Remembering Deano as part of best no 9s series

This season, Prostate Cancer UK is the Official Charity Partner of The Football League. To celebrate this partnership, and in recognition of the fact that prostate cancer affects one in nine men in the UK, we've asked some of the country's most acclaimed football writers to tell us about their favourite No9 in the history of the beautiful game.

, football writer for the Guardian (and Upton Park regular) tells us why former Crewe, Norwich and West Ham star Dean Ashton holds a special place in his heart.Jacob SteinbergThis week,

.Deano and tell us your thoughts in the comments section tooRead on for Jacob's tribute to