. It was best to just stick to the football, win the match and get out of dodge!

[@RossoNero1987]

@@winningwithwarriors9914 Eric Cantona played his first match after detention, when he kicked the fan if I remember correctly. And he came back, probably he didnt want to get red card again

[@RobRoyBoaz]

@@RossoNero1987 Aye right. If you say so.

[@jimwest4060]

Na he wanted beef but saw his teammates already rushing to viny

[@jibba0jabba1]

Back when you’d just get up from a tackle without all the play acting

[@johnwalsh4432]

It's a disgrace the carry on of players today

[@BuffaloZx]

John Smith exactly, definitely used to happen there’s just more cameras now

[@jimmyb719]

It’s out of control these days. Really starting to fall out of love with the game for many reasons but this being the main one

[@johnwalsh4432]

@John Smith ok it used to happen back then but today's players do it and they are fecking proud of it it's disgusting

[@Guttlegob]

It started in the latin countries first and then spread like COVID

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

Never like cantona but the way he stands up after that tackle so gracefully and doesn't get involved it a masterclass

[@tl7211]

Its because he is scared to confront Vinnie Jones face to face.

[@erniescullion8452]

He knew better. Fight against WIMBLEDON . Hilarious

[@erniescullion8452]

Masterass.

[@CCCoNeTiMe]

Doubt that. Eric is s big lad

[@FerminTrujilloEspetero]

How is it even possible to dislike Cantona?? The man was an absolute legend!

[@SlimShady40]

Ah, the good old days when pro footballers could take a tackle and get straight back up.

[@knockitoffhudson3470]

Yeah no skill. All passion.

[@borismuller86]

That tackle was absolutely horrific, to be fair.

[@Jayfive276]

Not exactly any need to dive when you're tackled waist high in front of the ref.

[@itsallreal]

There was only one football team on the pitch that day. Jones wouldn't make a isthmian premier league side these days.

[@6611haggis]

Tommy Docherty was spot on. The only thing that Jones lacked was ability.

[@mariolisa2832]

Lol ouch

[@smokemeakipper1076]

He had very, very good ball control. Could do all the fancy keepy uppy. But yes, he lacked in speed, passing etc. Great enforcer though.

[@jdig1984]

He obviously had to have talent to be a premiership player but his tackling took away from that

[@squirtermcguirter1502]

@@smokemeakipper1076 I remember he had control of Gascoine’s balls

[@smokemeakipper1076]

@@squirtermcguirter1502 He certainly did 😂

[@vashna3799]

Credit to Keane & Cantona, neither dropped onto the ground playacting like they’d been knocked out by some nasty man. Men where men back than.

[@youareatube]

Potential career ending tackle and just gets straight back up... Even as a pool fan how can you not like the guy

[@HandleGF]

"potential career ending" my arse. Jones went in like a ballet ponce

[@chazzzztastic]

You’re tougher right? 😅😅😅 you numpty

[@pierer91]

Has anyone ever had their career ended with a tackle like that? Lol its a nasty tackle but they are both travelling in the same direction so its never going to snap his leg

[@GM53946]

@@pierer91Yes, many people. Cantona is lucky to not be firmly planted into the ground here, thus he goes airborne when he gets hit. Otherwise the potential consequences are broken legs, torn ACLs, etc. Or rather, he wasn't merely lucky -- back then everyone was constantly watching out for such tackles and was on his toes ready to jump. You didn't really survive to reach that level if you didn't developed such instincts -- your career ended in the youth teams already. P.S. Maradona got his leg broken when he played for Barcelona against Bilbao by exactly that type of tackle, i.e. "both travelling in the same direction". It wasn't career ending, but still it was a badly broken leg, and it could have been worse.

[@silkali007]

The fall was elegant, the volley he scored in this game was even more so, beautiful 👌🏼

[@enojadojefe]

yep, just 20 minutes later he scored the goal of the season. what a way to respond to little vinnie

[@silkali007]

​@@enojadojefe definitely. That's what kings do! They should have added the goal just to show how little it affected him!

[@jibjab351]

If Vinnie Jones was playing these days he would be red carded every game. Great days though, better than todays winging Prima Donas

[@mnb9162]

The ref barely blinked. You got at least 2 or 3 free swings before the card came out.

[@MS45636]

They are all prima donnas compared to the days of gladiatorial combat.

[@dolmanf]

Jones was terrified if Mick Harford.

[@dome7828]

He would never have made it now

[@stevenchampion8137]

... I rather think he'd have adapted and become an Iniesta type midfielder.

[@marc-florianvonweber6987]

Eric was a true fighter, got up right after such a brutal tackle. He's not an actor on the pitch, but now he--and that guy Vinnie too--are real actors off the pitch.

[@soleknight3212]

Ha - yeh, good call sir

[@Franz_Donnermann]

But cantona looks like a little kid asking for his milk alongside THE BUTCHER JONES 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sheffchefa26]

I miss this era of football

[@joski9030]

Watched Vinnie play when I was a kid when he had the ball everyone roared and other players gave him space ! He was a tough man

[@bobsurgranny]

Vinnie used his head there for once ;)

[@pertuydaniel7263]

Excellent. Think so !

[@ZardozCologne]

LOL this one moment ...

[@TONYCOV881]

Yeah Mate, to be fair he went for the balls!

[@Longrunthefox]

aye and keane didn't want to know...

[@DaBriars]

@@Longrunthefox Keane shit it

[@albanianking6402]

Man you gotta love how Eric Cantona just stood up after that tacke! Most players today would have rolled around for about 5 minutes waited for the ambulance to pick them up. Players like Neymar wouldn’t have made that challenge RIP LOL

[@il5322]

Vinnie Jones was lucky Eric would have put him in hospital

[@Bundy72]

Absolutely!😊

[@aldobonaso3481]

@@il5322 haha Cantona's reaction is priceless! He jumps up because he WANTS to fight, only to see who it was, so he just voices his discontent with a mutter under his breath... 🤣 what a 'man'

[@smoothcriminal7118]

@@aldobonaso3481 he didn't pick up fight because he has smart he knew it's provocating to be sent off, u high mate eric would eat vinnie in a heartbeat

[@aldobonaso3481]

@@smoothcriminal7118 haha as if Cantona ever thought before doing something 🤣 you're deluded mate

[@infoforu3455]

For Vinnie Jones his head is the third foot. 😂🇮🇩

[@iainrobb2076]

Guy was a total madman, but we need more players like that in the Premier League now, to give simulators like Grealish, Sterling and Salah something to go down about.

[@graemewhyte9581]

Am I the only person to see big Fashanu’s two footer to start it all off? Worst tackle of the lot.

[@pocolol8424]

Spot on took off like a long jumper

[@andrewgrimshaw6760]

Search Francis Benali of Southampton doing Fash its more like a judo throw rather than a tackle its great lol

[@pwareham61]

Another one who could dish it out, but couldn't take it back. Prick

[@garyjones9910]

I think john fashanu is a psychopath. Vinnie jones just playing at villainy by comparison.

[@jackevans1385]

Wasnt even that bad of a tackle

[@JamesRoome]

Cantona bounces back to his feet. Pure class!

[@truthinlifewoken6698]

HE REALISE WHO TACKLED,HE KNEW NOT TO MESS WITH VINNIE

[@ismailmiah1446]

@@truthinlifewoken6698 Vinnie flapped it....Cantona got up quicker than him lol...

[@DirtyJamesUK]

@@truthinlifewoken6698 You don't give a man like Vinnie the satisfaction of thinking he's hurt you. Well, not when you're a man like Eric you don't 😂

[@arkantos2227]

@@DirtyJamesUK Good point, he made it look like it didn't bother him. Likely, that did hurt.

[@DirtyJamesUK]

@sam569 if you say so... lol It's quite possible he couldn't get involved if that was after he flying kicked a fan lol

[@augustseptember3503]

Good to see Keane get some of his own medicine!! Nice one, Vinnie!!!

[@p.strong5326]

I wish football was still like this. The ref only gave a throw in after witnessing that! Brilliant

[@ceratoenjoyer]

Yea, let's go back to the days where you can attempt to headbutt someone in the balls and get away with it. I swear football fans are such melts.

[@CoolMorz]

Vinny Jones... Went after Keane and Cantona, the two most infamous United players. What an absolute madlad!

[@norpriest521]

Big Dunc would kill Vinny No problem

[@squirtermcguirter1502]

And neither of them batted an eyelid

[@norpriest521]

@@squirtermcguirter1502 cuz Keane fear for his life

[@user-jt3xu1hy6s]

@@norpriest521 maybe,but Vinny Jones would stand up and be counted 👊🏼

[@chrish6734]

@@norpriest521 and they ended up winning 3-0. They really shit themselves 🙄

[@dannyjay3754]

Now this is proper English football old-school 👊🏻💪🏻

[@FranzSausage]

Cantonas reaction after the foul is awesome.

[@STEPPER9]

One of the best Manchester United kits ever as well as one of the most memorable games

[@kmo2362]

This is when men were men and jumped back up from outrageous tackles....imagine today’s wimps playing in that era.

[@ismailmiah1446]

I agree today's era is way to soft

[@louisjones5974]

To be fair if his leg was planted that’s snapped all day. The game is way too soft now but that’s still a red in any era

[@tauheed6550]

Yeh just imagine Neymar getting hit by one of those. He’d probably die

[@ismailmiah1446]

@@tauheed6550 99%current players

[@arkantos2227]

@@tauheed6550 Even big, aggressive guys like Sergio Ramos cheat and play injured.

[@eddiebear34]

The main reason the game was harder years gone by. It was MUCH tougher. That's why I see Maradona as the best ever. He was tiny, got kicked soft and still danced around players. Smaller players have the advantage of more protection from refs nowadays

[@andrewbarclay9980]

Totally agree bro. Ronaldo and messi would never have survived that era

[@MrMarcoUnico]

1000%. I don't understand how more people don't appreciate this. Maradona also never complained, even though he literally had to jump out of the way of being crippled. Imagine Messi and C. Ronaldo. They would be injured or running scared for most of the season.

[@eddiebear34]

@@MrMarcoUnico he actually got his ankle broken in a game while playing with Barcelona, in a game he was clearly targeted. He got kicked all over the park that game

[@andrewbarclay9980]

@@MrMarcoUnico totally agree. CR7 & Messi are the very top talent & product of the game today. But Maradona was on a different level. He didn't dive, roll around like he'd been shot, he got up dusted himself down then wanted the ball back at his feet. He doesn't even get close to the credit he deserves. He won seria A with napoli virtually on his own. Taking a provincial club like Napoli to the scudetto in a league where defence has always been high quality. He carried Napoli to that scudetto whilst defenders tried to kick him off the park every game. He also carried Argentina to a world Cup win. For 1 player to b able to achieve such things almost single handed whilst being a target for the most brutal tackles is astounding. The fact FIFA don't acknowledge this because he was a white Latino, and a human being with genuinely human mental health and other issues is appalling. And the fact they handed Diegos crown to Pele is disgrace to the game. Pele played in some great Brazilian teams. Maradona made teams great. Such a shame FiFA have to play racial games rather than confirm what the football world genuinely knows. Maradona was a flawed individual but was without doubt the greatest player to have lived.

[@clon76]

The five-bellies playing back then wouldn't have been able to get near Messi. Like Messi would have had a problem making a fool of Vinnie Jones. Messi GOAT

[@BBD0984]

I like how Cantona stood and faced Vinnie, then casually walled off. Made his point but didn't escalate the situation 👏🏻👏🏻

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

You mean walked away like a bitch? Same as Keane?

[@yomo1690]

And then scored a worldy

[@daibonehead]

He walked off as he realised that he’d shit himself.

[@yomo1690]

@@daibonehead he was told not to rise to any provocation because Ferguson knew they were trying to get him sent off. Have you seen or read what Cantona did in Turkey against Galatasary during and after the game? And you think he's scared of Jones?!

[@wesleymaistry6278]

Back then being a man was just as important as being a footballer, nowadays footballers dive for no reason.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Eric Cantona was a Beautiful Player indeed! ♥️⚽️🌷🕊

[@user-hq5ig9ir2e]

Like the way Cantona turns to confront Vinnie then quickly decides it’s a bad idea 🤣🤣🤣

[@sean_43]

This is such a fascinating video really. It encapsulates in a few minutes the difference between then and now. Starts with a long ball up the line, two footed lunge from the Wimbledon, no bother, play on. Then a prone Vinnie Jones throws a headbutt at Roy Keane's midriff as he runs by him. No bother for Roy and the rest, just handbags really, play on. Then Jones tries to snap Cantona in half with a tackle that's probably red nowadays. Cantona straight up, no rolling around and a little bit of aggro between the players but no overly zealous referee flashing cards everywhere. It's just fascinating really. You might say football is more technical now and for many it's better but I enjoyed that temperature that was allowed to go into games back then. Now, a lot of games develop into slow snoozefests

[@samcurtisrobinson]

Proper football days. Miss them so much

[@randr2141]

Love that the ref sees the head butt but just gives a throw in. Today’s players won’t last a game if this was still allowed.

[@mrtheghetto1]

Oh my God - Cantona, Jones, Roy Keane. Such powerful men in a match.

[@Franco.Adrian.Tortora]

1 minute of pure pleasure!! I like how even the forward make a dangerous tackle before Vinni appears in the screen. Roy Keane; Vinni Jones; Paul Ince; Eric Cantona...thats the real dead squad.

[@Dandroid5000]

The forward was John Fashanu.......he was as big a nutter as Vinne!

[@k.cthewolf3417]

Bless Eric felt a bit bad for him there lol . Just when you see his face after......But what an absolute legend and professional just the way he bounces back up doesn't even complain just soldiers it like a Don. One of the greatest of all time

[@user-jt3xu1hy6s]

What else could he do

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Prefers to kick fans.

[@paulogorman9984]

Do you remember the volley he scored in the same game ?king

[@james_44]

I've watched this video two or three thousand times now and I'm yet to see a single thing I don't absolutely love. What a time to be a football fan that was.

[@sheffchefa26]

I miss this era of football .you carnt even compare it todays football like women's football compared

[@richardharris3449]

Vinnie tried, Eric and Roy didn’t bite; play on. No tears. Quality from all involved

[@laurencewainwright]

Roy was too scared to bite. He picked his confrontations carefully.

[@grassrootsfootball225]

@@laurencewainwright no he was 22 at the time and knew that vinnie jones had a reputation, he protected the back 4 well that night and after the cantona booking Jones was anonymous for the rest of the game bar a bad challenge on paul parker not long after..funny how the narrative changes over the years.. "picked his confrontations carefully." hahah

[@user-jt3xu1hy6s]

@@laurencewainwright facts mate

[@FrozenHero2010]

​@@laurencewainwright Like Alfie Haaland. 😡

[@hellisla]

Jones surely one of the greatest villains ever to grace the Premier League.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Love the way Keane hardly seemed to even notice.

[@tonyclifton2230]

Yeah Jones was so far behind him as s player I assume this was a walk in the park for him. Just watch out for the old headbutt to the hip.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Lol he noticed, he was just scared of Vinnie Jones.

[@bennyblanco3260]

I just love how all the players just take a hiding & get on with it

[@pataleno]

Vinnie Jones stole a living as a footballer. Absolute thug,

[@vicentegutierrez2203]

😂🤣😂 He's so dirty..I don't know why but I love it..But yet, I hate other players like him..

[@jayfino6037]

Stole a living as an actor too as he's just as average at that.

[@pwareham61]

Along with that tosser Fashanu

[@jasoncorr4619]

@@pwareham61 couldn’t agree more. He’s worse than Jones

[@jasoncorr4619]

@Adam Battersby was that after grant Mitchell said he head butted a horse once?

[@paulustarsus]

Roy Keane and Eric Cantona's early days at Man U. Neither player was in a hurry to draw attention to themselves. Man U, as a team, had prepared for Jones. ❤

[@trevorgibb1019]

Looks like Cantona was gonna have a go until he saw it was Vinnie Jones. And I noticed that Keane never went back for some either. Haha.

[@haitambarez8584]

Well he wasn't afraid he saw that his teammates took care of it ... you can see how unimpressed he seemed to be

[@djangorheinhardt]

Absolutely NO retaliation from Keane or Cantona .Keane always starts trouble when someone is holding him back.I think he thought Vinnie was one bullying target too far .I reckon Vinnie would have carried it on in the dressing rooms if Keane had faced him out.

[@noooname2568]

Probs cause they were shit scared of him

[@celticdodge5282]

Who gives a fuck, Jones is a fool with zero footballing ability, Keane and cantona world class and won titles for their side, that's what football is about, winning games, not being the hardest man on the pitch not a title to his name vinnie Jones. Absolute journeyman of a footballer.

[@user-jt3xu1hy6s]

@@celticdodge5282 I'm guessing he done ok in life

[@johnmcintyre800]

I think Vince just made himself look a prick and Keane barely noticed best respones no fliching

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

Cantona wants to got into that guy's face - just when he realized its Vinnie he politely declined :D

[@cardigan3000]

in the same way jones wanted no part of ince

[@Buckblacket]

@@cardigan3000 have you seen the video if Duncan Ferguson throwing Ince to the ground like a rag doll? The best bit is when Ince got up he APOLOGIES to Ferguson! Totally overrated as a so-called hard man.

[@cardigan3000]

@@Buckblacket yeah duncan disordely was another level

[@Buckblacket]

@@cardigan3000 deffo! lol

[@richardjones3792]

you ignorant fool

[@sajirshad2261]

Tbh eric and vinnie were very good friends it was vinnie that showed him around Leeds when he first went there. Surprisingly they still pretty close to this day.

[@dazzaMusic]

Imagine getting surrounded by Jones and Fashanu probably the scariest duo in football history

[@pinball1970]

I'm a United fan and I have to say I miss these times and players like Jones who tried to kick the crap out of my team. Real hard men and exciting battles. Now it's too sanitized

[@reasonableguy9090]

Canaries fan here. Both of our teams saw better days in the class of 92./93. Those were the days!

[@1who4me]

It’s so boring today

[@wanderer1955]

You must be joking mate Dave Mackay woulda bounced Vinnie Jones, Eric Cantona, and Roy Keen all over the park at the same time, and that would just be at the pre match warm up.

[@dandan3045]

Too sanitized? You’re mental. Imagine thinking being a “hard man” where running through another player is supposed to be good for the game.

[@pinball1970]

@@dandan3045 Ok I was being a tad facetious. I liked the battles between the hard men, it is a contact sport. Deliberately trying to break a players leg? No. Going in 100% blood and guts into a tackle like Keano? Yes. I think some of that is missing now.

[@toph8298]

As a United fan I loved watching Wimbledon in the 1990s. Absolute thugs but punched well above their weight.

[@thetafrog7240]

Roy Keane didn’t even dare look at Vinnie Jones 😂

[@Intz51]

Or for Keane that was just a normal reaction, nothing to see here boys

[@hermbobsquarehead]

They were under strict instructions not to rise to the bait. It's Wimbledon played, long ball and cheating.

[@Woze899]

​@@hermbobsquareheadexcuses😂😂

[@leeevans1874]

King Eric thought so fast he even added flair to a mid air clobbering. File the reaction under "let the boys sort that one" 😄

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Yep, he preferred to vent his aggression on the fans.

[@leeevans1874]

@@steveluckhurst2350 yep no excuse for that one 👍

[@pauldashwood2897]

They didn’t play about in those days ..real football

[@foggy22662]

Thats not football thats just thugerry and I,m old school

[@jackevans1385]

@rob janko its brilliant to watch

[@kevinprior3549]

Always good to see someone getting at Keane

[@barra6709]

Got him alright. He didn't even flinch and he got Man of the match.

[@Michael-cz6ob]

I love how Cantona got back up like nothing happened and got on with things

[@shanegallage]

Amazing alright. Yeah right!

[@FernandoPerez-ng7jn]

Vinnie Jones was on another level of aggression, holy shit. Did this man have any actual footie skills other than those scissor tackles or headbutts?? Hsrdly surprising that my ex English in-law family said his best football ever was in Mean Machine, lol

[@jerryrawlings8885]

Fernando Perez He was a decent player.

[@Rm-ss5gv]

@@jerryrawlings8885He was shite. Especially by modern standards

[@davedavey5]

Back in the days When you didn’t need to be a footballer to play football .....absolute Thug

[@ryans756]

Nonsense! There are different types of footballer! Strikers, playmakers, CDMs etc. Vinnie Jones was the type who made his opponents think, and rush, and make mistakes. Didn't work that much, Wimbledon were pretty shite! But football is football. Rather that than the girly crap you're forced to watch these days, girly crap that I DID boycott a few years back.

[@kieronjohnson8834]

@@ryans756 Jones makes me think he's a mouthy thug.

[@TheSWCantina]

Fashanu was far worse than Jones.

[@reasonableguy9090]

Loved the Fash!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

He was the equivalent of a "goon" in ice hockey. There was a certain jib to be done and vinny and fash were bloody good at it.

[@Evemeister12]

Roy keane was quite the hard man with alf inge haaland but not with vinnie Jones. I cant imagine why.

[@TheBlaert]

Lol Jones with his backward diving headbutt thing? Jones was a thuggish clown whereas Keane was an actual good footballer who shied away from no-one

[@JM-fy8bm]

@@TheBlaert he clearly shied away from Vinnie Jones here

[@taffyjones281]

If you think Keane was scared of Vinnie Jones, you are deluded. He just treated him with the contempt he deserved. Jones was trying to get a retaliation. Cantona 's reaction was priceless!

[@deletebilderberg]

I played along side Vinnie for Hertfordshire schools. Along with Iain Dowie. Both outstanding footballers. Me, less so!

[@leedschampions6704]

This I genuinely believe was part of the peak years, where games were now accessible, keys gray and Tyler were bossing it. Money hadn't ruined the game, diving wasn't rife in England and the game didn't stop every 10 seconds for a minor infraction, even the crowds now want a free kick for any contact

[@reasonableguy9090]

Gray was awesome! “When you talk about hard men, you talk about him!”

[@interestedbystander196]

Got to love how Vinnie Jones is steaming in and getting all aggro as though _he_ is the one who was fouled...

[@xontheweb2376]

Keane and Cantona behaving themselves, Daddy's on the pitch😅

[@elzorro8787]

Keane scared shitless

[@shaka7594]

Respect vinnie nowadays..back then i did'nt, he was nowhere near the hardman people portayed him to be, far far more harder guys on the pitch than him

[@mikiemac6801]

@@elzorro8787 keane was about 7 year's younger and starting out in his career. What was the point in getting involved in a tug whos only looking for a fight. Keanes medals won out in the end

[@ryans756]

@@shaka7594 Like who? :D I mean come on. There's soft, there's hard, there's genuinely hard, then there's a wall. It doesn't go above genuinely hard until you start looking at clinically insane. Vinnie Jones was a vicious shit. Were there other vicious shits? Of course! Were they "far far more harder" than VJ? Nahhhh. If you'd said that about alleged "hard man" Roy Keane on the other hand... I'd agree.

[@laoch5658]

@@elzorro8787 i doubt he was scared..jones was a bum

[@rickyraw5457]

Vinnie Jones you were awesome when you played for Leeds United... Leeds United Legend we could do with your steely presence in the team right now...🤪

[@djpeekay25]

miss the old days with these hard men.

[@ngawurbanged9462]

Eric just like "nah, let the boys take care of him"

[@oleggorky906]

I'm a United fan but can tell that even Keane, Ince, Cantona were wary of Vinny and Fash. Those Wimbledon boys could dish it out all right.

[@ruairiose7335]

Yeah they didn’t look overly eager to have a go 😂 Mind you Wimbledon did have a reputation for being complete nutters

[@oleggorky906]

@@ruairiose7335 that's what I noticed. They hardly even complained afterwards! Mind you, I have to say with regard to Fash and Gary Mabbutt that I do believe Fash. I think that was a genuine accident but people used it against them because of their reputation.

[@errolprice9654]

@@ruairiose7335 remember when fash caved a mans face in with a wild elbow ?

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

Cantona is a Leeds United legend!!!

[@derekmullings1507]

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 so is Vinny Jones. Leeds bought him to scare the shit out of the opposition - and got promoted.

[@John-ed2wj]

Not forgetting the fa cup final tackle, where he flew into McMahon 😂

[@a.m.7165]

We need players like those three again!

[@taniaandandyedge6810]

Just about sums up Jones’s footballing capabilities 🤨

[@bobbydazzler8684]

Well, it doesn't, actually. No one is going to claim Vinnie was an especially gifted footballer, but he could pass and play. He just happened to be more of an asset as an enforcer. Different times. He wouldn't have stood out much in the 70s. He was among the last of a dying breed in the 80s and definitely by the 90s and the Premier League.

[@TheComputec]

Yeah, but who could forget his full throttle attack on Gazza's babymakers... I think there was more to Vinnie's game than a lot of people realise...

[@bobbydazzler8684]

@@TheComputec I was at that game and no one noticed until it was printed all the back pages the next day. Vinnie and Gazza were the best of mates.

[@dannyneville1310]

@@bobbydazzler8684 If he was playing then, he would have got flattened. Vinnie Jones was a plastic hardman. In those days, players were hard, and thought nothing of it. With that man it was an act. He was a bully who played uo for the cameras.

[@bobbydazzler8684]

@@dannyneville1310 OK, tough guy.

[@jimmysimms2399]

Jones and Fashanu beside each other, even Keane decided to let it go.

[@bencaptain8084]

Fashnu is the biggest prick to ever take the field, pretty much killed his own brother. Disgusting man.

[@bencaptain8084]

@THE QUIET MAN 1958 yeah fashnu is just a big bluffer, would struggle to put away Dennis Irwin never mind anyone else.

[@stephengodden6796]

Even Keane, what do you mean Keane is a prawn sandwich 🥪

[@red-pn8fk]

? he walked away. it was old hat by then. fashanu was more interested in making the lives of scales and phelan etc a misery by then.

[@stephengodden6796]

@@red-pn8fk how do you mean "even Keane decided to let it go" Keane was gobshy football player either one of Fashanu Or Jones would have made Keane shit his pants if there was a confrontation, Keane knew his limitations

[@alwintoh]

The aggression of Vinnie Jones - The lost art of 90s football

[@richiehannon6269]

Nope

[@kingcameron8374]

Awful footballer.

[@billybobs1705]

you call that art ? i think you need to go back to school

[@wharsmetoothpicson9465]

He was a shit player, great character.

[@TwinHypeBack]

Straight red all day on the Cantona tackle and he talked his way to a yellow what a guy

[@robbiepeterh]

Thank God players like Vinnie Jones are out of the game nowadays so we can enjoy the great players like Cantona, Messi et al.

[@rorythered]

All I see is soft shit and men rolling around when they've been brushed by a shoulder

[@virgilblaze9090]

Imagine Vinnie Jones versus Neymar? I couldn't imagine the blood and gore lol

[@tomwilko7841]

We enjoyed them back then...only difference was the flair players had to also be tough

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

But it devalues the achievements of these guys, if they are doing these things in an environment set up for them to succeed. Being an elegant artist in a brutal dangerous bear pit is a thing worth praise.

[@neilgarrick6401]

Cantona's not still in the game either

[@TonyMontana-sx6jv]

Vinne Jones is a man that has done very well for himself with limited abilities, in both acting and football.

[@gtvo6156]

Perfect

[@philvalentine7665]

Best comment I've seen this week.

[@gowmitch069]

Fair comment

[@ylst8874]

He did acting too ? I kinda remember his face from movies too

[@michelvispress-lay2510]

Wimbledon, legendary squad ❤️

[@bobstermaher]

Good old Vinny. Go on lad!!

[@damienleen1437]

Oh the good old days...crap pitches...brutal tackles...love it!

[@janegavin8715]

The difference between Keane cantona and Jones.2 of them are legendary footballer's who won everything and the other didn't really know how to play football or obviously couldn't fight or he'd have took up boxing.

[@2rare2die100]

Yeah because Roy Keane never tried to injure another player, and Cantona didn’t suddenly think he was Bruce Lee that time…… 🙄😂

[@lj7169]

Yeah he was a shit player but was pretty good in goal if I remember correctly lmaoo

[@kennethwilkinson2095]

@@2rare2die100 won everything tho didn't they?

[@HighlandMike325]

Vinnie Jones was a competent midfielder who quite frankly didn't need all the nonsense that went with Wimbledon. He was a decent player when he went to Leeds

[@bobbydazzler8684]

Leave the football talk to the fellas, princess!

[@CrimeanHorseArcher]

Come on.. Cantona was going to react and saw it was Vinnie he just feared.

[@Claggyt]

I love the fact that Jones tried to headbutt Keane in the family jewels and Fashanu pushed him from behind almost at the same time and Keane didn't even acknowledge either of them.

[@lonewolf-rf5xx]

They have nothing to aknowkedge they were hired to intimidate players as they were shit footballers . They wanted players to fight with them take them off there game imagine if keane and king eric set about them got a red card man utd would of been very under strengthed wimbledon had a game plan

[@sl11tenderhand]

@@lonewolf-rf5xx Or maybe because he shit himself

[@bramleydragon]

Too scared to.

[@HDIrwin]

Good old Vinnie, first time I saw a shark wearing a pair of football boots 🤣

[@TheCoomar007]

thats the highlight of Vinnie football career

[@dondamon4669]

It bothers me when people think Keane was a player like this Wally! Keane was tough but he was also a footballer

[@AdamDylanFoley]

Vinnie straight-up tried to headbutt Keano in the family jewels it was blatant lol Fairplay to Roy he just dusted it off like a possum and got on with it, if that was today's pretty boys they'd be rolling around the pitch, also how classy was Cantona, like poetry in motion.

[@elzorro8787]

Keane was scared

[@barriniho]

It was a sending off to be fair regardless how Keane reacted.

[@steve3904]

It just shows how Keane is all mouth. He wanted nothing with Jones.

[@GholamFareed]

@@steve3904 I don't remember Keano ever claiming to be a hard man so I'm not sure what your point is???

[@gomongio]

I miss these times when football was played by men, not pricks.

[@thomascarr3748]

This isn't football though

[@dr0117]

well, players used to be disposable, now they have net worth

[@december2364]

Norman Hunter and Chopper Harris would be suspended forever in today's fragile game. Wasn't that they were bad players. They were hard players. It was just that part of the game in the old days was marking the opposition play maker's card early on. Put the frighteners on them.

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

@@thomascarr3748 definately is football mate!

[@tonynesbit9673]

Thomas whatever it was it is 10 times better than the pure shite we have to endure in todays so called game, which is boring as fuck.

[@chrisrowe7503]

Still the hardest man to have played in the PL if you ask me. Vinnie Jones didn't give a shit. THAT is how football was invented to be played.

[@Chapterspodcast]

Iconic on so many levels

[@rossm685]

They both shat it from big VJ 😂😂😂

[@jamesvickers5998]

Funny reading these comments. I remember pundits and my dad's generation slagging Jones off as a wimp who wouldn't have lasted five minutes in the sixties and seventies, and how the game in the nineties had gone soft, yet people here think Vinnie was Conan the Barbarian. How the world turns....