He eventually became a full-time professional in October 1956 and made an impressive debut against Leicester City, during which he scored Town's second in a 2--2 draw. It was the start of a long and distinguished career at Leeds Road. Despite spending his entire Town career in the Second Division, McHale had the privilege of playing alongside some of the club's great names including Vic Metcalfe, Les Massie and Bill McGarry.
He eventually became a full-time professional in October 1956 and made an impressive debut against Leicester City, during which he scored Town's second in a 2--2 draw.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
advmod
eventually
eventually
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
become
became
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
full
full
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
time
time
NOUN
NN
xcomp
Number=Sing
professional
professional
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
October
October
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1956
1956
NUM
CD
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
impressive
impressive
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
debut
debut
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Leicester
Leicester
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
City
City
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
during
during
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
score
scored
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Town
Town
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obj
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
second
ADJ
JJ
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2
2
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2
2
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
draw
draw
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
It was the start of a long and distinguished career at Leeds Road.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
root
Number=Sing
start
start
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
long
long
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
distinguished
distinguished
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
career
career
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Leeds
Leeds
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Road
Road
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Despite spending his entire Town career in the Second Division, McHale had the privilege of playing alongside some of the club's great names including Vic Metcalfe, Les Massie and Bill McGarry.
mark
despite
Despite
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
spend
spending
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
entire
entire
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
town
Town
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
career
career
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
Second
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
division
Division
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
McHale
McHale
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
privilege
privilege
NOUN
NN
mark
of
of
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
play
playing
VERB
VBG
case
alongside
alongside
ADP
IN
obl
some
some
DET
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
club
club
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Pos
great
great
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
name
names
NOUN
NNS
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
nmod
Number=Sing
Vic
Vic
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Metcalfe
Metcalfe
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
Les
Les
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Massie
Massie
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Bill
Bill
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
McGarry
McGarry
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.