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Tributes paid to Poppy Atkinson at Anfield

Related Topics: Ella Toone, Martin Atkinson, Anfield

A series of touching tributes were paid in honour of young Manchester United fan Poppy Atkinson at Friday night's Barclays Women's Super League fixture at Anfield.

The 10-year-old supporter, who was tragically killed when she was struck by a car while attending a football training session in Cumbria earlier this month, harboured dreams of playing for United one day and was remembered as her childhood club faced Liverpool on Merseyside.

Before the game, a space was dedicated to Poppy on the social-media graphic announcing our line-up, with Atkinson replacing the name of her hero, Ella Toone, next to the number seven in our listed XI.