Great football teams would be nothing without partnerships: Nottingham Forest and Derby had Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, England had Shearer and Sheringham and Manchester United had Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke. These are the pairings on which success was built, and it seems that working within football - with its brotherly bonds and comradeship in battle - is the perfect environment to encourage even closer relationships than working ones. Sometimes players click together on the pitch in a way that makes them two perfect halves of one identity - like England's SAS - and others the pair get closer still, their friendships emerging beyond the limits of shared dressing rooms and celebratory high fives. More often than not, these bromances are a thing of beauty, and in most cases they are hugely successful on the pitch, which is why commentators and fans fall over themselves to herald the best new partnerships in football. And despite all the individual talents seen at St. James Park, over the years there have been some truly memorable bromances between Newcastle players...
