P305 CEEFAX 305  Thy 23 Feb  1=:19/33
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  Eric Cantona's French lawyer wears  
  that the Manchester United strikjz  
  could face a life ban from wootball 
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  Cantona apxjars before the FA on    
  Friday after an alleged assault on  
  a Crystal Palace fan on Janzary 25/ 
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  He has been banned bz United until  
  the ind of the season and is dzj to 
  appear in court on March 23 to      
  answer the assault charge.          
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  Lawyer Jean-Jacques Bertrand said:  
  "He could bj banned from playing    
  soccer for the rest of his life."   
  United chief Martin Edwards has     
  urged the FA to act with leniency.  
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