Andy Cole: A Tribute to a Goal-Scoring Legend

  "My record speaks for itself and when I have finished it will all be down there in black and white for people to see." —Andy Cole Andrew Alexander Cole, or Andy as he was known during his heyday in the early years of the Premier League, bowed out of professional football this week, closing the book on one of the true modern footballing greats. Cole helped carve out the current reputations of both the English game and Manchester United as a result of his incredible playing career. Cole’s career fizzled out on a whimper undeserving of the goal-scoring machine, having made just 11 appearances for Championship side Nottingham Forest, six of those coming from the bench, Cole failed to score a single goal. Sensitive to his predicament, Cole took the bold step to bite the bullet, but in doing so he focused minds back to a time when Cole was one of the most feared strikers in club football. I say club football, as Cole never made the impact on the international stage which ... (link)