1998–99 in English football gets the manager's job on a permanent basis. 28 October 1998 – Chelsea player-manager Gianluca Vialli scores a hat-trick in the 4–1 League Cup third round win over Aston Villa. Making his debut as a late substitute is 17-year-old defender John Terry. On the same day, striker Brian Laudrup's departure from Chelsea is announced after just four months at the club. 31 October 1998 – Ron Reeves, a 55-year-old steward, is killed outside Highfield Road stadium after being crushed by the Arsenal team coach just before a game with Coventry City. The month ends with Aston Villa still top, a
Dion Scott (English footballer) He is the older brother of footballer David Davis. Dion Scott (English footballer) Dion Elijah Scott (born 24 December 1980) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, where he began his career, and Kidderminster Harriers, for whom he scored his only League goal, an 83rd-minute header to equalise away to Carlisle United in the Third Division. A defender, he was also on the books of Mansfield Town, where injury prevented his playing for them in the League, and appeared in non-league football for teams including Boston United (in two spells), Nuneaton Borough, AFC Telford United,