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.

Hornets legend: Luther Blissett is Watford's all-time top scorer. Photo courtesy of Action Images

 

Here blogger Mike Parkin, of fromtherookeryend.com, selects Watford's five best No9s… and one to forget!

5. Kevin Phillips (1994-97)
'Super Kev' was signed from non-league Baldock Town and provided Watford fans with an all too rare hero during what were pretty lean years at Vicarage Road. A complete unknown before his arrival, Phillips quickly established himself as a lethal finisher, banging them in from all corners, seemingly for fun. Seeing his smile after scoring was almost as enjoyable as seeing the goals themselves. Injury meant he didn't play as many games or score as many goals in the yellow of Watford as we'd hoped, but his career since bares testimony to the fact that, for a time there, we had a top striker on our hands.

4. Heidar Helguson (1999-2005 & 2009-10)
An Iceland international, Helguson was signed during Watford's ill-fated sortie into the Premier League in 1999, but memories of weekly drubbings at the hands of the nation's top clubs were quickly soothed by the realisation we had a gem on our hands. Utterly fearless and seemingly able to hang in the air longer than your average hot air balloon, Helguson quickly became a Hornets hero. Once he had decided he was going to score, he would score - nothing or no one could stop him. Inevitably this led to him being snaffled by a Premier League club, but his return on loan in 2009 saw him snare a further 11 goals in one of the most enjoyable loan spells known to man. Heidar, we salute you.

3. Tommy Mooney (1994-2001)
Thomas John Mooney had an average start to his Watford career. Signed from Southend, he failed to make an immediate impact after a successful loan spell and spent a period playing as a defender before Graham Taylor reintroduced him as a striker late in the 98-99 promotion season. Mooney scored in a memorable Premier League win at Anfield, but it was his infectious enthusiasm, work rate and obvious dedication to the cause that made him a hero to the Vicarage Road faithful. Now 41, I can't help but think Mooney could still do a job...

2. Ross Jenkins (1972-83)
In his time at Watford, Jenkins saw the lot. Watford's then record signing, Jenkins failed to score until late in his debut season and netted just four the following year as the Hornets were relegated from Division Three. It was at this apparent low point that the Jenkins Watford fans know, and love, was born. He played a vital part in Watford's meteoric rise through the divisions, terrorising defenders and delighting the Vicarage Road faithful in the process. He ended his Watford career with 118 goals in 339 appearances.

1. Luther Blissett (1975-83, 1984-88 & 1991-93)
Mention Luther Blissett to any football fan and they will probably think of Watford - and for good reason. In three spells with the Hornets, Luther (no need for surnames here) cemented himself as a true club great, with a host of honours and landmarks against his name. His list of achievements include being the first Watford player to represent England, along with the accolade of being both the Hornets' top scorer and appearance maker of all time, amassing 186 goals in 503 games. There will have been no dissenting voices at WD18 when Luther was the first inductee into the club's Hall of Fame. L is for legend. L is for Luther.

And the worst…
Trevor Senior (1987-88)
Signed in 1987, Watford fans had high hopes for Senior, who had scored an incredible number of goals for Reading. After his superhuman efforts for the Royals, he scored four for Watford, of which just one came in the league. Poor old Trev never looked the part, on the field or off it, and it's fair to say that with Watford fans smarting from the departure of legendary manager Graham Taylor, Trevor Senior was not the man to ease our suffering. He was sold to Middlesbrough in 1988, with Watford fans' only quibble being that Ayresome Park wasn't far enough away.

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