This season Prostate Cancer UK is the official charity of The Football League. To celebrate, we've asked bloggers from each of the 72 clubs to count down their top five strikers to have worn the No9 shirt, in recognition of the fact that prostate cancer affects one in nine men.

Well fed: big Shaun Goater scored goals for fun. Photo courtesy of Action Images

 

Here blogger Lee Molland, from exiledrobin.blogspot.co.uk, selects Bristol City's five best No9s… and one to forget!

5. Paul Cheesley (1973-76)
Cheesley will always be remembered as the man who scored against Arsenal at Highbury in the club's first game back in the old First Division, the winner in a 1-0 victory. His partnership with Tom Ritchie provided the goals for the famous promotion season of 1975-76. Despite only 61 appearances for the club (scoring 20 goals in the process) he certainly left his mark and is remembered fondly to this day. Pacy, skilful and as brave as they come, Cheesley possessed all the attributes to make him a lifelong crowd favourite. The following game saw heartbreak though, after an innocent-looking clash with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton saw Cheesley carried off the field, never to return. A promising career was ended at just 23 years old. 

4. Shaun Goater (1996-98)
"Feeeeeed the Goat and he will score" - a familiar song on the terraces, and it was at Bristol City that Goater really made his name. Scoring goals for fun, the big man was an awkward player to face. His goals in the promotion season of 98-99, and some crucial strikes against arch rivals Bristol Rovers, meant Goater was always a fans' favourite. Things ended sadly for him at City though, when, going for the title in 98 and with Goater's contract coming to an end, he jumped ship and finished the season with Manchester City, where he went on to enjoy cult-hero status. The Bermudan scored an impressive 43 goals in 78 appearances in the red and white.

3. John Galley (1967-72)
This man would be worth some money in today's transfer market, as he knew how to put the ball into the back of the net. A tall, gangly centre-forward, he scored the goals that saved the club from relegation to the old Third Division, which earned him the respect of the terraces in his early years. A return of 84 goals in 172 games ensured that Galley enjoyed the best times of his career at Ashton Gate after being signed from Rotherham.

2. Andrew Cole (1992-93)
Andy Cole (as he was known then) spent just one season at the club but made an immediate impact. Being an unknown, he signed from Arsenal and quickly found his feet, scoring 20 goals in 41 games; his first prolific season as a pro. Cole was sold to Newcastle for a then club-record fee and went on to be one of the Premier League's most prolific marksmen. With a personal trophy cabinet bigger than you can imagine, he finds his way in to the top five as a true natural goalscorer.

1. John Atyeo (1951-66)
The man… the legend. The greatest player to ever represent the club holds the record for appearances and goals scored. Big John scored an incredible 314 goals in 596 appearances for the Robins between 1951 and 1966. During his spell at the club he also played and scored for England and has a stand named after him at Ashton Gate today. Truly Bristol City through and through, the word 'legend' is never more fitting.

And the worst…
Steve Jones (1999-2002)
Every club has their fair share of players that don't turn out to be what they quite expected, and when it comes to Steve Jones, this was certainly the case. After costing the club £500,000 in 1999, hopes were high that Jones would be the man to score the goals to lead City to another promotion. Sadly though, during his three-year stay he managed just seven goals, and was loaned out to lower league clubs three times. City fans hadn't seen him in action for quite some time when he returned to the matchday squad with a beaming tan, leading to various humorous jokes about his whereabouts during his absence from Ashton Gate. He was finally released in 2002 - not quite the return of a half-a-million-pound man. 

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