Sheffield United pay tribute to Maddy Cusack forward of their conflict in opposition to Newcastle United with gamers carrying her identify and No on their shirts after their most-capped girls’s participant handed away aged 27

Sheffield United paid tribute to Maddy Cusack forward of their conflict in opposition to Newcastle within the Premier League on Sunday.

The 27-year-old passed away earlier this week and gamers lined up for a minutes silence forward of their match on Sunday.

Paul Heckingbottom‘s males noticed the silence whereas carrying ‘Cusack 8’ shirts.

Followers took to their ft to applaud on the eighth minute, a tribute to Cusack and her squad quantity. 

The photographs had been heartwarming because the stadium united to point out their appreciation for Sheffield United’s longest-serving girls’s participant.

Moreover, Sheffield United girls’s captain Sophie Barker joined Cusack’s sister, mom and former Blaid Tony Currie to put flowers forward of kick-off

Sheffield United paid tribute to Maddy Cusack forward of their conflict in opposition to Newcastle within the Premier League on Sunday

Paul Heckingbottom ‘s males noticed the silence whereas carrying ‘Cusack 8’ shirts

A flag with the membership’s crest on was lowered to half-mast out of respect

Followers noticed the minutes silence earlier than applauding within the eighth minute in tribute

Sheffield United girls’s captain Sophie Barker was emotional alongside Cusack’s sister, mom and former participant Tony Currie, who laid flowers forward of kick-off 

The sudden demise moved the footballing world, with video games throughout England additionally holding minutes silence out of respect this weekend.

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