He made his debut in August 2009 against Derby County and established himself as a first-team regular at the heart of the club's defence.

In the following season, he continued to perform well at the heart of Villa's defence and he was forecast to be called up to play for England.

The resulting lack of pace at the heart of England's defence was always going to be a worry against nippy opponents.

Whitlow's been very very good at the heart of Leicester's defence today and that was an important header he won then.

Davie Irons again strolled through the game at the heart of Thistle's defence, and still found time to be one of their best attackers.

But even with Terry at the heart of Chelsea's defence, Portsmouth created several good chances.

Middlesbrough, though, welcomed back skipper Kernaghan to the heart of their defence after being out since November with a stress fracture.

As Richmond struggled, Newman was very solid in the heart of their defence.

Upson is the unanimous choice to partner Terry at the heart of England's defence.

White broke into the first team, cementing a position at the heart of Arsenal's central defence.