Icons: Dion Dublin interview - My Aston Villa career in focus

Former striker talks to us about his time in claret and blue - from scoring on his debut at the Holte End through to playing as a centre-half as we chased a Champions League spot.
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[@Pietersen158]

Dion Dublin = one of the most genuine, nicest blokes to have ever played for Villa.

[@superrobz]

That headbutt to Savage is legendary

[@RobertCbrfsprintsti]

I wish it had been a headbutt instead of a head push. Savage luckiest worst player ever

[@nickrossi5868]

I would rather savage was under tyrone mings's boot 😁

[@darrenwoolley8433]

A brilliant interview with the Legend Dion Dublin wish he still played for us.

[@leemcarevey831]

The comments on Balaban 🤣

[@c.c8752]

😂😂 didn't hold back

[@paulbowden92]

Dion Dublin villa legend!

[@ress2619]

What a lovely genuine guy.. claret and blue heart.. UTV FOREVER 💜💙

[@boscobalalaban9157]

What a sound bloke👍

[@skerten18]

A fantastic man.

[@g9mtkvilla]

What a genuine top bloke. Thanks for the memories Dion. UTV

[@paul-bp3no]

Genuine guy

[@dartman1001]

Thanks for everything Dion. UTV

[@pearljam619]

Have many fond memories of Dublin at Villa. Nothing will beat his pen against Bolton at the old Wembley. His comments about Balaban is what we all knew that is the worst signing in my lifetime. Thanks for the memories Dion. UTV!

[@jaydugs]

so wish you were still playing for us dion. vtid

[@MF-zl5bx]

One of my favourite players as a kid. Top bloke Dion

[@NRSOGK]

What an absolute gentleman. Always a pleasure and an honour to hear from Dublin. Great memories of better days.

[@NRSOGK]

Really like this feature, Villa, well in! :D

[@carljones8019]

What a man legend

[@Cripinub1]

What a man, I know it’s a cliche but he made the team ramp it up when we needed it. Strong character and nutter, we loved this bloke especially after Yorke went. Shame we didn’t get him when he was younger and that injury killed him off :( gave us some good memories

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

I love Dion!!! ❤️

[@nick4810]

Dion you legend. Great player, great guy. Didn't he score 7 goals in his first 3 games and it was unfortunate not to be 3 hatrricks in a row?

[@deanhowell5936]

Yes goal wrongly disallowed vs spurs and penalty missed v Liverpool.

[@BillyButcher91]

My first footballing hero.

[@pauros38]

Very underrated in Villa Folklore.....Top man.

[@allennarbett4163]

How could you not like this bloke, what an ambassador for Villa

[@dreamnothalo7914]

When he gave Robbie Savage a written invitation against blues, = Legendary Moment

[@liambooker3172]

Legend❤️

[@Classicvilllas]

What a man Dion is.

[@pearljam619]

We had some great squads in the late 90s and early 2000s. Some great games and even better memories.UTV.

[@jaewon679]

We love you Dion ❤️

[@jamiewilden]

Savage on Balaban 😂

[@imightbewrong_]

4:02 The greatest goal celebration of all time.... The Cockney Shuffle

[@stevecollins6858]

My absolute favourite as a kid along with olof. Only been a few players I class as legends in my life and he's one. Him olof carew laursen barry As much as I loved JPA and gabby and many more I just never got the buzz when their names we announced before games like the aforementioned.

[@paulhobday9272]

Dion! One word! LEGEND!

[@markfireflymiller8289]

What a genuine great guy. Not bad at scoring headers either.

[@benkennedy5719]

What a legend! #UTV

[@MrDilo1874]

Absolute legend

[@sheriffkimbo]

Brilliant interview, such a likeable man. Love his comments about some of the other players. The Balaban comments match things I've heard elsewhere. The analysis on both Collymore and Darius sums up my own feelings - lots of frustration about two very talented people. The Crouch story was the best though of course. Oh and and can we refrain from talking about Luc Nilis please? I'm still traumatised! *_sob_* Anyway. Good work, this. Well done.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Dublin could teach modern players a thing or two about scoring: forget the Roberto Carlos stuff and just out your laces through the ball. He was always a team-player and now he's an ambassador and media pundit, he knows exactly what is required and does it.

[@theoneonlymusicchannel]

great player

[@benwright1998]

Legend 💪🏼🦁

[@paulmersonvillalegend7809]

*LOVE THIS MAN!*

[@markjames4610]

great villa player top man as well love ya son thank you for your great service x

[@peterfinnigan6313]

Dion was a great player,we let him go too early.I've never been more disappointed to lose a player,he's one of my favourites over the last 42 years!Yet another who should have played for England regularly.

[@jasonward6723]

i wish we had a 25 year old dublin now i loved dion at villa great player for us UTV

[@jarihellsten1351]

One of my favourites

[@neilorme1637]

Dion Dublin, I remember watching him at Cov and then when he came to Villa it was awesome. For me my favourite striker and I'm pretty old these days, so old my favourite player as a kid was Brian Little ;-)

[@LALakersNornIron]

A Villa legend

[@steveoprey7969]

Legend UTV

[@keithbrueton]

With tears in his eyes one top man LEGEND

[@rustyshackleford4918]

Like they would say in Red Dwarf about Ace Rimmer What a guy

[@blooms1874]

Dion Dion in the air…..! One of my favourite players

[@paulbarratt2789]

Top bloke.

[@AJ-cs3cx]

Loving your work on homes under the hammer. UTV

[@winningftw5123]

Dion Dublin in the aiirrr

[@robertjeavons2602]

Class footballer & class human being 💯 Villa legend💜💙 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@OpenDoorEnglish]

David James didn’t sign until the following season so I guess it was a dream argument!

[@winningftw5123]

Just imagine if DD never broke his neck and carried on in that top form he was in??,we wudda had a first class goal machine in our ranks fa sho lol

[@Kai_Cheema]

Great video. AVFC can you do a video on the road to winning the European cup

[@carlbrinton4639]

Legend

[@stephenrivitt4687]

LEGEND... Double D..

[@coolzombie816]

Big Dion ❤

[@alexvitsileos2441]

What a gentleman he was as a player and a person, and turned claret and blue after that utv Dion

[@delboysilva2677]

The FA Cup final was probs his one regret of his time at Villa, couldnt really split us or chelsea in terms of performance or quality of player at the time, we just didnt turn up and they scored from a goalkeeping mistake.

[@deanhowell5936]

When he was talking about the Arsenal game in 1998 he said him and david james almost came to blows. But that can't be true because David James didn't join the club until a year later in 1999. Anyone else notice this?

[@marsamgod73]

Toe to toe with David James, I'd not have worried, James would have gone for the punch and missed.

[@anthonywalker4616]

The main reason James’ punch wouldn’t have connected that day, was that he was playing for Liverpool at the time.

[@thumper151284]

Great times. I reckon 98/99 was my favourite season. Great players and we were on the march. Shame we just couldn't keep it going.

[@winningftw5123]

I'm sure it was Dean Holdsworth who missed that penalty for Bolton if I remember rightly

[@johnanthonyp]

oh. Sweet guy and knowing Bob Mortimer. Funniest man

[@johnadlinton4352]

Lege Legend

[@steveb19111978]

Top Bloke. UTV!

[@iainwestwood7379]

Nice bloke👍

[@itsdogz2775]

only love to the dubs

[@martinharper2215]

Those comments about balaban 😂😂 why you got to love dion. Says it as it is.

[@tammurray8576]

christ we've had a lot of strikers

[@naheinini]

UTV

[@bobedwards4223]

Great era when Dion was down b6 utv

[@yenialfiah3146]

ready yeni merried abang dion doblin.

[@delki69]

Dublin 20

[@vd8642]

Upstairs are the bedrooms

[@yenialfiah3146]

mau nikah cepet

[@johnnybambi]

that was excellent - really enjoyed it - great man . . .

[@angelaregan1753]

Legend

[@OpenDoorEnglish]

David James didn’t sign until the following season so I guess it was a dream argument!

[@kevinrice3714]

Legend

[@believerlucas8337]

Hey 👋