Villa Premier League Attack
Dwight Yorke developed into a leading attacking player for Aston Villa as the club challenged near the top of the Premier League.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Dwight Yorke Biography and Timeline
Follow Dwight Yorke through 5 dated historical records for Trinidad and Tobago.
Dwight Yorke, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1993–1999Years on this page
1993
1996
Villa Wembley Final Forward Play
Dwight Yorke led attacking combinations for Aston Villa when the club defeated Leeds United in the 1996 League Cup final.
1997
Top Flight Villa Goalscorer
Dwight Yorke's pace and clinical finishing kept him among Aston Villa's most threatening forwards during the late 1990s.
1999
Golden Boot Premier League
Collects the Premier League leading-scorer distinction after scoring 18 goals for Manchester United. The award recognises his leading attacking role in United’s treble-winning season.
Premier League Championship
Dwight Yorke wins the 1998/99 Premier League championship with Manchester United and finishes as joint leading Premier League scorer and creates chances alongside Andy Cole.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.