Many Aston Villa fans are reminiscing about former forward Dion Dublin following a post from the club on Twitter.
Villa tweeted that Dublin arrived at Villa Park on this day (November 5th) in 1998 and they produced a video of his greatest strikes. The 51-year-old had a great career at the club, playing 185 times and scoring 56 goals (Transfermarkt).
Clearly the fans have some fond memories of the Englishman, with one calling him ‘a monster of a player’. He has a very good record across his career, playing for huge sides like Manchester United, Celtic and Leicester City. (Transfermarkt)
When it comes to all-time leading goal scorers at the club in the top division, Dublin ranks an impressive 15th, and so he is definitely somewhat of a cult hero at Villa Park.
It was a great coup for the club to sign Dublin at the time as the forward, with four international appearances for England, won the Golden Boot with Coventry City in the 1997/98 season.
Here is how Villa fans have reacted following the tweet:
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1324283028496142340?s=20
Top striker and instinctive finisher. Great athleticism for a big guy too.
— Chris is good (@CmOverdose) November 5, 2020
Memories come flooding back seeing these goals that he scored. Great signing for us
— Robert Pearson (@TheMailmanUk) November 5, 2020
Great goals by a great player
— Cypher79 (@Cypher79C) November 5, 2020
A monster of a player!
— Paul (@jonesy73) November 5, 2020
One of my favourite ever Villa players https://t.co/cJ2Nc3Twjs
— ……………….. (@Boutthatpaper) November 5, 2020
Legend @DionDublinsDube https://t.co/JMFlgVXcbm
— Matt The Lad Gallett (@Mattgallett) November 5, 2020
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