Yorke's quit footy

By Chris,
September 4 2009

Former Manchester United frontman Dwight Yorke has announced his retirement from the professional game. The 37-year-old has recently been appointed assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national side and has hung up his boots to concentrate on the coaching side.

Yorke joined United in 1998 in a high-profile £12.6million move from Aston Villa.

The Trinidad and Tobago star had a hugely impressive goalscoring record with the Villains, bagging 97 goals from 288 games.

At Old Trafford, Yorke formed a famous partnership with Andy Cole and bagged no fewer than 64 goals under Sir Alex Ferguson. Yorke and Cole's goalscoring heroics, in particular, laid the foundations for United's Treble-winning glory in 1999.

However, Yorke slipped out of first-team contention amid rumours regarding his personal life. He went onto play for Blackburn, Birmingham City and Sydney before joining Sunderland.

The Caribbean star sent a brief spell as assistant boss at Sunderland, but was released by the Black Cats in May 2009. He failed to find a new club and has decided to hang up his boots and concentrate on a coaching role with his country.

Speaking to BBC, an emotional Yorke highlighted his spell at Old Trafford when looking back on his illustrious career, saying: "While I'm still in great shape, I'm not getting any younger and I've had the time of my life.

"I've been blessed really. I've played alongside some of the greatest players the Premier League has ever seen in Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Peter Schmeichel, and played for the greatest manager in Sir Alex Ferguson."

Good luck to Yorke in the future - your smiling face and heroics in front of goal have provided United's faithful with plenty of great memories.

Dwight Yorke hangs up his boots

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grand master ram rod
05/09/2009 04:57

despite all the stuff he went through with Jordan and all that the man was still a great player

He scored vital, skillful, poaching, lucky etc all kinds of goals for us but most importantly he did it with a smile on his face

Never a dirty player or a cheat, a consumate professional and good luck to whatever he looks to acheive in the future

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Born_To_Do_Dishes
05/09/2009 19:28

him and cole scored my faveourite united goal.

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They were a special special partnership.

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grand master ram rod
06/09/2009 04:15

United, Yorke and cole at our always brilliant best...

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The Mad Hatter
06/09/2009 13:32

Can just watch it again and again, the way they drag the defenders all over the place

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Icon
06/09/2009 22:06

What a combination those two players were.
Best of luck to him.

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Irish Red
07/09/2009 18:38

I love Yorkie. Always a giant smile on his face.

He trained with us again recently and he was loved around the place.

Great career Yorkie

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Rogero
07/09/2009 18:44

Never seemed to get depressed did he !!!

Great stuff.

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