Top 5 Footballers Who Played For Manchester United & Manchester City Ollie Irish 10th, November 2010 8 Comments By Ollie Irish It’s fair to say that overall it was Man Utd who got the most out of these players… andy-cole-man-utd-man-city ◄ Back Next ► Picture 4 of 5 Andy Cole teamed up brilliantly with strike partner Dwight Yorke at United. Cole played under Fergie from 1995-2001, then returned to Manchester to play for the other side, in the 2005-06 season. But by then he was a spent force.