{"id":293552,"date":"2023-09-22T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293552"},"modified":"2023-09-22T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:36:20","slug":"sheffield-united-to-hold-tributes-to-maddy-cusack-during-newcastle-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/sheffield-united-to-hold-tributes-to-maddy-cusack-during-newcastle-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United to hold tributes to Maddy Cusack during Newcastle tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sheffield United to hold a range of tributes against Newcastle for their longest-serving women&#8217;s player Maddy Cusack after her unexpected death<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sheffield United will hold a range of tributes for Maddy Cusack after her death<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She was the club&#8217;s longest-serving women&#8217;s player and passed away age 27\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sheffield United will hold a range of tributes for the club\u2019s longest-serving women\u2019s player Maddy Cusack at their Premier League game against Newcastle United following the 27-year-old\u2019s unexpected death on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades will feature Maddy on the cover of Sunday\u2019s match programme and Paul Heckingbottom\u2019s team will wear black armbands in memory of the women\u2019s team\u2019s vice-captain who had been with them since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s silence before the game, applause in the eighth minute representing her shirt number, or after 27 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack\u2019s death has sent shockwaves around the south Yorkshire club whose women\u2019s team play in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Former United captain Billy Sharp was among the first to post a tribute on social media and at Friday\u2019s pre-match press conference, manager Paul Heckingbottom admitted the tragedy had left a massive impact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75733083-12549865-Sheffield_United_will_hold_a_range_of_tributes_for_the_club_s_lo-m-102_1695394650122.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United will hold a range of tributes for the club\u2019s longest-serving women\u2019s player Maddy Cusack, who passed away aged 27<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75733115-0-image-a-26_1695393350796.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tributes have been paid outside Bramall Lane for the women&#8217;s team vice captain<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75733089-0-image-a-28_1695393396046.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Blades will feature Maddy on the cover of Sunday\u2019s match programme and Paul Heckingbottom\u2019s team will wear black armbands in memory of the women\u2019s team\u2019s vice-captain<\/p>\n<p>\u2018First and foremost, everyone\u2019s thoughts are with Maddy\u2019s friends and family,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u2018A lot of her friends worked here. She was a senior figure, everyone would see her about. It\u2019s tough &#8211; we need to make sure everyone is OK and support each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are plans and discussion going on about a tribute. We want to be very respectful to Maddy\u2019s family what they would like us to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When Steve (chief exec Stephen Bettis) called me with the news, it knocked me back. As much as we are preparing for a huge game against Newcastle, it has affected a lot of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are a lot of people suffering. We look after each other but first and first and foremost, we are thinking about her family.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75733757-12549865-image-a-101_1695394592165.jpg\" height=\"502\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s team manager Heckingbottom paid tribute to Cusack during his pre-match press conference ahead of United&#8217;s tie against Newcastle<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12549865\/Sheffield-United-tribute-Maddy-Cusack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United to hold a range of tributes against Newcastle for their longest-serving women&#8217;s player Maddy Cusack after her unexpected <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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