The most prolific ever English goal scorer was a blue. William Ralph Dean was born in 1907 and started his career at Tranmere Rovers, scoring 27 goals in just 30 games. This brought about a move to his boyhood club, Everton Football Club.

Dixie Dean boasted a prolific strike rate in English football – a goal every 0.87 games. But it was not this that was most impressive about the typical English centre forward. It was a feat that to this day, has not, and most likely will not be matched – scoring 60 goals in one season. This £3,000 signing would not be forgotten by Everton and evertonians alike. In memory of Dixie Dean, a statue has been erected in his honour outside Goodison Park, carrying the description that summed up such a great man and a greatly talented footballer in three words - “Footballer, Gentleman, Evertonian”.

Since his retirement for the game, no Everton player has come close to even kissing the feet of such a great player and first rate goal scorer, the closest we got was a young star who too showed what we could do against Arsenal. He was called Wayne Rooney, but, the loyalty of Mr. Rooney, proved that he was still far, far away from the class of Dixie.