Cantona Collars AKA Larry
@cantonacollars.bsky.social
I generally post nostalgic #MUFC stuff. My football opinion is as often wrong as it is correct. I'm partial to a political debate.
Pinned
Do you know what would be great. It would be bloody fantastic if Senne Lammens was an incredibly boring keeper.
Edwin van der Sar was a truly wonderful boring keeper. Nothing spectacular, you seldomly if ever spoke about him after the game, he just went out and did a solid job.
Edwin van der Sar was a truly wonderful boring keeper. Nothing spectacular, you seldomly if ever spoke about him after the game, he just went out and did a solid job.
September 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Do you know what would be great. It would be bloody fantastic if Senne Lammens was an incredibly boring keeper.
Edwin van der Sar was a truly wonderful boring keeper. Nothing spectacular, you seldomly if ever spoke about him after the game, he just went out and did a solid job.
Edwin van der Sar was a truly wonderful boring keeper. Nothing spectacular, you seldomly if ever spoke about him after the game, he just went out and did a solid job.
#OnThisDay 1st of September 2007:
Having retired over the summer due to injuries Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a heroes welcome before our home game against Sunderland
Having retired over the summer due to injuries Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a heroes welcome before our home game against Sunderland
September 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#OnThisDay 1st of September 2007:
Having retired over the summer due to injuries Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a heroes welcome before our home game against Sunderland
Having retired over the summer due to injuries Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a heroes welcome before our home game against Sunderland
#OnThisDay 31st of August 2004:
18 year old Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United from Everton for £27m (£33m with add-ons).
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.....
18 year old Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United from Everton for £27m (£33m with add-ons).
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.....
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OnThisDay 31st of August 2004:
18 year old Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United from Everton for £27m (£33m with add-ons).
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.....
18 year old Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United from Everton for £27m (£33m with add-ons).
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.....
Two useless bits of information ahead of tomorrow's trip to Grimsby Town.
1️⃣:
Out of every club in English football our worst win to loss ratio* is against Grimsby Town (won 16 / lost 15).
*played a minimum of 10 times
2️⃣ in comments below
1️⃣:
Out of every club in English football our worst win to loss ratio* is against Grimsby Town (won 16 / lost 15).
*played a minimum of 10 times
2️⃣ in comments below
August 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Two useless bits of information ahead of tomorrow's trip to Grimsby Town.
1️⃣:
Out of every club in English football our worst win to loss ratio* is against Grimsby Town (won 16 / lost 15).
*played a minimum of 10 times
2️⃣ in comments below
1️⃣:
Out of every club in English football our worst win to loss ratio* is against Grimsby Town (won 16 / lost 15).
*played a minimum of 10 times
2️⃣ in comments below
I can't overemphasise enough how important today's game is for Amorim's future
The performance last weekend was positive but the reality it that Amorim are still carrying the war wounds from last season
We have to get a positive result today. If we don't things could get very toxic very quickly.
The performance last weekend was positive but the reality it that Amorim are still carrying the war wounds from last season
We have to get a positive result today. If we don't things could get very toxic very quickly.
August 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I can't overemphasise enough how important today's game is for Amorim's future
The performance last weekend was positive but the reality it that Amorim are still carrying the war wounds from last season
We have to get a positive result today. If we don't things could get very toxic very quickly.
The performance last weekend was positive but the reality it that Amorim are still carrying the war wounds from last season
We have to get a positive result today. If we don't things could get very toxic very quickly.
#OnThisDay 24th of August 1974
I've posted that photo on its anniversary a few times now.
The black man in the photo always strikes me. Football terraces weren't exactly forward thinking back then & racism was rife in English football.
He was a brave man and he looked incredibly fucking cool ✊🏿
I've posted that photo on its anniversary a few times now.
The black man in the photo always strikes me. Football terraces weren't exactly forward thinking back then & racism was rife in English football.
He was a brave man and he looked incredibly fucking cool ✊🏿
August 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#OnThisDay 24th of August 1974
I've posted that photo on its anniversary a few times now.
The black man in the photo always strikes me. Football terraces weren't exactly forward thinking back then & racism was rife in English football.
He was a brave man and he looked incredibly fucking cool ✊🏿
I've posted that photo on its anniversary a few times now.
The black man in the photo always strikes me. Football terraces weren't exactly forward thinking back then & racism was rife in English football.
He was a brave man and he looked incredibly fucking cool ✊🏿
From the first day Eric Cantona walked through the doors of Old Trafford, he had the aura of a king.
August 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
From the first day Eric Cantona walked through the doors of Old Trafford, he had the aura of a king.
#OnThisDay 23rd of August 2006:
A baby faced Michael Carrick made his Manchester United debut.
He got to celebrate a goal from the baby faced assassin.
A baby faced Michael Carrick made his Manchester United debut.
He got to celebrate a goal from the baby faced assassin.
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OnThisDay 23rd of August 2006:
A baby faced Michael Carrick made his Manchester United debut.
He got to celebrate a goal from the baby faced assassin.
A baby faced Michael Carrick made his Manchester United debut.
He got to celebrate a goal from the baby faced assassin.
50 Years Ago Today:
Manchester United fans ahead of a league game against Sheffield United
#FanCulture
Manchester United fans ahead of a league game against Sheffield United
#FanCulture
August 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
50 Years Ago Today:
Manchester United fans ahead of a league game against Sheffield United
#FanCulture
Manchester United fans ahead of a league game against Sheffield United
#FanCulture
#OnThisDay 23rd of August 2002:
David Beckham during the minute silence for the death of two school children called Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells 🙏
The two precious children adored Becks
David Beckham during the minute silence for the death of two school children called Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells 🙏
The two precious children adored Becks
August 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#OnThisDay 23rd of August 2002:
David Beckham during the minute silence for the death of two school children called Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells 🙏
The two precious children adored Becks
David Beckham during the minute silence for the death of two school children called Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells 🙏
The two precious children adored Becks
Today is the 30th anniversary of Alan Hansen's proclamation 🗣️ You can't win anything with kids
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Today is the 30th anniversary of Alan Hansen's proclamation 🗣️ You can't win anything with kids
35 Years Ago Today:
Denis Irwin made his Manchester United debut in the Charity Shield against Liverpool.
One of Fergie's best ever transfers.
Denis Irwin made his Manchester United debut in the Charity Shield against Liverpool.
One of Fergie's best ever transfers.
August 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
35 Years Ago Today:
Denis Irwin made his Manchester United debut in the Charity Shield against Liverpool.
One of Fergie's best ever transfers.
Denis Irwin made his Manchester United debut in the Charity Shield against Liverpool.
One of Fergie's best ever transfers.
The positives from today will be absolutely worthless without going to Craven Cottage and beating Fulham next weekend.
Negativity will come flooding back unless we get a positive result against Fulham.
Moral victories mean nothing - points mean everything.
Let's go there and smash them 👊
Negativity will come flooding back unless we get a positive result against Fulham.
Moral victories mean nothing - points mean everything.
Let's go there and smash them 👊
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The positives from today will be absolutely worthless without going to Craven Cottage and beating Fulham next weekend.
Negativity will come flooding back unless we get a positive result against Fulham.
Moral victories mean nothing - points mean everything.
Let's go there and smash them 👊
Negativity will come flooding back unless we get a positive result against Fulham.
Moral victories mean nothing - points mean everything.
Let's go there and smash them 👊
The last time Manchester United played Arsenal in the opening league game of the season was in 1989.
We battered them 4-1
Debutant Neil Webb scored a cracking goal.
So 4-1 today - which debutant is scoring a cracker?
We battered them 4-1
Debutant Neil Webb scored a cracking goal.
So 4-1 today - which debutant is scoring a cracker?
August 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The last time Manchester United played Arsenal in the opening league game of the season was in 1989.
We battered them 4-1
Debutant Neil Webb scored a cracking goal.
So 4-1 today - which debutant is scoring a cracker?
We battered them 4-1
Debutant Neil Webb scored a cracking goal.
So 4-1 today - which debutant is scoring a cracker?
I'll just leave this here.
August 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'll just leave this here.
#OnThisDay 15th of August 1993:
Roy Keane made his Premier League debut for Manchester United.
He got to celebrate a Bryan Robson goal.
Roy Keane made his Premier League debut for Manchester United.
He got to celebrate a Bryan Robson goal.
August 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#OnThisDay 15th of August 1993:
Roy Keane made his Premier League debut for Manchester United.
He got to celebrate a Bryan Robson goal.
Roy Keane made his Premier League debut for Manchester United.
He got to celebrate a Bryan Robson goal.
#OnThisDay 12th of August 2003:
Manchester United signed a skinny kid with a questionable dress sense from Portugal called Cristiano Ronaldo.
The skinny kid did a few bits for us 😂
Manchester United signed a skinny kid with a questionable dress sense from Portugal called Cristiano Ronaldo.
The skinny kid did a few bits for us 😂
August 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#OnThisDay 12th of August 2003:
Manchester United signed a skinny kid with a questionable dress sense from Portugal called Cristiano Ronaldo.
The skinny kid did a few bits for us 😂
Manchester United signed a skinny kid with a questionable dress sense from Portugal called Cristiano Ronaldo.
The skinny kid did a few bits for us 😂
Jim Ratcliffe doesn't strike me as a man who got to where he has by allowing people to blackmail him.
Call his bluff, let him dream about playing in the 2030 World Cup as he won't be playing in the 2026 one. Also, Chelsea won't wait for him
Send a message that player power is over at United 👊
Call his bluff, let him dream about playing in the 2030 World Cup as he won't be playing in the 2026 one. Also, Chelsea won't wait for him
Send a message that player power is over at United 👊
August 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Jim Ratcliffe doesn't strike me as a man who got to where he has by allowing people to blackmail him.
Call his bluff, let him dream about playing in the 2030 World Cup as he won't be playing in the 2026 one. Also, Chelsea won't wait for him
Send a message that player power is over at United 👊
Call his bluff, let him dream about playing in the 2030 World Cup as he won't be playing in the 2026 one. Also, Chelsea won't wait for him
Send a message that player power is over at United 👊
#OnThisDay 11th of August 1997:
The hero of the San Siro, Henning Berg, signed for Manchester United in a £5m transfer from Blackburn.
Thankfully Celio Silva's £2.2m transfer fall through after the Home Office refused him a work permit, otherwise we wouldn't have signed Berg.
The hero of the San Siro, Henning Berg, signed for Manchester United in a £5m transfer from Blackburn.
Thankfully Celio Silva's £2.2m transfer fall through after the Home Office refused him a work permit, otherwise we wouldn't have signed Berg.
August 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#OnThisDay 11th of August 1997:
The hero of the San Siro, Henning Berg, signed for Manchester United in a £5m transfer from Blackburn.
Thankfully Celio Silva's £2.2m transfer fall through after the Home Office refused him a work permit, otherwise we wouldn't have signed Berg.
The hero of the San Siro, Henning Berg, signed for Manchester United in a £5m transfer from Blackburn.
Thankfully Celio Silva's £2.2m transfer fall through after the Home Office refused him a work permit, otherwise we wouldn't have signed Berg.
Today is the 15th anniversary of when Manchester United made what I believe was for me the strangest transfer in my lifetime.
We were told there was "no value in the market" that summer. City signed David Silva & our attacking midfield signing was Bebe for £7.4m
We were told there was "no value in the market" that summer. City signed David Silva & our attacking midfield signing was Bebe for £7.4m
August 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Today is the 15th anniversary of when Manchester United made what I believe was for me the strangest transfer in my lifetime.
We were told there was "no value in the market" that summer. City signed David Silva & our attacking midfield signing was Bebe for £7.4m
We were told there was "no value in the market" that summer. City signed David Silva & our attacking midfield signing was Bebe for £7.4m
I don't want to see any happy birthday wishes for Roy Keane today.
Grown men celebrating a birthday. For what, being born? You’re supposed to be born, that's your first job.
Grown men celebrating a birthday. For what, being born? You’re supposed to be born, that's your first job.
August 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I don't want to see any happy birthday wishes for Roy Keane today.
Grown men celebrating a birthday. For what, being born? You’re supposed to be born, that's your first job.
Grown men celebrating a birthday. For what, being born? You’re supposed to be born, that's your first job.
#OnThisDay 10th of August 1997:
Peter Schmeichel made history by doing something that was never done before at Manchester United.
Can you guess what it was?
Peter Schmeichel made history by doing something that was never done before at Manchester United.
Can you guess what it was?
August 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#OnThisDay 10th of August 1997:
Peter Schmeichel made history by doing something that was never done before at Manchester United.
Can you guess what it was?
Peter Schmeichel made history by doing something that was never done before at Manchester United.
Can you guess what it was?
#OnThisDay 10th of August 2002:
We were asking ourselves 'who the f**k is that scumbag Tevez'
In the 1st half 18 year old Tevez injured our new boy Rio Ferdinand (he missed the start of the season over it).
In the 2nd half he was sent off for elbowing Paul Scholes in the face
We were asking ourselves 'who the f**k is that scumbag Tevez'
In the 1st half 18 year old Tevez injured our new boy Rio Ferdinand (he missed the start of the season over it).
In the 2nd half he was sent off for elbowing Paul Scholes in the face
August 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
#OnThisDay 10th of August 2002:
We were asking ourselves 'who the f**k is that scumbag Tevez'
In the 1st half 18 year old Tevez injured our new boy Rio Ferdinand (he missed the start of the season over it).
In the 2nd half he was sent off for elbowing Paul Scholes in the face
We were asking ourselves 'who the f**k is that scumbag Tevez'
In the 1st half 18 year old Tevez injured our new boy Rio Ferdinand (he missed the start of the season over it).
In the 2nd half he was sent off for elbowing Paul Scholes in the face
#OnThisDay 10th of August 2003:
There was absolutely nothing charitable about how the players played in the Charity Shield.
Manchester United and Arsenal players kicked the shit out of each other for 90 minutes 👊
There was absolutely nothing charitable about how the players played in the Charity Shield.
Manchester United and Arsenal players kicked the shit out of each other for 90 minutes 👊
August 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#OnThisDay 10th of August 2003:
There was absolutely nothing charitable about how the players played in the Charity Shield.
Manchester United and Arsenal players kicked the shit out of each other for 90 minutes 👊
There was absolutely nothing charitable about how the players played in the Charity Shield.
Manchester United and Arsenal players kicked the shit out of each other for 90 minutes 👊