Ashley Cole sets record straight on England’s Golden Generation | Barney Ronay
Derby County’s new left-back spoke well on television and refused to indulge the idea that England of 2002-06 should have won at least one major tournamentIt was fun to see Ashley Cole on Sky Sports on Monday Night Football. There wasn’t any obvious peg for having Cole on the show, no link to either of the clubs playing that night. But he was an excellent and engrossing guest after a nervous start, standing very still behind the lighted plinth in his skinny black tie and black suit, looking like a handsome celebrity undertaker.Part of the fascination of Cole is that he has a rare kind of distance around him, the authority of a man who has shunned public appearances to...