18 years ago today

[upthealbion1970]

 

[T soprano]

Good advertising for Mcdonalds , bet they loved that

 

[Butch Willykins]

if you ever wondered what happened to Matthew Simmons......

"As for Simmons, his side of the story obviously never quite made any headlines. That incident was the start of the breakdown in his personal life which led to numerous disastrous problems he’s endured ever since. During the court case at the time, Simmons insulted the judge who had brought up the subject of his troublesome past. Simmons had already previously been charged for attacking a man with a three-foot spanner in an incident at a petrol station; so his record wasn’t exactly clean prior to the “kick”. With tempers rising in the courtroom, and after being found guilty, Simmons tried attacking the judge and was held back. He ended up spending the night in jail. A series of unfortunate events have followed him ever since.

Following the altercation, Simmons lost his job at the time and struggled to get any sort of decent work for years as nobody would hire him. Family members stopped talking to him and have refused to talk to him ever since. Reporters ran after him to get every piece of the story possible and apparently some still do (he even sold a story to The Sun which he apparently only got paid partially for). Crystal Palace revoked his season ticket and banned him from the stadium. His marriage failed and he got divorced, even though he has custody of his now 14-year old son. He even got charged, but avoided jail, as recently as May last year for attacking the coach of the schoolboy team that his son plays for. Apparently the team’s coach, having realized who Simmons was, dropped his son from the line-up causing a massive brawl on the sidelines (that story has many implications which are too long to detail). 17 years on and still the kick affects Simmons’ life. He still struggles with its effects as he is forever recognized as the person that Cantona kicked. He currently works as a construction worker and now goes to watch Chelsea and Fulham as both arenas are "less violent" according to some interviews he's given elsewhere."

 

[tinx]

if you ever wondered what happened to Matthew Simmons......

"As for Simmons, his side of the story obviously never quite made any headlines. That incident was the start of the breakdown in his personal life which led to numerous disastrous problems he’s endured ever since. During the court case at the time, Simmons insulted the judge who had brought up the subject of his troublesome past. Simmons had already previously been charged for attacking a man with a three-foot spanner in an incident at a petrol station; so his record wasn’t exactly clean prior to the “kick”. With tempers rising in the courtroom, and after being found guilty, Simmons tried attacking the judge and was held back. He ended up spending the night in jail. A series of unfortunate events have followed him ever since.

Following the altercation, Simmons lost his job at the time and struggled to get any sort of decent work for years as nobody would hire him. Family members stopped talking to him and have refused to talk to him ever since. Reporters ran after him to get every piece of the story possible and apparently some still do (he even sold a story to The Sun which he apparently only got paid partially for). Crystal Palace revoked his season ticket and banned him from the stadium. His marriage failed and he got divorced, even though he has custody of his now 14-year old son. He even got charged, but avoided jail, as recently as May last year for attacking the coach of the schoolboy team that his son plays for. Apparently the team’s coach, having realized who Simmons was, dropped his son from the line-up causing a massive brawl on the sidelines (that story has many implications which are too long to detail). 17 years on and still the kick affects Simmons’ life. He still struggles with its effects as he is forever recognized as the person that Cantona kicked. He currently works as a construction worker and now goes to watch Chelsea and Fulham as both arenas are "less violent" according to some interviews he's given elsewhere."

Every cloud has a silver lining.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Oh, but don't you know, according to our illustrious friends, he is a Fulham fan.