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IN CHOOSING to leave Manchester United in January, 2002 -- after 121 goals and eight major trophies -- Andrew Cole made, by his own admission, the biggest mistake of his career. Almost eight years on he finds it difficult to go back.
'I saw Sir Alex Ferguson at a golf day and he told me I could come down any time and do some coaching,' Cole told Sportsmail yesterday. 'I keep telling myself I will one day, and I will. But so far something has stopped me. It's nothing to do with the way I left. That was my fault. I asked to leave when I didn't have to. A big, big mistake.See the full content of this document
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Coach Cole, Eager to Gatecrash the Elite [Eire Region]
'I'm not sure what it is. I know if I went in there the banter would be flying straight away and maybe that's part of the problem. The fact is that it's not my place any more.' Cole's place is currently across the Pennines, coaching the strikers at Huddersfield Town. He works two days a week under his former Newcastle t...
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