Paolo Di Canio, ‘I tell my players – don’t be stupid like I was’

With tensions between referees and teams in the spotlight, the Italian at the centre of one of British football’s most infamous moments talks of the importance of everyone keeping their cool

Evening Standard

Paolo Di Canio is an unlikely football missionary, particularly when it comes to preaching about good behaviour on the pitch.

After all, this is the player who, in his second season in England in 1998, pushed referee Paul Alcock to the ground at Hillsborough after being shown a red card. He was banned for 11 matches.