=== Aston Villa ===
Dublin blev solgt til [[Aston Villa]] for £5.75&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dublin becomes a Villan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/208618.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=5. november 1998 |access-date=29. marts 2012 |archive-date= 9. august 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809130406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/208618.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Coyle happy to take a loan|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/8888933.Coyle_happy_to_take_a_loan/?|work=Bolton News|publisher=Newsquest Media|date=4. marts 2011|access-date=4. marts 2011|archive-date=13. september 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913080341/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/8888933.Coyle_happy_to_take_a_loan/|url-status=live}}</ref> I december 1999 fik han i en kamp mod [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] et livstruende brud på halsen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dublin's neck injury could have left him crippled |first=John |last=Curtis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/dublins-neck-injury-could-have-left-him-crippled-742298.html |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=21. december 1999 |access-date=29. marts 2012 |archive-date= 6. juni 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606213750/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/dublins-neck-injury-could-have-left-him-crippled-742298.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Bemærkelsesværdigt førte denne skade ikke til karrierens afslutning, idet han efter genoptræning var tilbage på holdet tre måneder senere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/dublin.htm|title=Flown From the Nest - Dion Dublin|website=www.ex-canaries.co.uk|access-date=29. juni 2018|archive-date=11. juni 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024952/http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/dublin.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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