Saints honour the Duke

At 10am on Saturday morning, just before starting their usual training session, the Audlem Saints junior footballers and some of their parents, together with the coaches and managers, gave a traditional mark of respect for the Funeral of Prince Philip.

They all stood round the centre circle on the playing field and observed the two-minute silence impeccably.

Then they got down to the serious stuff of the day, learning to kick a football around and dreaming of one day running out to the roar of 60,000 fans at Anfield (or Goodison or Maine Road or Old Trafford – according to taste)......