Dean Whitehead is an English football coach and former professional footballer player, He is currently assistant manager of EFL Championship club Watford. A midfielder who occasionally played at right-back, he made 622 league and cup appearances in a 19-year playing career, scoring 29 goals.
Whitehead playing for Stoke City in 2010
Whitehead (in red, wearing a number 8 shirt) playing against Fulham in April 2008.
Whitehead (wearing a number 18 shirt) about to chase a ball from Arsenal's Cesc Fàbregas (wearing a number 4 shirt) during a FA Cup match in January 2010.
The 2011 FA Cup final was the 130th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition. The final took place on 14 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London in front of 88,643 spectators and a British television audience of more than eight million. The clubs contesting the final were Premier League clubs Manchester City and Stoke City. The match was Stoke City's first FA Cup final, and Manchester City's ninth.
The match programme cover.
After the semi-final against Manchester United, which Manchester City won 1–0 to secure a place in the 2011 final.
The pre-match rendition of Abide with Me.
The teams line up before the match with Stoke City in red-and-white stripes and Manchester City in sky blue.