"Manchester United and Manchester City will pay tribute to the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack before their Premier League fixtures this weekend. But tributes will not be routinely held across the Premier League or English Football League over Thursday's incident in which two people died and three others were injured. United players will wear black armbands and hold a minute's silence before their match against Sunderland at Old Trafford on Saturday,"
"City will also wear black armbands when they travel to Brentford on Sunday and have agreed with the Bees to hold a moment's silence before kick-off. A commemoration was already planned by Brentford in memory of their head of academy goalkeeping Christopher Ramsey, who died on Wednesday of bowel cancer. Brentford have agreed to change the tribute from a minute's applause to silence given the gravity of Thursday's attack."
"It is understood both the Premier League and EFL will support any club wishing to pay tribute. On the first weekend of the season, a Premier League-wide moment of silence was held before all top-flight matches in memory of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva after their deaths in a car crash in Spain. However, Premier League sources have said the organisation has, for some time, moved away from the idea of having blanket silences for non-football issues,"
Manchester United and Manchester City will pay tribute to the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack before their matches this weekend. United players, including under-18 and under-21 sides, will wear black armbands and hold a minute's silence before the men's match against Sunderland and the women's WSL match against Chelsea. City will wear black armbands at Brentford on Sunday and have agreed a moment's silence with Brentford before kick-off. Brentford changed a planned minute's applause to silence after the attack; the club had been planning a commemoration for academy goalkeeping head Christopher Ramsey, who died of bowel cancer. Both the Premier League and EFL will support clubs wishing to pay tribute, although the Premier League has moved away from blanket silences for non-football issues.
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