Thanks for your company and all of your comments tonight, it seems that even 20 years on Eric Cantona remains a divisive figure.

We will be back with the magic of the FA Cup on Friday evening, live from the Abbey Stadium. See you there.

Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"Gosh, couldn't United do with someone like Eric Cantona now!"

Commentator Jon Champion

"What you can't do is ignore him or his contribution. That is his gift to English football. Love or hate him, you cannot ignore him."

You have voted Sergio Aguero's title-winning goal for Manchester City as the Premier League's most memorable moment, with Eric Cantona's kung-fu kick in second place.

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Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"Remorse was not at the top of his agenda. He is an actor now by profession and he was one when he played football. He did something no one else did."

Eric Cantona is still sung about at Old Trafford of course, 20 years on. The current crop of United players are live on the BBC on Friday night, up against Cambridge United in the FA Cup. Join us for that one.

Commentator Jon Champion

On Cantona not wanting to talk about the past: "Cantona once said, 'Memories are nothing. I have 45 French caps and we got two shirts a game - that is 90 shirts. I have none now'."

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michael fenn:, external The reason we still talk about Eric is because he was one of the few to transcend his sport. A true legend

Eric Cantona chose to retire from football at the age of 30. As the studio guests point out, he never produced his best in Europe, with Manchester United finally winning the Champions League in 1999.

Commentator Jon Champion

"He was a catalyst for so much. When he came back he was a captain sensible figure. There was a feeling he had matured but it was definitely, a slightly different Cantona. His legacy was conditioned by the two seasons after it rather than by that incident if he had retired then."

Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"Eric Cantona was important in bringing through the next generation. There was a log jam of talent and Ferguson wanted to get Scholes, Beckham and the two Nevilles into team. Cantona was the shepherd for that team."

A lot of mentions of watching the action unfold on that night's Sportsnight with Des Lynam.

Here's a clip for you to reminisce.

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After returning from his suspension Eric Cantona won two more titles with Manchester United, and a second FA Cup.

Cantona had won four league titles in five years with United (six in seven years including those won with Marseille and Leeds United), the exception being the 1994-95 season - which he had missed the second half of through suspension.

Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"If you look at footballers now there isn't anyone of similar stature. Tennis player Jon McEnroe was the closest in terms of a sense of perceived missjustice."

Commentator Jon Champion

"It was one of Ferguson's finest hours that he swept aside public opinion that Cantona had to go."

Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"Alex Ferguson needed Eric Cantona because he was going to dismantle the team that had won the Double. He needed Cantona to keep the side together. There were clandestine meetings in Parisian restaurants, but he did it. He kept him."

Kirsten:, external How good was he? One of the greatest players the Premier League has seen. Phenomenally good, phenomenal influence on a team

Steve:, external Saw the kick in my hotel room in Calcutta. The room service boy who brought me my meal stood open-mouthed as we watched it.

becky trif, external: I remember smuggling a radio into science class to listen to his punishment!!

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Daily Telegraph sports journalist and United fan Jim White on BBC Radio 5 live

"There was interest from Inter Milan. Their director was at Selhurst Park and they were going to put a bid in, even before the attack. The feeling was we'd seen the last of Eric Cantona. It would have been a huge loss for United. He was the beating heart on and off it."

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1 October 1995: Cantona returns against Liverpool at Old Trafford, setting up a goal for Nicky Butt inside two minutes, and then scoring an equalising penalty in a 2-2 draw. He scores 13 more league goals, including the winner in five 1-0 victories, as United overhaul a 12-point deficit on Newcastle to regain the league title. Cantona also contributes five goals to United's FA Cup campaign, including the winner over Liverpool in the final, as they complete the Double.

Watkins: "Obviously it was a very unsettling time for him and he was out of the game for such a long time. But I think he came back stronger than ever. He was such an influence at the club."

Pallister: "He had his mind set that he wasn't going to return to English football because of the way he was treated. He thought it was unfair. But the manager was obviously very persuasive. He came back the same player, the same genius."

In an interview from 1995 Sir Alex Ferguson says he believes that his side would have won the title in 1995 had Eric Cantona not attacked Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons.