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The greatest striker to grace any turf died one year before I was brought into this world, yet the ominous legacy and fabulous story of William R Dean has always been close to my heart and thoughts as my Everton education has unfolded.

As I watched the touching Dixie Dean play being acted out in Crosby on Monday I realised more than ever that the esteem in which William was held far outweighed anything we are likely to ever see again at Everton. Whilst very few clubs can realistically expect to have a true great in their annals anywhere near the stature of Dean, I have clung onto the slimmest of hopes that one day a true great will again arrive for all Evertonians to embrace.

The painful truth is that it was a massive slice of Grand Old Lady Luck that Dean was born where he was and, much more importantly, when he was. Can we ever expect a truly great player to ever grace the field of a team who is either not playing in the 'Champions' League or has more money than sense and will risk all in trying to grace the aforementioned competition?