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Thierry Henry is back at Arsenal, Paul Scholes is trotting out for Manchester United – has someone put football in a time machine and sent us back to 2004?



Henry returning perhaps isn’t so much a shock, but I remember when we got to Salford a couple of weeks ago for the show in front of a studio audience I told Editor Jo there was a murmur suggesting Paul Scholes was making a come back - she just laughed at me.



A lot of jokes have been made about the next player to come out of retirement – indeed Robert Pires was trending on Twitter yesterday after he said he was training at Arsenal and speculation was rife he was about to make a dramatic return.



He later claimed it was only to maintain his fitness…



… But does he just want to play with Henry one more time and make up for that fluffed penalty?



We’ve enjoyed all the old names flying about the office – great memories of Paolo di Canio pushing over referees, Gazza grabbing Vinnie Jones’ more sensitive parts, and the amazing hairstyles which were flowing in the 1990s.



So we opened it up to you, the fans, who came back with some amazing names – not to make a comeback, but just to remember and celebrate.



We’ve collated a selection of them in this image below from Twitter (#PLicons) and Facebook.



Can you name them all?