He sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury in a match against Wigan Athletic, which kept him out for six months. He made his comeback from injury in November 2007. After Sunderland returned to the Premiership Whitehead found himself playing as a right back, although this was ended when manager Roy Keane signed right backs Phil Bardsley and Pascal Chimbonda for Sunderland, allowing Whitehead to move back into central midfield. He left Sunderland in August 2009 after making 200 appearances for the Black Cats.
He sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury in a match against Wigan Athletic, which kept him out for six months.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
sustain
sustained
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
cruciate
cruciate
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
knee
knee
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
ligament
ligament
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
injury
injury
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
match
match
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Wigan
Wigan
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Athletic
Athletic
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
keep
kept
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
compound:prt
out
out
ADP
RP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
six
six
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
month
months
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He made his comeback from injury in November 2007.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
comeback
comeback
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
injury
injury
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
November
November
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2007
2007
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
After Sunderland returned to the Premiership Whitehead found himself playing as a right back, although this was ended when manager Roy Keane signed right backs Phil Bardsley and Pascal Chimbonda for Sunderland, allowing Whitehead to move back into central midfield.
mark
after
After
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Sunderland
Sunderland
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
return
returned
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
Premiership
Premiership
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Whitehead
Whitehead
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
find
found
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes
himself
himself
PRON
PRP
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
play
playing
VERB
VBG
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
right
right
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
back
back
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
although
although
SCONJ
IN
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
this
this
PRON
DT
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
end
ended
VERB
VBN
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Number=Sing
manager
manager
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Roy
Roy
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Keane
Keane
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
sign
signed
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
right
right
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
back
backs
NOUN
NNS
appos
Number=Sing
Phil
Phil
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bardsley
Bardsley
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Pascal
Pascal
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Chimbonda
Chimbonda
PROPN
NNP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Sunderland
Sunderland
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
allow
allowing
VERB
VBG
iobj
Number=Sing
Whitehead
Whitehead
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
move
move
VERB
VB
advmod
back
back
ADV
RB
case
into
into
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
central
central
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
midfield
midfield
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He left Sunderland in August 2009 after making 200 appearances for the Black Cats.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
leave
left
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Sunderland
Sunderland
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
August
August
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2009
2009
NUM
CD
mark
after
after
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
make
making
VERB
VBG
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
200
200
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
appearance
appearances
NOUN
NNS
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Black
Black
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
cat
Cats
PROPN
NNPS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.