Before joining United, Cole spent two years between 1993 and 1995 with the Magpies, picking up the Golden Boot in his only full season with the club.
Although he describes the people in the North East as lovely, the young striker was uncomfortable with the 'idol status' he received on Tyneside, where we travel on Saturday.
“I enjoyed Newcastle,” Cole told the UTD Podcast. “The only problem, for me, personally, it came too early for me.
”I’m not a big fan of people idolising me. I think that’s mad. When I went to the supermarket, I couldn’t shop.