After lining up alongside each other 126 times for club and country, Joe Cole and Ashley Cole shared plenty of career highlights, whether that was winning trophies with Chelsea or as part of England’s so-called ‘Golden Generation’ in the mid-2000s.
But the pair’s connection goes further back than this, with Ashley distinctly remembering the first time he saw Joe in action, long before either was anywhere near their Premier League breakthroughs.
