Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dean George Howell (born 29 November 1980) is an English footballer who plays for Crawley Town. He plays at left-back or left-midfield. Howell started as a schoolboy at Stoke City before moving to Notts County as a trainee. He then signed a professional contract in July 1999. Howell was then loaned out to Spalding United for the 1999 2000 season.In July 2000, Howell then joined Crewe Alexandra, after impressed manager Dario Gradi during his two week trial. Crewe Alexandra then loaned out Howell, first of all, for two months to Rochdale and then to Southport for a month. His move to Southport was made permanent with a two year contract, after making an impressive start at Haig Avenue.