Manchester United & Manchester City to Pay Tribute to Victims of Temple Assault
Manchester United and Man City will remember the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack prior to their Premier League matches this weekend.
However, tributes will not be regularly observed across the Premier League and English Football League for Thursday's incident in which two people died with three more wounded.
Specific Tributes Planned
United players are to sport dark bands along with observing a minute's silence prior to their game against Sunderland at Old Trafford this Saturday, while the female squad will follow suit at their Women's Super League match against Chelsea Friday evening.
During his news conference on Friday, Man Utd's head coach the team's manager said: "We live in turbulent times we are living in at the moment, many significant events have occurred, sympathy to victims, we will pay tribute tomorrow."
United's under-18 and under-21 sides will likewise don black armbands during their matches.
Man City are also set to sport dark bands as they visit Brentford's ground this Sunday and have coordinated with the Bees to observe a period of quiet prior to the start.
Additional Background
A commemoration was already planned by the Bees in memory of their head of academy goalkeeping a staff member, who died on Wednesday of bowel cancer.
Brentford has decided to alter the tribute from a minute's applause to silence given the gravity of Thursday's attack.
Man City's women's team will also pay their respects prior to their WSL game facing Arsenal this Saturday.
Reports indicate the top division and the Football League will support any team seeking to honor the victims.
Past Precedents
During the opening round of the campaign, a league-wide moment of silence took place prior to every match in memory of a Liverpool player the athlete and his brother his brother after their deaths in a car crash in Spain.
Nonetheless, insiders have said the league has, for some time steered clear of the idea of having universal quiet moments for external events, even though it has previously embraced campaigns against bias.
This follows the FA stated that the stadium's arch would only illuminate for football and entertainment under a new policy last year.
This move followed criticism after the arch remained unlit in the colours of the Israel flag following the assaults by Hamas in which many lost their lives.
Previously, the Premier League, the Football League and FA faced allegations of "double standards" for not observing honors for 50 people killed in New Zealand's mosque attacks.
Premier League teams had worn dark bands and France's national anthem was played after November 2015's Paris attacks.
