I broke my neck playing for Aston Villa - it could've left me in a wheelchair for life

Dion Dublin has shed fresh light on the broken neck he suffered playing for Aston Villa in 1999. The striker admits he could have been left wheelchair-bound by the freak incident. In November 1998, Villa paid £5.75million for a 29-year-old Dublin, who had carved out a successful Premier League career with Coventry City . He had previously starred for Cambridge United and Manchester United and donned the kits of Leicester City, Celtic and Norwich City after leaving Villa Park in 2004. Dublin was instantly hailed as a hero , scoring seven goals in his first three Villa games.