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“I’ve known Joe Cole since the age of 10 – he’d rip players apart even then. I was in awe of him” Ashley Cole on his respect for his friend and ex-England team-mate

The two Coles played alongside each other for club and country with England and Chelsea

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“Everyone wants an answer of ‘that’s the reason the Golden Generation didn’t do it’. But nobody knows” Joe Cole on why his England team never met their potential

Cole’s star-packed Three Lions side could never get past their quarter-final glass ceiling

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‘Rooney’s injury in 2004 was one of those sliding doors moments. If England are going to win the World Cup this year, they’re going to need those moments to go for them’ Joe Cole and Ashley Cole on the role fate will play this summer

The former England duo have recalled Wayne Rooney’s impact at Euro 2004

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‘The sliding doors moments didn’t go for us in 2006. A different pass here, a better refereeing decision there…’ Joe Cole’s England 2006 World Cup regrets

Cole played in every game of England’s run to the quarter-finals in the 2006 World Cup

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‘In this World Cup, everything needs to work. If the big man upstairs says it’s England’s time, then it’s England’s time’ Joe Cole on reflects on his 2010 Three Lions experience

The former England playmaker believes luck and fate are needed for the Three Lions to end 60 years of hurt

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‘Back then, the media needed to be fed with pictures of the girls going for a run or something like that, and it was going on the front page’ Joe Cole looks back on how the press created the 2006 WAG culture

England’s wives and girlfriends were front-page news during the 2006 World Cup in Germany

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‘Missing in the Euro 2012 shootout killed me. I’d scored in the Champions League final shootout just a few weeks earlier’ Ashley Cole on his part in England’s 2012 penalty misery

The Three Lions left-back missed from the spot at Euro 2012

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‘Fabio Capello stopped us from going swimming with sharks. I was fuming!’ Joe Cole on the England squad’s boredom at the 2010 World Cup

The England squad missed out on a bucket list experience in South Africa

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‘We lost a lot of shootouts from 1990 and it became a thing. You have to credit Jordan Pickford and the boys – they’ve turned that round’ Joe Cole on how England ended their penalty hoodoo

England’s luck from the spot changed with a win over Colombia in the 2018 World Cup

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‘The 2002 World Cup was the first time I was around big names. It made me understand I was capable of playing with top players and at major tournaments’ Ashley Cole on England’s 2002 rollercoaster tournament

Ashley Cole's first tournament saw England defeat Argentina before falling to Brazil

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‘Cristiano Ronaldo made me do the splits. I thought, ‘This can’t happen again.’ I didn’t want someone to take my career away from me’ Ashley Cole on his major tournament battles with the Portuguese icon

England’s Cole was tasked with stopping Ronaldo at Euro 2004 and at the World Cup two years later

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‘There’s going to be a moment where England are under the cosh – to win the World Cup, someone is going to have to take the game by the scruff of the neck’ Joe Cole on what England need to do to win the World Cup

The former West Ham and Chelsea playmaker was a part of England’s 2002 and 2006 World Cup squads

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Joe Cole outlines key to success for Thomas Tuchel’s England at World Cup

Joe Cole has given his verdict on England’s chances at this summer’s World Cup

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'Peaky Blinders' star Joe Cole and director Clio Barnard on class, masculinity and modern Britain

Premiering in the Directors' Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival, "I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning" is Clio Barnard's adaptation of Keiran Goddard's acclaimed novel about five childhood friends from working-class Birmingham whose lives have drifted far from the futures they once imagined. "Peaky Blinders" actor Joe Cole stars…

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"The senseless, random act of violence against someone so full of life and innocence was mind-blowing, and I hated Los Angeles for a long time after that." How the murder of Henry Rollins' friend inspired two songs on Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty

The killing of roadie and documentarian Joe Cole remains unsolved 35 years on

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Chelsea told which Tottenham and West Ham stars to poach if relegation fears realised

Blues plotting bargain buys if arch rivals fall into Championship

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Chelsea legend reveals how struggling Alejandro Garnacho can win over fans and realise potential

Argentine winger has yet to impress since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Manchester United last summer

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‘We’re not talking about Wembley here’ Joe Cole recalls his match-winning turn as a Sunday League star

Joe Cole won three Premier League titles, but has now been helping a lowly Sunday League side reverse their slump

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Chelsea: Calum McFarlane issues Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro injury latest as Estevao timeline confirmed

Blues begin another new era after Liam Rosenior sacking

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Joe Cole tips former Liverpool star to become next Chelsea head coach

Search is on for a permanent appointment after Liam Rosenior sacking

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Arsenal’s clash with Manchester City will be decided by ‘moments’ and ‘mistakes’ says Joe Cole

The TNT Sports pundit claimed that City are firm favourites ahead of this weekend’s Premier League game at the Eithad

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'It’s a mess, it really is' Chelsea icon at a loss as to how club should deal with Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella

Chelsea have had issues with a couple of their players speaking out of school in recent weeks, much to Joe Cole's chagrin

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‘Every club outside of the top 10 in the Premier League should have been banging on the door to get Ashley Cole in – he’s done everything right’ Joe Cole tells FFT why he’s backing his former Chelsea and England team-mate to be a success in management

In an exclusive interview, one Cole explains why he’s got faith in his namesake, who’s become a boss with Italian club Cesena

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