Added to the first team roster in December 2005, Dean is in his third season with the Academy side and is a student at Kingston College. He used to play Rugby at school, but his first football was with Parsons Green Eagles, but he then joined Epsom & Ewell juniors, Brunswick,and West Middx Colts, before stepping up to play in the Brook House Youth side in 2004/05. English Colleges triallist this season.