http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7264303.stm</p> <font size="2">Former Manchester United and England striker Andy Cole has been questioned by police after an alleged attack on his wife. </font></p> Cole, who is currently on loan to Burnley from Sunderland, was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning at his home in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. </p> Cheshire police said they arrested a man aged 36 on suspicion of assault. </p> A spokesman said: "He was interviewed and released on bail until April pending further inquiries." </p> Cole, who was born in Nottingham, married his long-term girlfriend Shirley Dewar at St Bartholomew's Church, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in July 2002. </p> He scored nearly 200 goals in successful spells with Newcastle and Manchester United between 1995 and 2001 and has also played for Blackburn, Manchester City, Portsmouth and Birmingham. </p>
