Man Utd treble winners reunite on red carpet for ’99 premiere after 23-year feud ended in surprise meeting at nightclub
TWO Manchester United stars reunited alongside their teammates after their 23-year fued came to an end.
Teddy Sheringham, 58, and Andy Cole, 52, showed that the past is the past when they celebrated the release of the new “99” premiere on the red carpet together.
The pair joined the likes of Gary Neville and David Beckham at the first showing of a brand new documentary that recalls United’s treble winning season of 1999.
And everyone seemed to be pally some 29 years after Cole and Sheringham began a feud that would last until around 2018.
The pair began their fall out before they were even Man Utd teammates when Cole was making his debut for England back in 1995.
The striker was being substituted on against Urugauy at Wembley Stadium when the man he was coming on for, Sheringham, snubbed a handshake or any acknowledgement of him.
The two never quite saw eye-to-eye from that day onwards and even had a number of clashes in the dressing room after Sheringham joined Man Utd in 1997.
But fortunately they have since let bygones be bygones, allowing them to celebrate together for the premiere of “99” alongside their teammates.
Speaking in an interview with TalkSPORT last year, Sheringham revealed that he and Cole made up in a nightclub some 23 years after their feud began.
He explained: “Probably about ten years after we finished playing, I was in a nightclub with a couple of pals.
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“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.”
He went on to reveal that it was Cole than initiated the truce, adding: “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.”
The two were crucial in bringing the treble to Old Trafford in the 1998/99 season.
Cole bagged the title-winning goal after replacing Sheringham against Spurs.
While Sheringham scored the equaliser in Barcelona for the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Both have gone down in history for the Manchester club and were alongside the fellow greats that made that incredible campaign happen in 1999.
Other Red Devils that attended the premiere included Nicky Butt, Peter Schmeichel, Dwight Yorke and coach Steve McClaren.