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.

Tubbs thumping: Matt Tubbs proved his worth with a 40-goal season. Photo courtesy of Action Images

 

Here blogger Warren Lucy, of warrenlucy.blogspot.co.uk, selects Crawley's five best No9s… and one to forget!

5. Charlie MacDonald (2003-05)
Charlie Mac joined Crawley after his release from Stevenage and didn't take his time to start finding the back of the net on a regular basis. A key figure in our Dr Martens League success, with over 20 goals, Charlie went down in Reds history by scoring the first ever Conference goal in the 2-1 win over Leigh RMI. Injuries saw him released at the end of the season, yet he's still one of the greats. 

4. Brian Gregory (1982-84)
In his 72 appearances in a red shirt, Brian Gregory's precise finishing notched him an astonishing 52 goals. He joined the club from Dartford and finished top scorer in his two seasons at Crawley, helping the Reds gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 1984 in the process.

3. Craig Whittington (1990-93)
Craig followed in the footsteps of his father Eric by playing for Crawley. Joining as a 20-year-old, Craig made just over 170 appearances for the Red Devils scoring 75 goals. He joined Scarborough for £50,000, before doing the rounds at Huddersfield and Rochdale. Returning to Crawley after a difficult time at Huddersfield Town, he failed to recapture his sensational goals-to-games ratio.

2. Terry Robbins (1984-86)
Robbins made a big impression during his two-year stint at Crawley. Joining from Maidstone in 1984, Terry went on to score a then record 33 goals in his first season at the club. His second season in West Sussex saw him hit 24 goals; the third and final campaign saw him score three times before he joined Welling United in a £8,000 deal.

1. Matt Tubbs (2010-12)
Although he was only around for two years, Tubbsy made a huge impact. Signing from Salisbury for around £70,000, Matt immediately started banging in the goals, scoring twice in the game that confirmed promotion for Reds at Tamworth. Finishing the season with a record 40 goals in all competitions, he easily made the step up to League Two and hit the winning goal against Hull in the FA Cup - a final goodbye as he was sold to Bournemouth two days later for a reported £800,000. Legend.

And the worst...
Jefferson Louis (2009-10)
Jefferson Louis epitomises the word 'journeyman'. Having joined Crawley from Wrexham, fans of his former clubs knew Louis would be very poor; or be decent in the first few games, get a longer contract and then do little else. For us, however, it was the former. He was lazy, workshy, uninterested... I could go on and on! He didn't last long, fortunately, and 18 appearances later, joined Rushden on loan.

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