TEDDY SHERINGHAM has revealed he buried the hatchet with former Manchester United team-mate Andy Cole during a boozy night out.
Despite banging in the goals for United during the ’90s, the pair were far from pals – with their feud stemming from Sheringham snubbing Cole when he was replaced by his fellow striker during England’s clash with Uruguay in 1995.
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Sheringham failed to acknowledge Cole as he was replaced, a snub the latter took to heart and held against his future Red Devils team-mate.
But the bad blood was put to bed ten years after they retired when the pair found themselves in the same nightclub, although Sheringham initially thought they could end up coming to blows.
He told talkSPORT: “Probably about ten years after we finished playing, I was in a nightclub with a couple of pals.
“Andy was in the nightclub and I saw him walking towards me.
“And I thought to myself, ‘He looks a little bit stern, this looks a bit naughty’.
“I just looked over his shoulder and his wife Shirley was in the background, and I could see her looking over and looking a little bit apprehensive.
“I thought ‘Hello, this could turn a bit nasty’, I don’t know whether he’s going to try and put one on me or what.”
Cole, 51, was the initiator of the surprise truce – which came as a huge surprise to Sheringham.
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He recalled: “He walked over and he said, ‘Ted look, let’s let bygones be bygones and forget about what’s happened and move on’.
“He put his hand out and I was like, ‘Wow, I did not expect that Andy’.
“But yeah I’m happy to do that, put my hand out and shook hands.”
Cole made a total of 245 appearances for United, scoring 121 goals and providing 45 assists.
Sheringham, 56, wasn’t as prolific as his strike rival, scoring 46 goals and racking up 29 assists in 153 appearances for the Red Devils.
Cole retired from football in November 2008, bringing down the curtain on a 19-year professional career.
Sheringham, meanwhile, also retired the same year as his former team-mate.