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Football League Q&A: Huddersfield's Dean Whitehead on promotions, relegations and taking on Luka Modric

If anyone at Huddersfield Town is wondering how to cope with their unexpected status as Sky Bet Championship leaders, they need only ask central midfielder Dean Whitehead for advice.

The 34-year-old has gained promotion from the Championship on three occasions (as a champion with Sunderland in both 2004/05 and 2006/07 and with Stoke in 2007/08).

And two seasons ago, he was part of the Middlesbrough side which lost the Play-Off Final to Norwich.

As he explains in our latest Q&A, that 2-0 defeat still rankles with him. The self-deprecating Whitehead also recalls horrible days out at Preston and being sent off as a teenager in a local derby for Oxford.