Sheffield United will hold a range of tributes for the club’s longest-serving women’s player Maddy Cusack at their Premier League game against Newcastle United following the 27-year-old’s unexpected death on Wednesday.
The Blades will feature Maddy on the cover of Sunday’s match programme and Paul Heckingbottom’s team will wear black armbands in memory of the women’s team’s vice-captain who had been with them since 2019.
Discussions with her family are also being held about the most fitting way to honour Maddy properly at Bramall Lane at the match. Options include a minute’s silence before the game, applause in the eighth minute representing her shirt number, or after 27 minutes.