Condition: 9/10 Superb

Size: Adult's Extra Large (loose fitting)

Chest Measurement: 47-49 Inches / 119-124 CM

Manufacturer: Reebok

Colour: Claret, light blue & gold trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1995/1996

Player: Dwight Yorke

Patches: Premier League

Official Reebok Aston Villa home football shirt from the 1995/96 season. Complete with Yorke #18 on the back of the shirt in official flock lettering, and original Premier League patches on the sleeves.

Condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 – Superb (see photos).

Yorke was first discovered by Graham Taylor, at the time the Aston Villa manager, on a tour of the West Indies in 1989. Yorke appeared in a team that played a friendly match against Aston Villa, Taylor was impressed and offered Yorke a trial at Villa. Yorke was subsequently given a permanent contract and he made his First Division debut for Aston Villa against Crystal Palace on 24 March 1990: Crystal Palace won the game 1–0.

During his time with Aston Villa, from 1989 to 1998, Yorke played initially as a right winger until the 1995–96 season, he then switched to centre forward and quickly established himself as one of the Premier League's top strikers.

Yorke was an integral member of the Villa team that reached the League Cup Final in 1996. Villa won 3–0 against Leeds United with Yorke getting on the scoresheet. On 30 September 1996 he scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United in a 4–3 defeat. Newcastle were leading 3–1 at half-time and Aston Villa were down to ten men, with Mark Draper being sent off late in the first half.

Yorke showed great character in leading his team in a brave fight back by scoring two more goals in the second half to complete his hat-trick, although it was to no avail as Aston Villa still lost the game. Yorke thought he had scored a fourth goal to equalise the game at 4–4, only for it to be ruled offside.

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