Flashback to Springfield and 1992 when Kevin Le Tissier used his right hand to set up a goal for himself. (0878187)

‘I actually think he did what most people would have done,’ says Le Tissier in an interview for latest instalment of the 20th-century Football Heroes series in today’s Guernsey Press.

‘It’s the officials who need to take the blame. It happens week in, week out.’

There has been international outcry after the former Arsenal striker’s blatant handball led to France defeating Ireland in the World Cup play-offs.

The former Guernsey striker knows how it feels to have diddled the opposition.

In the 1992 Muratti, the older brother of Southampton and England legend Matt Le Tissier, punched the ball over Jersey goalkeeper Steve Carlyon before slotting it home to equalise for the Greens.

They went on to win 3-2 in extra time.

At the time, Le Tissier had no regrets for his actions. Now, 17 years later, he reveals that he still doesn’t because it was a match against the ‘old enemy’.

‘There’s no such thing as cheating against Jersey,’ he says.