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.

Wednesday wonder: David Hirst had the hardest shot in football. Photo courtesy of Action Images

Here journalist Joe Crann, from wednesdayite.com and Soccer-Laduma, selects Sheffield Wednesday's five best No9s… and one to forget!

5. Steve MacLean (2004-07)
The original 'goal machine', MacLean joined Sheffield Wednesday in 2004 and, despite only wearing the famous blue and white stripes for three years, will forever be cemented in the hearts of Wednesdayites. This is largely due to his exploits in the 2005 play-off final against Hartlepool, when his penalty secured the Owls' return to the Championship. The Scotsman also grabbed Wednesday's first away hat-trick in the league for 32 years in his first season and became the first player to hit the 20-goal mark since Mark Bright in 1994.

4. Gerald Sibon (1999-2002)
"Say ooh, la la, Sibon" was a regular chant on the Hillsborough Kop during the Dutchman's days with the Wednesday, and, even though he only took the No9 jersey for one year, he still deserves a mention. Sibon was signed for around £2m from Ajax in 1999, and in his three years with the Owls scored 43 goals for the club and became a cult figure for his legendary free-kicks.

3. Derek Dooley (1947-53)
Wednesdayites will always be left to wonder what if, with regards to local hero Derek Dooley. Born in Pitsmoor, Dooley went on to score 63 goals in 59 games for Wednesday and, starting in November 1950, had a run of scoring 22 goals in nine games. Yet in 1953 his career was tragically ended when his leg was amputated after becoming gangrenous following a collision with Preston keeper George Thompson.

2. Redfern Froggatt (1942-60)
'Red', as Froggatt was affectionately known, is the club's joint-second most prolific post-war striker behind Johnny Fantham. The No9 scored 149 goals in 498 appearances for the Owls and will be remembered by old-school Wednesdayites for his ability to play as a striker and on the wing.

1. David Hirst (1986-97)
Before Hirst signed for Wednesday in 1986 he reportedly said he wouldn't move to S6 "for a golden pig". However, after making the switch he went on to equal Froggatt's tally of 149 goals, doing it in 140 games less than 'Red'. Hirsty became a fans' favourite during his 11 years at Hillsborough and, up until 2006, held the record for the hardest shot in football. Alex Ferguson, before he was a Sir, tried six times to tempt Trevor Francis into selling 'the Cudworth Flyer' - fortunately for us, each attempt failed.

And the worst…
Kim Olsen (2004)
This lanky forward spent just one year at Hillsborough and, while he only wore the No9 for part of that season, he was useless for its entirety. Despite being 6ft 4in, the Dane couldn't have won a header in a children's playground and his only real talent was his uncanny ability to bugger things up. He was released in October that year.

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