Dwight Yorke disgraces himself on the Goodison Park pitch and the descent into tabloid fodder begins for a player once held as a shining example of the positive new face of football. Despite the medals won over a brief period in his career Yorke would forever be tainted as a man with no morals and even fewer principles. Perhaps John Gregory was closer to the truth than any of us realised.

Midfielder Alan Thompson, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining from Bolton Wanderers in June 1998 for a fee of £6,480,000 to become the 725th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Dwight Yorke, 26, makes his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Manchester United for a fee of £12,600,000. Yorke had played for Villa between 1989-90 and 1998-99.

Lee Hendrie collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (21 Starts) to make it W17 D6 L12, 3 Goals, 2 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 7 games so far in his Villa career.