Deano: I’m not a legend

Hull hero Windass keeps his feet on ground

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YA BEAUTY: Former Dons hitman Dean Windass celebrates his £60million goal.

TEARS OF JOY: Windass breaks down in tears after taking Hull City to the Premier League.

FORMER ABERDEEN striker Dean Windass does not want to be referred to as a “legend” after his goal saw Hull promoted to the Premier League for the first time in the club’s 104-year history.

The 39-year-old Hull-born hitman scored with a magnificent volley as the Tigers overcame Bristol City 1-0 in the Championship play-off final.

The win could net the Yorkshire club up to £60million next season.

Windass fired City to glory in his first ever Wembley appearance, and milked the adulation of the 40,000-strong travelling support for all it was worth while he was out on the pitch.

The delight of the Tigers supporters was there for all to see that one of their own had shone on the biggest day in their history.

However, off the pitch, Windass was quick to play down his achievement.

When asked what it felt like to gain legendary status among the Hull fans, he said: “I’m not a legend.

“People use that word too much in football and I don’t like it. I’m not a legend, I’m a footballer.

“I don’t like that phrase because you get people like those that go and fight for the country in Iraq and those sorts of places, and I get paid a lot of money to just kick a football about and do something I enjoy.

“They are the real legends – the real heroes. Not people like me, and I don’t want to be called that.”

Windass was substituted in the 71st minute and replaced by Caleb Folan.

The veteran found it difficult to watch the end of the game as the promised land loomed large.

“I couldn’t look. The last 10 minutes of the match were unbearable and I couldn’t watch,” he said.

“I was saying to myself, ‘please blow your whistle ref, please, please’. When he did blow it, I just couldn’t believe it.”

“I admit I cried. It was nerve-wracking.”